Braves reworked TV Deal

[jpx7]

I would make Justin Upton and Heyward a priority.

Fixed.

 

[Enscheff]

Heyward will not sign until he has his "breakout" year, at which point Wren will be forced to buy high. If he doesn't have that breakout year before he becomes a FA, some other team will break the bank paying for his potential just like Wren did with BJ.

 

[Runnin]

With the Santana contract (which they said put us over budget) our payroll this year is over $110M. I'm guessing that next year they will have a budget in the 110-115 range.

And we're reminded again total team salary is not the final word on team performance.

 

[Knucksie]

Nobody here knows what total payroll projects to be or the salary range for such and such player. That nonsense went on all winter. Then, out of nowhere, the contract extensions came in success. So, let's stop pretending to be resident experts.

 

[GovClintonTyree]

$500M in extra revenue over the life of the contract. The key missing piece of information is how long the life of the contract is. The old contract had about 15 years left on it. So I would guess they extended it by about 10 years. This means 500M in extra revenue over 25 years, with 10 of those years being fresh extension years. So lets say 30M/year over those ten fresh years and an extra 15M/year for the renegotiated 15 years. So my guesswork would imply near-term revenues get boosted about 15M/year. Teams tend to spend about half of revenues on player payrolls. That's the history excluding the collusion years.

I think you're low AAV. That wouldn't be a game changer and Maffei is very clearly telling us that it is. If there are additional years tacked on - the extra revenue would be relative to what, exactly? Extrapolated revenue with the current deal? I don't think so. I think he's telling you $500m over the next 13.

 

[GovClintonTyree]

Would be nice if somewhere in the contract Chip is no longer allowed to broadcast games. I yearn for the days of TBS and Skip & Pete.

Perhaps part of the deal was that Chip can stay, but he's got to broadcast in character as Skip. What with Skip being dead and all.

 

[GovClintonTyree]

My guesstimate is that the near-term effect on payrolls is 5-10M/year. Probably closer to 10.

I think your 50% of revenue to payroll is accurate, but I think it's $20m/yr on close to $40m/yr of revenue.

 

[ramadon101]

I think your 50% of revenue to payroll is accurate, but I think it's $20m/yr on close to $40m/yr of revenue.

That's closer to reality but it is, in fact, more than that.

 

[GovClintonTyree]

That's closer to reality but it is, in fact, more than that.

Pimpin'. Care to elaborate?

 

[buck7580]

Guess this could give themthe flexibility to cut Uggla at some point.

 

[NYCBrave]

My guesstimate is that the near-term effect on payrolls is 5-10M/year. Probably closer to 10.

What about when we factor in the increased TV revenue that is supposed to kick in from MLB as a whole?

 

[nsacpi]

What about when we factor in the increased TV revenue that is supposed to kick in from MLB as a whole?

That's extra. The bump up in revenues from the national TV deal is over $20M per team. So the increase in payrolls from that should be at least $10M. Btw the 2014 opening day payroll stood at $112M, up from $90M last year. So there already seems to have been some effect.

 

[DirkPiggler]

Guess this could give themthe flexibility to cut Uggla at some point.

I wish the Braves would hire someone that understands the concepts of sunk costs. I'm available if they're willing to match my current pay and pay relocation costs.