It would be nice for the MLB that some of the small-market teams could trade their soon-to-be-very-expensive stars to the big-market teams in exchange for straight up cash and/or a percentage of that big-market team's TV revenue over the next number of seasons.
For instance, let's say that Corbin Burnes has another Cy Young year or two with us and prices himself out of the Brewers payroll limitations for being a small market team with limited TV revenue as a result.
It would be nice if the Brewers could trade Burnes to the Yankees/Dodgers/etc. for a set percentage of the Yankees/Dodgers/etc.'s TV revenue each year based on an agreed-upon-estimate of Burnes' future length of stardom. For instance, if it is estimated Burnes will be a star for 4 more years and a quality starter for another 2 years, it would be nice if the Brewers could ask and receive 10-15% of that team's TV revenue in exchange for the first 4 years and another 5% of that team's TV revenue for the next 2 years.
Those percentages in my example might be "off," but I think you get the idea of where I am going here.
This would be a way of evening out the playing field for small-market teams who cannot afford superstars for very long in the current system of MLB's payroll structuring.
Any thoughts from Brewers fans here would be interesting to read.
If this seems feasible, maybe we could pass this idea onto David Stearns (unless he's already thought of this and is working on it already with MLB).
Getting a bunch of "prospects" from these big-market teams in exchange as compensation never seems to be adequate compensation in these circumstances.
Let's even out the TV revenue in the MLB so we can ALL compete for superstars in the future!