Saturday, December 13, 2008

The Big Business Of Baseball

In this planet where we live is always manifested outrageous things, typical of a civilization dominated many interests according to the management of emotions, empty existential concerns, then, that we wonder what you are capable of expressing itself, such as sports, where there are incredible business, as in the case of Baseball, where the gloves, balls, bats, and skills of players who know how, provide millions of dollars, euros that many other businesses. Where, this triggers various sports activities.

Sport in which players earn more than any other legal profession, an engineer, teacher, economist, administrator, journalist, doctor, to name a few who are paid millions of dollars or euros per serving in a playground question that is supposed to please those who identify with that sport. All this on the basis of their skill.

Of course, to assess the scope, which is the business of Baseball, it is necessary to enter the United States where it operates the largest marketing is your game, which pay better wages and jan. That much money. For his job, so there are fewer in Japan, Mexico and other countries in the Caribbean. But the most important business and what it represents in profits in the United States, in its Major leagues and associations.

Baseball is played in the following parts of the world: Africa, Asia, Australia, Caribbean, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America and Oceania

In an interesting work on this issue, says Jaime Perez Cervantes, which

global activities of the Major League Baseball (MLB) follow the same path, a Multinational Company (MNC).

The professional baseball, the world is governed by Major League Baseball (MLB)

The amateur baseball is governed by the Association of International Baseball Federation (IBAF)

The National League since its inception, sought to make money with the help of many people, including William Hulbert, Harry Wright, Albert Spalding, and so on.

Was separated from its inception to the owners (business) of the players, and there was always conflict between the two sides, however, must understand that they are interdependent.

These men believed in the baseball final, as a business rather than a pastime.

The American League also came with a strategy for doing business, led by Byron Bancroft, Ban Johnson, who worked at the Minor League circuit, and then called Western League became the American League, he rushed against the monopoly of the National League.

Johnson offered a job talents, higher wages, and a family atmosphere in the parks of baseball and brought prosperity for both sides, the fan and player.

Its success, led the National League in 1902 to negotiate an agreement with the American League and became the foundation of the MLB.

He grew the business of baseball in the USA and earnings have reached huge numbers.

We, Cervantes said, and explained what was meant by globalization and baseball are two basic phenomena:

1 .- The denationalization of the market for consumers of baseball, because this is no longer a nation but the multinational companies (MNCs).

2 .- The labor market also becomes baseball's Global.

Major League Baseball, an organization that has become an international phenomenon, a global business, a Mutinacional Company (MNC).

Players from over 20 countries are gathered here to compete in 30 teams, among the most famous being the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox Los Angeles Dodgers, which are known from Aruba to Zimbabwe, in fact the most famous is the Yankees .

The season runs from the LMB, the last day of March to October, and 162 games, you run the finest athletes.

In July, they play the super stars in the All-Star Game fans from all over the world vote to choose who comprise these teams.

Reaches the maximum in October, with the playoffs first and then the biggest sport in the world The World Series between the champions of the National and American.

The Major League Baseball, working on developing the sport around the world also donate money to organizations or in the great tragedies like the destruction of the twin towers and problems of large cities, but also help youth .

The major league baseball continues to be globalized as some teams playing outside the U.S. and Toronto Blue Jays, and until 2004, the Montreal Expos in Canada too, the Baltimore Orioles who played in Cuba. The San Diego Padres and Rockies have played in Monterrey, Mexico in Japan the Yankees, the Expos in Puerto Rico, the games against USA Stars Stars of Japan, etc..

Baseball continues to grow and where players are essentially like Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Italy, Holland, Denmark, and play.

The players R. Dominican, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Mexico, continue to rise.

Cervantes says that we must consider the role in business generated by the International Association of Federations of baseball, amateur baseball controlling their offices are located in Lausanne, Switzerland, has 113 national federations, 40 of them are from Europe. It is estimated that some 40 million players participating in an organized baseball around the world. Are those who organize the Intercontinental Cup, World Cup and Olympic championships.

The MLB has a role in helping grow the sport in Europe, and has programs in many countries, including England Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, Greece, etc..

It also follows the traditional marketing strategy of targeting consumers with disposable income, we are chosen to developed countries.

In 1992, baseball was introduced to the Olympic Games and other countries like United States, Cuba, Japan, Australia, South Africa, Holland and Italy, have competed.

Cervantes adds us in his letter that he baseball besides being a national pastime in the USA now is a great business integral. Around the world playing and services are produced. In Moscow there are 900 stores and six major sports companies engaged in this field. And baseball is not only a success in the major leagues, but throughout the world and is taken as a business. The MLB has created jobs, as managers, players, their development and sale of these managers, Umpires, broadcasters, scouts journalists, suppliers of uniforms, spikes, useful baseball, souvenirs, toys. Telecommunications, maintenance workers, cleaners, police, publicists for all levels, specialists in marketing, prizes and those who develop, doctors, masseurs, antidoping laboratories, transportation of cars, buses, restaurants with food, parking hotels, gardeners, pilots, psychologists, entertainment, pets, clubs, parks engineers builders, architects, mechanics, painters, masons, printers of books, etc.. An agreement was signed between MLB and the Players Association (MLBPA) This is the SPK for a new fantasy baseball game (started on February 17) and a brand new kind of business in that through Internet fans can play the role of CEO of the MLB, make your own team with 14 stars and the budget limit of $ 50 million, fans will compete for a prize of $ 100,000.

Very interesting when it is noted that the MLB teams derive their income from three basic sources: 1 .- Tickets sold at the stadium 2 .- Sales of licensed products

3 .- Sale of television transmission today article largest gain and the rights of radio and the Internet

Very true what Cervantes says that the MLB has also created products for the fans (consumers). The world has become a shopping market in which the ideas and products are available everywhere. Different nations are converted into one place, in a single market for products of major league.

Authorized to sell their goods within and outside the U.S. and gives rights to foreign and local companies to use logos of the MLB teams, from baseball photos, videos or electronic, uniforms, baseball spikes tools, souvenirs, toys, food, beer, etc.. etc. U.S. sales of the game means the 30 million Latinos. The players union and MLB MLBP (SPK), a contract in 1987 to manage the business. In 1998, MLBP agreements with federations, teams, clubs, companies and stores in 109 countries for the sale of goods permitted for MLB. Retail sales of licensed products are projected to grow 200% over the next five years under this new strategy of marketing. The spread of the MLB games in foreign countries will increase the likelihood that the fans in those countries buy the merchandise of MLB.

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