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ARMAGEDDON - Major League Baseball Owners and Players Need To Drop Brutal Acrimony To Save MLB

Feb 13, 2026
A forceful look at MLB’s financial fracture and why owners and players must stop fighting to survive. The collapse of regional sports networks and cord-cutting threaten traditional revenue. Discussion of superstar contracts, revenue sharing and salary-floor ideas. A cinematic “asteroid” metaphor urges embracing internet distribution, ending blackouts, and monetizing daily baseball content.
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INSIGHT

One-Team Careers Still Happen

  • Superstar loyalty remains more common than perceived; many top players still spend most or all of their careers with one team.
  • Sullivan lists examples (Kershaw, Trout, Votto, Molina) to counter the myth that stars rarely stay long-term.
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Regional Sports Revenues Are An Asteroid

  • MLB's financial model is threatened because regional sports network revenue is collapsing as fans cut the cord.
  • Paul Francis Sullivan argues baseball must accept that consumption has moved to the internet or face severe decline.
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Salary Caps Won't Fix The Core Problem

  • The coming revenue shock isn't caused by player salaries or luxury-tax outliers but by declining RSN income and changing viewer behavior.
  • Sullivan stresses that capping salaries won't fix the structural threat from lost distribution revenue.
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