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Podcast: BaseballBiz On Deck
Episode: Craig Calcaterra, Rethinking Fandom: How to beat the Sports-Industrial Complex at its Own Game
Description: Baseball is Back & Craig Calcaterra visits BaseballBiz Baseball team Owners still make money when their teams loseTeams with a payroll of $50 million are guaranteed $65 million in national tv money Social Contract: Fand & Teams - You win & we support you Atlanta Braves and the development of Truist Park & The BatteryAlex Antholpoulos – understands the Social Contract with the playersOwners who wanted to win – Ted Turner, George SteinbrennerMLB owners are finding more revenue outside the stadiumDetroit Tigers – family businesses is Pizza or Baseball making more money for the ownersTexas Rangers & Cleveland Guardians stadium built on public approvalTanking can be beneficial & profitable just ask Houston As...