[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by Chiefspants

The MLB blackout policy is perhaps the worst long term idea I can think of that a major corporate entity is running with today. Hardly any young people can watch the game, I'll never understand how detached the owners must be to roll with that.

A bigger problem is that kids don't play baseball /stickball / wiffleball.

Basketball is the only American sport insulated from that problem since it's so incredibly cheap to take up and 'only' takes one competitor and one backboard/rim to play.