You’re all over the place here, and not sure what your main point is. Yes, college football and basketball ratings slaughter MLB. They only show a few high school events a year, so that’s a non issue.
And yes, they’re cheaper to produce…but that’s beside the point. What do you mean “face it?” You are spouting factoids without heading in any direction.
You so don’t know what you’re talking about! ESPN — between the various channels — shows far more non-pro baseball than pro baseball. College, high school, and even little league baseball. Not because MLB doesn’t get ratings... if you think high school baseball gets better ratings than MLB, you’re on crack. But because it’s dirt cheap, and ESPN has found that there are enough douches and jocks who would rather watch talk about sports than watch sports.