Yes, the modus operandi here too is to fire the coach/manager and keep the players. That basically applies to all sports this side of the pond.

And yes, the richer teams are dominant. Here there are a number of richer teams (but less than half, I venture) so it can still look competitive. But if you follow one of the poorer teams at all (I followed Montreal religiously until things got ridiculous several years back) you see it clearly.

These wages also make the cost of attendance atrocious too, but heavy marketing, much of it of the free variety by ingratiating sports writers and sports casters, keeps many of the stadiums near full.


>I did not know that it was played in Canada (hey - I got to upset the Canadians too!).
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>That is a lot of money: has it started to affect the game as much as it has football (soccer) in the UK? The game is dominated, certainly in Scotland, by the richest teams. Also, something which always strikes me as strange, when a team fails, they sack the manager and NOT all the expensive players.
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>>Well, Robert, Pro baseball players here earn vast sums of money. And I do mean vast!
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>>I don't remember the precise numbers, but one fellow here recently signed with the Texas Rangers for somewhere around $40,000,000 per YEAR! It's really gone crazy!
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>>Many parents here ensure that their kids are playing hard too, you can be sure.
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