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    So where are the Liberty Media defenders now

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    Braves more profitable in 2013, yet payroll stays the same

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    Ownership is a joke. Who has defended it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    Ownership is a joke. Who has defended it?
    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.

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    what happened to the extra 10 m

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    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.
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    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.

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    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.

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    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?

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    Liberty has always been a joke. I don't know why people believed every year that payroll was going to rise substantially.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Perfect Cell View Post
    what happened to the extra 10 m
    Being banked for the move to the new stadium in 2017.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    Ownership is a joke. Who has defended it?
    A lot of people on here have.

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    Do those figures include the 25M n extra tv money? If not then it sucks even more.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hudson2 View Post
    Do those figures include the 25M n extra tv money? If not then it sucks even more.
    The new national TV contracts start in 2014.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hudson2 View Post
    Do those figures include the 25M n extra tv money? If not then it sucks even more.
    No those figures do not include the TV money

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    And that 25M doesn't hit revenue until this season anyway so that's irrelevant to last year's complaining.
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    Which only makes it worse.

    The braves turn a profit and yet the profits are not allowed to spend the profits on the team.

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    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.

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    No one has ever seen me defend them, and the longer it goes the more annoying this situation has become.

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