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[QUOTE="donniesyracuse, post: 2931729, member: 101"]
[URL='https://www.forbes.com/sites/maurybrown/2019/01/11/economic-data-shows-mlb-spent-less-on-player-salaries-compared-to-revenues-in-2018/#381caa5239d7']MLB Spent Less On Player Salaries Despite Record Revenues In 2018[/URL]

"...gross revenues for MLB in 2018 were $10.3 billion."

"Last year, the league spent 54.2% of revenues on player compensation, the second-lowest amount dating back to 2010, according to industry sources who wish to remain anonymous. That compensation included not only the big-league salaries that fans have focused on but also players in Minor League Baseball, for which MLB pays. The 54% of total revenues was a drop of nearly 4% from 2017, based on data provided from sources. The last time that the percentage of player salary-to-revenues dropped more than that was in 2012, when the decline was over 6%. In a downward trend over several years, the last time that the percentage of player compensation compared with total revenue rose year-over-year was 2015 (up 4.2%)."

"The percentage of revenue that major league players have garnered as compensation compared with revenues has fluctuated between 48% and 52% for the last 15 years."
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