According to AI estimates, a Toronto Blue Jays boycott of the 2025 MLB season would likely result in a multimillion-dollar loss for the US economy. Total Estimated Cost to the US Economy Direct Game Revenue Loss: $152 million (tickets, concessions, etc.) Local Economic Impact: $228 million to $380 million (multiplier applied) Broadcast/Sponsorship Loss: $30 million to $50 million (US share) Tax Revenue Loss: ~$30 million Total Range: $410 million to $612 million. Similarly, AI estimates that if the Toronto Raptors boycotted the 2025 NBA season, the US economy might see a loss of $300-$500 million.
In a trillion dollar economy these amounts may seem small, but they will have some economic impact. More importantly, the psychological impact will be much more effective. Plus, MLB and the owners will have to scramble and find 162 replacement games (out of a total 2,430 games), which will scramble their schedule.
Hi Eberly: Such a symbolic boycott would serve as a reminder to the American people of what a buffoon Trumpf is. Since he is all about image, a boycott would be six months of negative messaging about Trumpf that he is not omnipotent. Most MLB owners are wealthy GOP, so let them deal with the mess a Toronto Blue Jays boycott would cause. Link: frontofficesports.com
@#5 ... I like the symbolic gesture, but the owners aren't going to kill themselves over this. ...
At this point, I'd tend to agree.
The mega-sports-industry is concerned about profits, little else.
So, will they Toronto Blue Jays owners chose a loss of profits over a statement?
Who Is the Owner of the Toronto Blue Jays? (November 2024)
sports.betmgm.ca
... Who Is the Owner of the Blue Jays?
Rogers Communications, Inc. is the current owner of the Toronto Blue Jays. They are one of two MLB franchises under corporate ownership.
Rogers' headquarters is in Toronto, and at the end of 2022, the company had an annual revenue of over $15 billion.
Founded in 1960, Rogers is a powerhouse in media and communications. The company owns Sportsnet and acquired Score Media in 2012. The company also has naming rights to the home venues of the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers. ...
The decision will be interesting.
@#12 ... Canadians did burn down the whitehouse in 1812 or so after all....
No, Mr. Trump, Canada Did Not Burn the White House Down in the War of 1812 (June 2018)
www.nytimes.com
... We are now going to explain the War of 1812 to you. Why not?
We didn't think we'd find ourselves here, either. But on Wednesday, CNN reported that the 206-year-old war figured prominently in a discussion between President Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada on May 25. According to CNN's unnamed sources, Mr. Trump asked Mr. Trudeau, "Didn't you guys burn down the White House?"
The New York Times then confirmed the CNN report, as did The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
It's unclear if the president was trying to make a joke during what was, reportedly, a tense call about his decision to impose steep tariffs on metals imported from Canada, Mexico and the European Union.
Any lesson on the War of 1812 probably isn't the most vivid memory people have from their high school history classes, so its details may be fuzzy to many. And with the war suddenly in the news and the butt of jokes on social media, they might fairly wonder: Well, did Canada burn down the White House?
No, Canada did not burn down the White House during the War of 1812, which was fought with Britain over maritime rights. What is now Canada was not yet a country in 1812, but rather British colonies.
Canada didn't become a nation until 1867, long after British troops did, in fact, burn down the White House in 1814. The fire gutted the president's house along with several other crucial structures in Washington, which was still a relatively small town when the seat of government moved there 14 years earlier.
"The inferno was so great that the glow in the night sky was seen from 50 miles away," the White House Historical Association wrote.
So you can't really pin that on Canada, considering that Canada didn't exist. But it is a bit more complicated than that.
The United States did invade the colonies that later became Canada and were, at the time, controlled by the British. Ask some people in Canada and they would very much feel it was their war, marked by American aggression. ...
imo, informative article ...
Trump calls for end of daylight saving time (December 2024)
www.axios.com
... Trump wrote: "The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn't! Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our nation." ...
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