Re: moneyball

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

He was talking about the relative competence among baseball players.

On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 05:15:52PM -0500, Carrol Cox wrote:
> I don't see what the athletic competence of  baseball players has to do
> with the value of their labor power. How much money do the TV networks,
> the advertisers, and the makers of the products advertised make off of
> them. Besides, I believe a huge proportion of mlb players are only in
> the majors for a few years (under 5) and never get even the average
> salaries. (And I believe the situation is much  worse for football
> players.) Has anyone written seriously on the economics of professional
> sports?
>
> A few years ago there was fuss made about the outrageous salaries of
> airline pilots, many of whom are now unemployed or working under worse
> conditions for less money.
>
> Carrol

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