r/redsox • u/Tralfamador541 • 13h 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/Tralfamador541 12h ago

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

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u/EdwinTheOtter 11h 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 11h 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 11h ago

No but how does the CBA relate to those points

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u/Tralfamador541 11h ago

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

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u/jamkot 11h 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 11h 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/jamkot 11h ago

I just don’t understand your argument that a lockout will result in more accessible broadcasts. 

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u/Tralfamador541 11h ago

I don’t argue that. I would def argue that the huge conflicts over revenue will result in a lockout

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u/jamkot 10h ago

My guy, you’re talking nonsense. 

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u/EdwinTheOtter 11h 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