Andrew Zimbalist
Andrew Zimbalist
Andrew S. Zimbalistis a U.S. economist. He is the Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics at Smith College...
crazy tables sides
Both sides go the bargaining table holding cards quite close to the chest and bluffing like crazy, .
jobs people question subtract sure thousands whether
I'm sure there will be thousands of new jobs. But the question is whether they subtract jobs from people working nearby.
fan interest maintain management smart
They've just ignited the fan interest in St. Louis, and management has been smart enough to maintain that.
background business continue necessary positive run serious teams work
It will continue the cycle; I think it has to. It's positive to have serious corporations that have the business background to do that kind of work necessary to run teams today.
tourists
You are substituting one set of tourists for another.
area cannot economic expect level raise stadium team
You cannot expect a new stadium in your area or a new team in your area will raise the level of economic development.
everybody excited round threw time water
Everybody got excited in 1997 and then they got smacked in the face, ... They won't go back for another round when that happens. ... If every time you went to McDonald's there was someone there who threw water in your face, you wouldn't go back, either.
attorneys baseball general looking monopoly states sue teams various
Attorneys General in various states looking to get baseball or keep teams would sue baseball on grounds that they're a monopoly and restricting output,
believe correct
I don't believe that that's correct at all,
baseball thinking people
People tend to take sides in these discussions. They feel obligated to say baseball is in catastrophic circumstance or no problem at all. I think extremes are misleading. I think there's a problem and it's of modest dimensions.
baseball team eight
Baseball does have some slack here. When they were losing $20 million a year in Montreal, there was some pressure to get rid of it. But as long as they are [profitable] in Washington, there is less pressure. They've got eight bona fide $450 million offers to buy the team, and those offers aren't going to go away soon.
baseball mistake thinking
I don't think baseball can abandon the Miami market. If MLB does let that market go vacant, I think it'll be one of the biggest mistakes they ever made.
thinking chance
Until the L.A. market is settled, I don't think there's any other market out there that stands a chance.
thinking agreement provision
The market's been soft, .. and I think that's mostly a result of the new provisions in the collective bargaining agreement.