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Johnnnnb t1_itw0ipj wrote

So I’d this where people who couldn’t make the baseball leagues go?

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redandblue4lyfe t1_itw22nm wrote

Uhh, the Indian premier league makes 3x the revenue per game compared to the mlb https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_sports_leagues_by_revenue.

Cricket is way more popular in Commonwealth countries than baseball (England, West Indies, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, India etc) while baseball is more popular in countries strongly influenced by the USA (Japan, S. Korea, Dominican republic, Puerto Rico etc)

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Nutaholic t1_itwbw2g wrote

Well when you only have 74 events it's not terribly surprising the average revenue per game is much higher.

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Johnnnnb t1_itw41zd wrote

That’s pretty misleading lol, they don’t make more money than the MLB

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TerritoryTracks t1_itw5dgd wrote

A lot more. And since he posted a source, and you're just going "nuh uh", you come across as a real twat...

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Johnnnnb t1_itw94bx wrote

Lmao. Did you look at the source? The MLB is 2nd to the NFL. The cricket league is 10th or something, has 74 games and 10 teams compared to 2500 games and 30 teams so going by “per game revenue” and player contracts is dumb af. Not to mention the minor league and beyond

“A lot more”

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TerritoryTracks t1_itw9qre wrote

Apparently reading isn't your strong suit. He specifically said revenge per game... Sure, the mlb, which plays several thousand games per season has more revenue over all... Typical American, can't read at 5th grade level but "America number 1!", lol...

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Johnnnnb t1_itwah6a wrote

Per game revenue is a pointless statement. When you have so few games of course you’ll have that stat in your favor. They don’t have a regular season, they’re “season” skips right to the playoffs. What do you think the revenue per game for playoff games is the MLB?

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TerritoryTracks t1_itwbbn9 wrote

The fuck are you smoking dude? Don't have a regular season? Of course there is a regular season, and only the top teams go into the playoffs. You have no idea what you are babbling about. The reason there are so few games is because it has to slot in between a very busy international calender, both with other leagues around the world and international games in 3 formats to compete for play time.

Stay with your MLB, and stop commenting ill informed crap when you don't know the first thing you are talking about...

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Johnnnnb t1_itwbiq5 wrote

Cant be that dumb. The IPL has 74 games. That’s playoffs

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TerritoryTracks t1_itweii0 wrote

Like I said, don't take shit you don't know anything about. You use words without any meaning.

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redandblue4lyfe t1_itw7agl wrote

Actually, the average ipl player makes more than a million more than the average mlb player. https://www.statista.com/statistics/675120/average-sports-salaries-by-league/

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Nutaholic t1_itwdg60 wrote

I am very confused where this data comes from. The most well paid IPL players I can find are making about 2 mil USD annually.

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Impressive-Squash-24 t1_itybly2 wrote

Because that isn’t annual pay. IPL players are getting paid that for just 2 months of their time per year. Cricketers in general are contracted to multiple leagues over the period of an year, aside from their own international contracts.

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Johnnnnb t1_itw8ud2 wrote

That’s because there are ten teams. Look at the list, MLB is 2nd to the nfl.

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ausmankpopfan t1_itwaec4 wrote

Show me where it says on per game revenue it's second to NFL please

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daringgreatlyy t1_itw3qa0 wrote

r/shitamericanssay

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Johnnnnb t1_itw4b1i wrote

Have you seen the pay in the MLB? Fully guaranteed too

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Careless_Oil_2103 t1_itw7w62 wrote

Bro as a fellow American please stop. Any person with common sense knows that our sports practically apply to only Americans. Other sports such as this, is viewed and played by many many countries….

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JagsFraz71 t1_itw0oy8 wrote

Edgy.

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Johnnnnb t1_itw0qxo wrote

😂😂

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JagsFraz71 t1_itwbgrg wrote

I get that it might be hard to follow.

It’s kind of like the world series, except with the world in it.

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Johnnnnb t1_itwbmo3 wrote

Highest salary in the ipl is 2.6 million, MLB is $46 million. The more talented athletes are here already. Sorry

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JagsFraz71 t1_itwbuuf wrote

I didn’t mention the IPL or athletes.

Are you arguing with yourself now?

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Johnnnnb t1_itwc7xt wrote

You were acting like was stupid so I gave you a reason why the sorry little league has 2nd rate athletes

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JagsFraz71 t1_itwch9j wrote

Its not a league? We’re talking about the world cup.

I would never assume you’re stupid but it does seem like you have some issues with reading.

Keep your chin up, champ.

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NoQuestion4045 t1_itwnzf1 wrote

Money =/= Talent if you didn't know

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Johnnnnb t1_itx4tky wrote

If we have a fuck about cricket we’d be the best at it

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NoQuestion4045 t1_itx70mz wrote

US was not the best at it when they did give a fuck about it during Late 19th century to early 20th.

>If we have a fuck about cricket we’d be the best at it

Top 5 maybe. Never the undisputable best like Australia in the 2000s or the West Indies in 1970s

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chairplanet t1_itycn0k wrote

As a lad growing up in Australia, we always sent the kids who couldn’t catch off to play baseball- the gloves are like trainer wheels on a bike.

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