What did anyone expect? We’ve seen diversity hiring in all Professional leagues. The NFL even has hilariously slow female referees now, not to mention “coaches”. We had a female golfer play with the men until it didn’t pan out a decade ago, now baseball is taking a stab because their numbers are dying.
I don't think it's numbers driving it. Attendance in baseball is the greatest of the five major North American leagues. Regional tv ratings went up in 2023 and playoff ratings were also up.
If it were for ratings at least they'd have a reason to change things. They are determined to add women to every male space, while maintaining spaces for women.
Attendance in college football outdoes professional baseball. We’re talking a 41% favorite compared to a ~9% favorite.
Average Attendance: The average attendance across all MLB teams in 2023 was 26,927, marking the best results through the end of April since 2017, and a 0.9% increase from the previous season.
The average attendance for the 2023 FBS season was around 36,376, with some teams averaging over 100,000 fans per game.
Now the mlb play a vastly larger schedule so you can argue total attendance is higher, but per game it’s not even comparable.
The capacities of the baseball stadiums are also vastly lower, and that average attendance number is dragged down massively by the Marlins and Athletics actively trying to lose, the latter because failure nepotism baby John Fisher is trying and failing to move the team to Vegas by any means necessary
What did anyone expect? We’ve seen diversity hiring in all Professional leagues. The NFL even has hilariously slow female referees now, not to mention “coaches”. We had a female golfer play with the men until it didn’t pan out a decade ago, now baseball is taking a stab because their numbers are dying.
I don't think it's numbers driving it. Attendance in baseball is the greatest of the five major North American leagues. Regional tv ratings went up in 2023 and playoff ratings were also up.
If it were for ratings at least they'd have a reason to change things. They are determined to add women to every male space, while maintaining spaces for women.
Attendance in college football outdoes professional baseball. We’re talking a 41% favorite compared to a ~9% favorite.
Now the mlb play a vastly larger schedule so you can argue total attendance is higher, but per game it’s not even comparable.
The capacities of the baseball stadiums are also vastly lower, and that average attendance number is dragged down massively by the Marlins and Athletics actively trying to lose, the latter because failure nepotism baby John Fisher is trying and failing to move the team to Vegas by any means necessary