I agree with your position, but they still pretty much sell out every single game, and get big ratings for the games on TV—and even charge extra for some off-Sunday games.
Until a few years ago, I was able to keep up with them but with no cable TV and no newpaper subcriptions, I'm no longer able to keep up enough to hold an intelligent conversation about it.
That's fine. I have my weekends back. I've gotten a lot more books read. I don't feel denied at all.