This will never really happen but what if baseball restructured itself to be like soccer in most countries. A major league of say 20 teams or so, and then a 2nd, 3rd, and 4th division each with 20 teams or so. Every year the worst 2-3 teams would be relegated and the best 2-3 would be promoted. It would make things more interesting and teams that currently have no shot to win (like TB, KC, Bal, etc) could compete on equal terms in the 2nd division with some of the better "minor league" teams.
2007-07-27 16:42:50 · 3 answers · asked by squigmire1 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Good idea or bad idea, it will NEVER fly. There is a whole lot of money invested in MLB teams and the owners will never go for something that puts significant risk in their potential revenue. Do you think Steinbrenner would sink $250 million per year into a team that after an off year could end up in a 2nd tier?
To make the bottom teams more competitive, a salary cap is about the only way to do it. Allowing draft choices to be traded would also help, but to a lesser degree.
2007-07-27 17:42:17 · answer #1 · answered by 5forfighting 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I made a suggestion like that in writing to Bowie Kuhn when he was MLB commissioner. A team winding up in the cellar would move down to Triple A. The top team in Triple A would move to the show. I envisioned a future World Series between the Toledo Mudhens and the Portland Beavers. Never got an answer.
2007-07-27 16:54:08 · answer #2 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
teams own the players in the minor leagues. if they want to get better they promote them. this is a horrible idea. the minor leagues will always be worse because the best players will be in the majors. the minors is for teams to develope their talent they wouldn't be ready to play in the majors. again horrible idea.
2007-07-27 16:48:45 · answer #3 · answered by Dodgerblue 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋