Discuss the below:
Q: Ken Gilbert owns the Knoxville Warriors, a minor league baseball team in Tennessee. He wishes to move the Warriors south, to either Mobile (Alabama) or Jackson (Mississippi). The table below gives the factors that Ken thinks are important, their weights, and the scores for Mobile and Jackson.
|
Factor
|
Weight
|
Mobile
|
Jackson
|
|
Incentive
|
0.40
|
75
|
55
|
|
Player satisfaction
|
0.30
|
25
|
45
|
|
Sports interest
|
0.20
|
45
|
85
|
|
Size of city
|
0.10
|
70
|
35
|
a) Based on the given information, the best location for the Warriors to relocate to is with a total weighted score of
b) Jackson just raised its incentive package, and the new score is 75. Why doesn't th Mobile in part (a)?
A. Even if the score is 75. Jackson will stay as the second choice
B. Even if the score is 75, Jackson's total weighted score drops to 59, just ahead of Mobile.
C. Because Jackson is already the better site