Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2019 17:44:59 GMT
Jan 19, 2019 16:38:09 GMT @screamingtreefrogs said:
what MLB players make a coin in marketing nowadays anyway?MLB commiss came out and blasted Trout for not getting his face out there enough - wellhis mug is all over here in Philly - I guess not anywhere else.
who's to blame for MLB players not being marketed, popular, picked up in commericials, name recognition amongst the general public like the NFL and NBA?
is it MLB, the player, the times we live in (where nobody cares about baseball), TV (who care about revenue) or a combination of all?
Remember Robert Griffin III? He was marketed to death before he was drafted. I recall three or four major TV ad campaigns. My wife recoginzed him, she asked "Who's the RGIII and is that his real name or an acronym?" My wife, who never watched a CFB game that year. A player who had played as many minutes as I have in the NFL was a household name. Granted, baseball seems to have superstars who are as exciting as bowl of corn flakes. Trout, Aaron Judge seems to be dull. But ad agencies can make anyone seem relevant.
Trout and Judge are two great examples
I don't know what MLB can do other than possibly shortening the MLB Season and I'd like to go back to the old format and nix the 1 game Wilcard Playoff which in my eyes is the biggest travesty in sports (with the NHL's 1 PT for an OT loss a close second)
I'll get tomatoes thrown at me - so be it.
Condense the season dramaticaly.
Pitchers and catchers report 2nd week of April.
Spring training is 2 weeks in May.
Boys of Summer?
OK.
Start the Season Memorial Day around May 28th - the kickoff to summer - a bit before the NBA Finals are set and a couple of weeks before schools let out.. End the Season Labor Day - Sept 3rd or so right when the NFL is kicking off.
You play an 82 game set - ballpark NBA and NHL games.
Screw inter league play - 75% of the games will be division rivals where travel is doable in that time span.
I'm just getting started............