Scriptor
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Why would MLB expand to a city that will end up needing the maximum amount of revenue sharing? Shouldn't they choose a city that has the possibility of actually providing revenue? San Antonio perhaps?
The revenue sharing is primarily a redistribution of the national TV money. It's not really a welfare allotment as some believe that it is. The Mega dollar TV contract is what makes the playing field much more even than to was while the Expos existed. The rest of the money shared, I believe, is a luxury tax on teams like the NYY's that have mega dollars because of their own gigantic regional TV contracts and insist on trying to buy championships by spending like there's no tomorrow.
Things have changed drastically for baseball from 2005.