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Braves more profitable in 2013, yet payroll stays the same
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Braves more profitable in 2013, yet payroll stays the same
Ownership is a joke. Who has defended it?
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bravebonebook (12-25-2013), Heyward (12-23-2013)
There are those that have said since we are a middle tier team in terms of revenue/attendance so our payroll is where it should. Which is obviously not the case. Other teams with similar revenue/attendance numbers have a payroll in the 110 million range. The Braves are lagging behind and it's hurting the team.
what happened to the extra 10 m
I have my fingers crossed that they're storing money in an escrow so they can pay Jason, Freddie and maybe Justin to christen the new stadium with stars.
Stockholm, more densely populated than NYC - sturg
I don't think there are really those who defend Liberty, as there are those who say, "well, it could be worse."
it's a **** sandwich either way.
So we could have $130 million dollar payroll and still turn a profit? This is why I wish we were like the NFL and only allow individual owners.
Am I correct in inferring from this article that:
1) In 2013, revenues increased by $35M from $216M in 2012 to $251M?
2) In 2013, expenses increased by $14M from $185M in 2012 to $199M?
3) Operating income increased by $21M from $31M to $52M?
Liberty has always been a joke. I don't know why people believed every year that payroll was going to rise substantially.
Do those figures include the 25M n extra tv money? If not then it sucks even more.
And that 25M doesn't hit revenue until this season anyway so that's irrelevant to last year's complaining.
Stockholm, more densely populated than NYC - sturg
Which only makes it worse.
The braves turn a profit and yet the profits are not allowed to spend the profits on the team.
Yeah that makes it even worse. I have a feeling they'll turn an even bigger profit next season. What sucks is we could keep all of our young guys if they didn't wanna pocket it all.
No one has ever seen me defend them, and the longer it goes the more annoying this situation has become.