Why Shohei Ohtani's New Contract is Bad for Baseball (#8)

01/08/24 • 4 min

In this new episode, we take a look at the reasons why Shohei Ohtani's new contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers - for $700 million dollars, is potentially harmful to the game of the baseball. From a legal and business standpoint, we discuss:
1) Changes in the business strategy of individual teams and the league
2) The labor employment challenges of increasing fairness in baseball, and
3) How marketability may be more important than winning (soon)

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Why the Patriot Way Failed (as a culture) (#7)

In this episode, we revisit the world of sports to discuss why the "Patriot Way", the culture of the vaunted New England Patriots football team, failed to take hold on other teams. Rather than examining why the Patriot Way failed for football reasons, we try to determine why, as a corporate culture, this system failed when implemented by former New England coaches like Josh McDaniels on teams like the Broncos and Raiders.
Sources:
The Patriot Way (theplayerstribune.com)

The Patriot Way, explained - Pats Pulpit

Understanding The Importance Of Corporate Culture After The Great Resignation (forbes.com)

Meeting with Josh McDaniels, GM backfires, Jay Cutler asks Denver Broncos for trade - ESPN

https://defector.com/the-problem-was-always-josh-mcdaniels

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How Gambling Hurt Shohei Ohtani's Image (#9)

In this episode, we discuss how the gambling scandal involving Shohei Ohtani and his former interpreter hurt Ohtani's image as an honest, transparent superstar. From a corruption perspective, we discuss how even allegations of wrongdoing can impact a player or business's reputation.