As lockout drags on, poll indicates MLB could be charting path to irrelevance

It’s been said that apathy is worse than anger. If that’s true, MLB could be in trouble.

We’re more than a month into the MLB lockout, with negotiations basically non-existent, spring training reporting dates creeping closer, and lots of sports fans greeting it all with a full-throated … meh.

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Discussion Questions:

1. What is revenue?
2. Why is revenue important to MLB teams?
3. What is an expense?
4. What do you think is the biggest expense incurred by professional sports teams?
5. What is a lockout?
6. Why is there currently a lockout in MLB?
7. What do you think might need to happen for the lockout to end?
8. What is publicity?
9. How might the publicity from a lockout impact things like TV ratings, ticket sales and sponsorship?
10. Based on information from this story, what should MLB be most concerned about?
11. What might MLB be able to do to attract more fans once play resumes? Be prepared to share your ideas in class.