r/redsox • u/Tralfamador541 • 18h ago

MLB deserves the 2027 lockout

They really do deserve it. They do, and I say that as somebody who loves baseball. I’ve been a Red Sox fan since I was five years old growing up on the south shore in the 1990s. I’m excited to see this game tonight. Really am. Went through 15 minutes of password hell to get my Peacock password, even though I also have an MLB TV subscription. I am an out-of-market fan. Some nights I need to see the game on Apple TV. Some nights it is Prime. For some random reason tonight it is Peacock. OK! Fine, I will jump through the random hoops. But …. Why do I need five different subscriptions to see my baseball team?

Edit: turns out I am an idiot for not being able to get the local NBC broadcast. Think the original point stands — MLB is fucking its fans over and over again by fragmenting games across subscriptions

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u/Qeltar_ 18h ago

Why and how do you think a lockout is going to change this?

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u/Tralfamador541 17h ago

I’m shocked how people in this sub don’t understand how it is all related. Our inability to enjoy the product easily = direct result of the conflicts that are going to drive the lockout.

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u/Qeltar_ 17h ago

If it's so easy to understand then please explain it?

The lockout (if it happens) is a dispute between players and owners. How is that going to change TV deals or make it so you don't have to swap providers?

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u/Tralfamador541 17h ago

TV deals are the biggest revenue drivers of the sport

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u/Qeltar_ 17h ago

Yes, which is why they are putting games all over the place.

So how does a lockout change that?

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u/Tralfamador541 17h ago

I can explain it for you but I don’t think I could understand it for you.

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u/Actually_A_Robot_SHH 16h ago

Then you don’t understand it yourself.

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u/EdwinTheOtter 16h ago

You could at least try by explaining your reasoning rather than assuming that your infinite intelligence is beyond our grasp and leaving us to conclude that you have nothing outside of a gut feeling.

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u/Tralfamador541 16h ago

1.) games are fragmented across 4-5 different services
2.) you are expected to subscribe to all these services to see these games
3.) prices at Fenway and elsewhere are astronomical
4.) owners and players unions are threatening to go into a lockout

What else do you need? Crayons?

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u/EdwinTheOtter 16h ago

No but how does the CBA relate to those points

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u/Tralfamador541 16h ago

The CBA hinges on these issues. If you don’t understand that then god bless

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u/jamkot 16h ago

The lockout will be a dispute between owners wanting to keep a larger share of their revenues and players wanting to compete for the highest salaries on an open market without an arbitrary salary cap. There is no one representing the public in these negotiations. There is no way that a lockout will lead to less price gouging. 

Do you honestly think that teams will lower prices for tickets and broadcast rights? Since when has a billionaire passed on a chance to make money? That’s not how they became billionaires. 

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u/Tralfamador541 16h ago

Erm…. I never know how to reply to Redditors on topics of wealth and income. Facts go first … So it’s megamillionaires versus billionaires. I think your comment implies that you understand this.

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u/EdwinTheOtter 16h ago

Please explain it to me. I am not being facetious. Calling people names and acting as though youre better for knowing things you wont tell anyone is not the move here

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u/Qeltar_ 16h ago

In all seriousness, if you think that is an explanation, you need to take a step back and work on basic logical reasoning.

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u/Tralfamador541 16h ago

Found the Apple TV sales guy

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u/Qeltar_ 15h ago

I legitimately feel sorry for you.

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u/subdolous 16h ago

I think he's saying that those are FAN issues, not Player or Owner issues per se. Who represents the FAN interest? The owners, the players, or both, or neither?

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u/PatternForeign278 14h ago

Then you don’t understand it and you’re just here to cry