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PLAYERS¡¯ ARGUMENTS: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IS PROFITABLE

In our view, the owners¡¯ accounting methods do not reflect an accurate picture of the overall economic health of the baseball team. Contrary to owners¡¯ claims that the team is losing money, and a large amount of them, we believe that the major league baseball is actually profitable.

1) Roster depreciation, independent of the accounting rules, does not reflect the economic truth.

When someone buys an existing business or starts a new business they get a grace period where they can use an accounting tool called amortization to get their business off the ground. Simply put, business owners are allowed to depreciate any business assets they need to get their business going. For instance, let¡¯s say you own a restaurant. You need stoves, dish washers, cash registers, plates, silverware, etc. to keep that business running. You are allowed to write off the depreciation in value of those items because you will......

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