The amount of money each team receives in income each year is not constant. The net average value of a Major League team is 523 million dollars. But this is the average some teams are higher some are substantially lower. For example the New York Yankees had a value of 1.7 billion dollars. The amount of money that is flowing in the Major League is unheard of especially during the times of recession.

There was only one team that needed help from the MLB headquarters to pay there players that was the Texas Rangers, this is because they struggled with the building of a new stadium and and the low aount of fans at each game. I find it interesting that even during such an economic downturn that teams are still able to have such an income from the fan base. For example the Yanks brought in 325 million from fan revenue.

The pay roll of teams is a huge spectrum starting with the highest the Yanks, with 200 million dollars, and going as low as 55 million with the Padres. Is the game fair?  How is a team that has such a low payroll supposed to compete with a team that has such a high one? A player will most likely always go where theres more money that is just the human nature. How did they do it in the old days with such little money?