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Young Drachma · 09-26-2007, 01:10 AM

CONTRACTION COULD BE COMING
February 10, 2002
Major League Baseball officials have been rumbling about an idea that would change the game even more than it's already been changed. Some owners are privately grumbling about the idea that some teams are just taking and taking the revenue checks from the media money that MLB teams get, versus the ones that are actually competing for a championship.

Some owners are pushing for a plan that would demote up to six teams by 2005, based on their win percentage over a three year period starting this year.

That said, no agreement has been reached to make this happen.

"It'd be a radical move, but it would at the same time serve as a mechanism for improving play at the Continental League level," said one baseball observer.

09-26-2007, 01:10 AM	#68
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	CONTRACTION COULD BE COMING February 10, 2002 Major League Baseball officials have been rumbling about an idea that would change the game even more than it's already been changed. Some owners are privately grumbling about the idea that some teams are just taking and taking the revenue checks from the media money that MLB teams get, versus the ones that are actually competing for a championship. Some owners are pushing for a plan that would demote up to six teams by 2005, based on their win percentage over a three year period starting this year. That said, no agreement has been reached to make this happen. "It'd be a radical move, but it would at the same time serve as a mechanism for improving play at the Continental League level," said one baseball observer.