Rotostyles Fantasy Baseball
We have a slightly more important issue to discuss than chris shelton's hot start, manny's multi-color hair, or nick johnson's disgusting mustache. The issue is freedom. MLB is going up against the fantasy trade organization. MLB is suing, claiming that any site who makes money by using the names of players must pay to license the names. This will eliminate the small sites who cannot aford to pay the license. The big boys - sportsline, espn and others will be able to pay the fee. Therefore the rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer. Isn't that baseball ... Isn't that America. Yeah, it is, but that is horrible inequality. What about sites like www.mockdraftcentral.com? www.cdmsports.com? All the others who may not be able to pay the fee but provide a service we love?
Besides, the newspapers don't pay a royalty fee to put boxscores in the paper. MLB likes it because it encourages the success of the sport. And it sells papers. Fantasy sports has helped make baseball. It contributes quite positively to the sport. I'm a die-hard. I've got six teams this season. I spend a small fortune on tickets, merchandise, and information. I bought the package. My money will consider walking if mlb wins this suit. I encourage your comments.
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I'm Fifty years old and baseball has always been my favorite sport. It has never been the sport I like to watch on TV the most but I love reading about it. That said, if it wasn't for fantasy sports and CDM in particular I wouldn't be that much of a fan today. Between the strikes, the greed and drugs and the asinine demeanors of some star players I could very easily have been turned off to the sport. Fantasy sports have kept my interest and my money flowing, MLB package, memorabilia, occasional games. MLB is arrogant to think fantasy sports has not helped their sport remain strong and grow thru some trying times. I know I'm not alone in this opinion. Gris.
Gris, I agree totally. MLB is making it easier to turn it off. With the steroids issue, I am now questioning every record that has been broken in the last 20 years. I think it has nearly ruined the sport. Everything has been cheapened. No one even cares that Barry Bonds broke the homerun record. Really sad. And if the MLB manages to win this case (although I think the case against them is very strong) then they are being allowed to shut down free enterprise. Putting small companies out of business so they can control everything. We already have an organisation in the US that operates that way, it's called the MOB.
Have to agree. Personally, I am not a fantasy baseball participant, but do play fantasy football.
IMO, I also think the case against MLB is strong and if justice prevails, MLB ruins any licensing revenue stream for any professional league. They all could get a little money, but quite possibly none make ANY.
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