Thread: Payroll vs Revenue?

In 2009, their last year at the Dome, the Twins realized a very large payday.

Their revenue came in at 162 million. The Twins starting payroll was 65+ million. Way below the 50% of payroll which the Twins have sold us for years.

The Twins operating income came in at 25 million, which was the 9th highest in Baseball.

Twins fans are constantly reminded about how the Twins overpayed the payroll last year.

Did we ever hear about the huge under payment in 2009, which result in a large pretax profit for the Twins? I don't think so.


The Business Of Baseball - Forbes.com

2009 Baseball Team Payrolls - Total and Average Salaries for Major League Baseball Players

Originally Posted by Rosterman

I still haven't figured out that if the Twins payroll is 50% of revenue, why when it goes from $50 million to $100 million, team operation costs also doubled. Twice as many scouts, vendors, vice presidents, etc? Not really, minor league expenses remain flat, et al.

Originally Posted by Rosterman

But, again...if team operations were say $40 million a few years ago, they can't be more than the $63 the Phillies have now. Why are the Twins spending $90 million, AFTER a $20+ million profit!

This is what I'm getting at... I know that I picked two teams with large discrepancies in spending. But this post hit's the nail on the head. Where do we get our number of an acceptable payroll amount? It factors greatly into the feelings of Mauers contract because at 125 million his contract doesn't hurt the team as much when he put's up a 2011 performance. But this post isn't about if we're getting our money from Mauer (get over the contract people, he's performing up to his pay this year and Yes I wish every year could be '09 but it isn't going to happen).



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As far as paying for the stadium... People just need to grin and bear it. Because ALL professional sports franchises have their city over a barrel when it comes to stadium funding. It's sad but it's the reality these days, if you want pro sports the owner is more than likely going to make a profit off of the taxpayers...