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Originally Posted by lumberjack
The average value of a MLB franchise is 2.4 billion dollars, somebody tell me why those boys can't lend a hand to Cooperstown.
According to the article, covid is responsible for the drop in attendance. Wouldn't this be a one-time thing.
I agree, Cooperstown, one of the places on earth you can't get to from here.
But....
Why couldn't the Hall send out a traveling exhibition. I don't mean a 40 foot trailer filled with stuff, but an arrangement with major museum across the country. Of course this would actually involve some work on the Hall's part. Can't have that....
Then again, maybe the people who go to places like the Hall are just getting old and nobody is filling the gap.
Finally, the stock market is thru the roof, how is it they can't make money on their endowment.
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One would think MLB would be interested in supporting efforts to restore/rehabilitate the BB HOF.
Perhaps someone could explain the reason there's such a disconnect between MLB and the HOF.
MLB just seems so very CHEAP. There should be rules in place that require teams to take better care of the players that are moving up through their farm system. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to be occurring on the scale it should be happening.
The next statement will be viewed as sacrilege - If MLB doesn't provide support, then why can't the BB HOF auction some of it's extra memorabilia to create an account that grows and results in an account so that further fund raising would not be necessary. They can't display everything they have now, so why not?
Ultimately, what would be nice is if MLB, the Player's Union or other entities related to baseball would pitch in and provide support.
As mentioned in the quoted post, perhaps interest is waning. 