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OT- Houston has the most profitable team in MLB history!

Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 12:55 pm

by dkmo

This is utter madness...

Here's the article from Forbes:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2013/08/26/2013-houston-astros-baseballs-worst-team-is-most-profitable-in-history/
And a follow-up article from Yahoo:
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/houston-astros-worst-record-baseball-making-most-money-175023013.html

Re: OT- Houston has the most profitable team in MLB history!

Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 1:33 pm

by Fairview4Life

http://deadspin.com/report-astros-more- ... 1201746017

TV contracts are not free money. CSN Houston, because of low ratings and major distributors not carrying it, is struggling mightily, and the Astros, as 45 percent owners of the channel, bear the brunt. With RSNs shifting the risk and the reward onto the teams themselves, the Astros have a concrete incentive to field a watchable team as soon as possible.