Attorneys for MLB are trying to argue that online fantasy baseball companies should not be able to operate without paying license fees to the league. Apparently MLB is worried about players not being properly compensated for the use of their names.
Here’s a question – How much money does the league and its players get off of all the video game rights, jersey sales and bobble heads? Now everyone wants to get paid off of fantasy sports too? Hey, newsflash MLB: fantasy sports have been around for over a decade and a half. People used to run leagues and calculate scores by using the stats out of newspapers, so don’t try to use this as a cash cow now that fantasy sports are huge. As if baseball doesn’t have enough issues with, oh I don’t know, maybe players freaking cheating! No, lets concentrate on making sure online fantasy companies have to pay royalties to use the players’ names, because God forbid players aren’t getting paid enough now.
Deadspin.com had a great idea to get around all of this:
“With the first pick of the draft, I take Alex Hodrigues, shortstop for the New York Spankees.”
