Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Marubuci kuma marubucin jawabin shugaban kasa Curt Smith duk da haka, ya ce yarjejeniyar Major League Baseball da CBS Sports ita ce "Exxon Valdez na wasanni
. " Idan wasan ƙwallon baseball ya daraja tallata ƙasa da aka bayar ta "Wasan mako", in ji Smith, da ba zai taɓa tsara shirin saurin kuɗi ba wanda ya yanke mafi yawan masu kallo. "Rashin daidaito ne", in ji Smith, "don samun wasanni 175 da ke zuwa kashi 60 na ƙasar [yana nufin yarjejeniyar da ke daidai da Baseball na Major League tare da ESPN, wanda a lokacin yana samuwa ne kawai a kusan kashi 60 na ƙasar] da kuma wasanni 16 da ke zuwa sauran". Ya daɗa: "Wasan ƙwallon baseball ya biya farashi mai girma domin ba a ganinsa kuma ba a tunaninsa. Ya kai farmaki ga talakawa da matsakaitan talakawa da suka zama tushen wasan baseball.... A ƙarshe, 'yan talla sun soma ɗaukan wasan ƙwallon baseball a matsayin kuturta".