That's like saying Tom Cruise and Anthony Edwards played an equal role in generating revenue for Top Gun. Well, no; Cruise + Some Random Guy would have generated a hell of a lot more revenue than Some Random Guy + Anthony Edwards.

Maverick: This is what I call a target rich environment.
Goose: You live your life between your legs Mav.
Maverick: Goose, even Some Random Guy could get laid in a place like this.
Goose: Hell, I'd be happy to just find a girl that would talk dirty to me.

USA Today: Nationals GM Bowden wants divisions determined by revenue

Translation: Nationals GM Bowden wants divisions determined by competence.

Jim Bowwow: "I want to be put in the same division with other idiot GM's."

Best Regards

John

The Yankees may be a bigger draw than the DRays, but attempting to determine what proportion of the draw each is for that particular game is the wrong approach.

Assume that the Yankees, Red Sox, Blue Jays, Orioles, and Devil Rays draw at different rates, ranked in that order. Yankees-Red Sox games will then draw the most fans, and Orioles-Devil Rays games will draw the fewest. The total revenues for [(Yankees vs. Red Sox) + (Yankees vs. Blue Jays) + (Yankees vs. Orioles) + (Yankees vs. DRays)] will be higher than, say, the total for [(DRays vs. Yankees) + (DRays vs. Red Sox) + (DRays vs. Blue Jays) + (DRays vs. Orioles)].

Splitting revenues for each game between the two teams does reward bigger-drawing teams over the total of their games. Trying to divide each game's revenue proportionately would "double count" that effect.

"Maverick: This is what I call a target rich environment.
Goose: You live your life between your legs Mav.
Maverick: Goose, even Some Random Guy could get laid in a place like this.
Goose: Hell, I'd be happy to just find a girl that would talk dirty to me."

Loudest I've laughed while reading on the web in ages.

BTW how do that neat italics quoted thing?

Harlem Globetrotters effect -- Discuss.

Washington Generals folded in 1995, I didn't even know until today -- that's what happens when there is no revenue sharing. New loser team is New York Nationals - obviously the bigger market team has better chance of survival.