Brewers 2025 Discussion - Frelick Activated, Black Sent Down

ReasonablySober wrote:According to Forbes, the Brewers had an operating INCOME of $24 million last season. That goes against what Mark has said publicly.

wait, so the billionaire owner who cries money problems has misled us simple folk?

MVP2110 · Post #1254 » by **MVP2110** » Wed Mar 26, 2025 3:41 pm

I mean does anyone expect that ownership doesn't actually make money? That's the whole point of owning a sports franchise.

I'm sure there are accounting tricks to show they "lost" money if they want to claim that, but in all actuality of course the ownership group made money. Mark A has said previously that the ownership group expects to make a profit every season.

Post #1255 » by **ReasonablySober** » Wed Mar 26, 2025 3:49 pm

Good to see Patrick get a shot. He was excellent in AAA last season.

Ryan5UW · Post #1256 » by **Ryan5UW** » Wed Mar 26, 2025 3:49 pm

Mark is full of bull and excuses, there's no reason they can't spend more on the roster.

MVP2110 · Post #1257 » by **MVP2110** » Wed Mar 26, 2025 3:58 pm

Ryan5UW wrote:Mark is full of bull and excuses, there's no reason they can't spend more on the roster.

So here's my question. Let's just assume the Forbes report is accurate and the ownership group made $24 million last season. Assuming the ownership group wants to make a profit, what is an acceptable amount of profit for them? So they could have spent $24 million more and made nothing, would have them making a $10 million profit be ok? $15 million? The Forbes report had them right about league average in where they ranked in terms of their net gain so do we expect Mark & the ownership group to be near the bottom in how much money they make?

neiLz · Post #1258 » by **neiLz** » Wed Mar 26, 2025 4:16 pm

MVP2110 wrote:
Ryan5UW wrote:Mark is full of bull and excuses, there's no reason they can't spend more on the roster.

So here's my question. Let's just assume the Forbes report is accurate and the ownership group made $24 million last season. Assuming the ownership group wants to make a profit, what is an acceptable amount of profit for them? So they could have spent $24 million more and made nothing, would have them making a $10 million profit be ok? $15 million? The Forbes report had them right about league average in where they ranked in terms of their net gain so do we expect Mark & the ownership group to be near the bottom in how much money they make?

Just tune in everyone home opener and at the trade deadline where Mark A sits in his field level seats and gets his PR Run to talk about being in the red every year and that he is struggling to keep his team afloat and that they may or may not take on salary. He does this every year. Billionaires crying poor.

MVP2110 · Post #1259 » by **MVP2110** » Wed Mar 26, 2025 4:19 pm

neiLz wrote:
MVP2110 wrote:
Ryan5UW wrote:Mark is full of bull and excuses, there's no reason they can't spend more on the roster.

So here's my question. Let's just assume the Forbes report is accurate and the ownership group made $24 million last season. Assuming the ownership group wants to make a profit, what is an acceptable amount of profit for them? So they could have spent $24 million more and made nothing, would have them making a $10 million profit be ok? $15 million? The Forbes report had them right about league average in where they ranked in terms of their net gain so do we expect Mark & the ownership group to be near the bottom in how much money they make?

Just tune in everyone home opener and at the trade deadline where Mark A sits in his field level seats and gets his PR Run to talk about being in the red every year and that he is struggling to keep his team afloat and that they may or may not take on salary. He does this every year. Billionaires crying poor.

I agree that his public speaking is often dumb and makes things worse then they should be. I'm talking from purely a numbers perspective here though. Many fans say Mark A and the ownership group could spend more on the team, but these numbers seem fine if we assume the Forbes report is accurate. Unless we expect the ownership group to not turn a profit. They don't seem to be turning an excessive amount of profit, in fact they seem to be right around league average which is fine imo

neiLz · Post #1260 » by **neiLz** » Wed Mar 26, 2025 4:29 pm

MVP2110 wrote:
neiLz wrote:
MVP2110 wrote:
So here's my question. Let's just assume the Forbes report is accurate and the ownership group made $24 million last season. Assuming the ownership group wants to make a profit, what is an acceptable amount of profit for them? So they could have spent $24 million more and made nothing, would have them making a $10 million profit be ok? $15 million? The Forbes report had them right about league average in where they ranked in terms of their net gain so do we expect Mark & the ownership group to be near the bottom in how much money they make?

Just tune in everyone home opener and at the trade deadline where Mark A sits in his field level seats and gets his PR Run to talk about being in the red every year and that he is struggling to keep his team afloat and that they may or may not take on salary. He does this every year. Billionaires crying poor.

I agree that his public speaking is often dumb and makes things worse then they should be. I'm talking from purely a numbers perspective here though. Many fans say Mark A and the ownership group could spend more on the team, but these numbers seem fine if we assume the Forbes report is accurate. Unless we expect the ownership group to not turn a profit. They don't seem to be turning an excessive amount of profit, in fact they seem to be right around league average which is fine imo

This is where i agree. He paints the brewers as somehow struggling to make it in MLB. In my opinion, it bothers me when he cries poor all the time. it is what turns me off and i won't buy any brewers merch/tix because we have a billionaire owner crying poor. He is going to make hundreds if not over a billion when he sells, so if he loses 20-50 mil in a given season, it really isn't much when you consider he is going to get his money back 1000000000x over.
As a fan, it just sucks knowing the brewers have zero shot at any free agent and will probably never keep a superstar here long term unless they sign guys super early and bypass arby.

this is a MLB issue and until a cap is implemented (it will never be) it will be an issue.