So $5.25M per year average, with $1.5M buyout in year 3. Not bad. If he gives us anything close to this season, that will be money well spent.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chris Young&#39;s deal: $4.25 million in 2016, $5.75 million in 2017 and a $1.5 million buyout of an $8 million mutual option in 2018.</p>&mdash; Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) <a href="https://twitter.com/McCulloughStar/status/674001424510926849">December 7, 2015</a></blockquote>
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doesn't seem bad for us

Well Young just replaced Guthrie in the rotation

I'm pretty emotional about Dr. Filthy McNasty returning to practice in Kansas City. Legit heartwarming.

"The sports bubble is about to pop":
http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...ut-to-pop.html

Basically argues that ESPN losing 7% of its subs in 2 years portends to consumers getting tired of the high cost that sports programming puts on their bills. This analysis suggests 40% of your bill goes to sports programming which many consumers don't care for. So they're leaving for Netflix, etc etc options.


This may be bad for us since we might be the last prospecter to make our way to the gold mine.

@JonHeymanCBS: Cliff Lee drawing interest from 15 clubs

It's awesome.

:thumb:

PB we've all seen this coming, literally all of us who paid attention were worried that the bubble would burst prior to the next tv contract but....

We will always have 2015!! Let's go get another!!!

How will ESPN's willingness to pay big bucks hurt the next local TV contract?

It's the conversation around cord cutters. Right now ratings are ridiculous in KC - but the landscape looks to be reinvented the next 2-3 years. We shall see.

That's right in general, but given the way KC is crazy about the Royals and Chiefs... I imagine the local ratings won't take too much of a hit. As long as both teams stay competitive.

If the sport money "pops" won't it eventually cycle about around and just lead to players making less money and t.v. contracts dropping down?

Don't know how long that will take but it's probably necessary.

America pays way too much for sports. tbh.

Where the hell does the bidding even begin on Cliff Lee?

Eventually, yes. The teams that have already inked long term deals will have huge advantages, though.

How much do we pay for music, movies, video games, and other forms of entertainment compared to sports?