[bluejays]

Much of the problematic things that people bring up are perception of the sport. If fans are complaining about super teams or some teams loading up on talent, you do see viewers tune in to see them lose, but more importantly when that angle doesn’t work and it gets stale, where your favourite team truly has little chance of succeeding, fans tune elsewhere. IMO, this is the cycle we’re seeing with the NBA. It’s a question of perceived excesses that can’t seem to be systematically overcome. For all the faults of the Yankees, I don’t think it was ever this bad. If the Dodgers keep doing this and winning, it does do damage to the sport in the long run. If numerous teams do the same then it will exasperate how quickly fans feel jaded. Because baseball requires a complete lineup instead of one or two big guys, the effect could be far worse than basketball between the haves and have nots. Look at Oakland in comparison to what the Dodgers can do. MLB really has to monitor this.