Sunday, May 30, 2004
David fixes Marmar
I like the general concept, but there are some problems. How does the draft work? Does every team in every level get to be in the draft, with the Major league teams most likely not using any of their picks? Do all amateurs become free agents able to sign with any team, and if so, what keeps the rich teams from getting the top prospects every time? How do teams remain competitive without being able to develop their own talent, or do they buy ML-ready prospects from lower teams? Do they have a five year run, then as their team ages and they have no young blood are they doomed to drop to the minors? What happens when a Major league team sinks to the minors and remains there for years, but the public just paid for an expensive 50,000 seat stadium? Or when a minor league teams with a 12,000 seat stadium makes it to the bigs?
Despite the various logistical problems, I do like the idea of dropping the worst teams to a lower level and competing to make it to the top level. I think it would work better with only the big leagues and AAA working like that, with AA, A, and low A, etc, as affiliates of teams in the top two leagues, allowing them to draft and develop talent. This way you would take, say, the bottom two teams in the Majors, either by record overall or one from the AL and one from the NL, and the top two teams in AAA, and hold a brief tournament that could be constructed in a variety of ways to force one or two demotions/promotions or just make it a possibility for one or two promotions/demotions.
Despite the various logistical problems, I do like the idea of dropping the worst teams to a lower level and competing to make it to the top level. I think it would work better with only the big leagues and AAA working like that, with AA, A, and low A, etc, as affiliates of teams in the top two leagues, allowing them to draft and develop talent. This way you would take, say, the bottom two teams in the Majors, either by record overall or one from the AL and one from the NL, and the top two teams in AAA, and hold a brief tournament that could be constructed in a variety of ways to force one or two demotions/promotions or just make it a possibility for one or two promotions/demotions.
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I like the general concept, but there are some problems. How does the draft work? Does every team in every level get to be in the draft, with the Major league teams most likely not using any of their picks? Do all amateurs become free agents able to sign with any team, and if so, what keeps the rich teams from getting the top prospects every time?
Screw the draft, mostly because it is dumb anyways. Its not that much of an advantage to have a high pick, as opposed to any of the other major sports. Plus international players arent even involved, which is terribly dumb. The key to keeping the best teams from getting all the players would be limiting the team rosters. I had said 50 players before, but it could be lower. Lets say you have 50. You have 25 on your major league roster. Then you probably need 5-10 players on the roster in case of injury. Maybe a 5 team practice squad a la the NFL. So that leaves you with only so many propects. And you are going to have prospects at all sorts of levels, from rookie ball all the way up to double/Triple AAA (remember they would be loaned out.) So lets say you have 4 prospects at various levels. That means you can only sign three or four new players a year, once they are major league eligible. And the odds for prospects panning out are small enough that with such little roster turnover, scouting will be more important than money. Otherwise the Yankees could end up with a roster of J.D. Drews.
How do teams remain competitive without being able to develop their own talent, or do they buy ML-ready prospects from lower teams?
There would be nothing to stop a Double A team, say, from collecting young talent. And they would surely be built up of some Double A journeymen (Ricky Henderson?) But I think teams should be able to get players on loan from other teams, which they do in soccer. This can sometimes cause players to blossom in new situations, a la Fernando Morientes in Monaco this year. (He was on loan from Real Madrid, and Monaco beat Real in the Champions League quarters.)
Do they have a five year run, then as their team ages and they have no young blood are they doomed to drop to the minors? What happens when a Major league team sinks to the minors and remains there for years, but the public just paid for an expensive 50,000 seat stadium? Or when a minor league teams with a 12,000 seat stadium makes it to the bigs?
Well, a team would have to be well managed of course. That's the point. Teams with new stadiums would generate more revenue and would be more likely to stay competitive...unless you had terrible management. It would also keep teams from cutting payroll in an attempt to lose, because finishing last is so financially devastating. This would force teams to manage well and try to compete, and penalize those that didnt. And if a team with a new stadium got demoted? Tough...get better management. The fans would be more pissed than anything else. And if a team with 12,000 seats made it? Use the stadium. If they are good enough to stay up for a long period of time, they could profit enough to build a stadium.
The point of this whole system is not to provide financial balance. Its to make a league that recognizes financial imbalance and allows teams that cant compete at that level something else to play for.
Screw the draft, mostly because it is dumb anyways. Its not that much of an advantage to have a high pick, as opposed to any of the other major sports. Plus international players arent even involved, which is terribly dumb. The key to keeping the best teams from getting all the players would be limiting the team rosters. I had said 50 players before, but it could be lower. Lets say you have 50. You have 25 on your major league roster. Then you probably need 5-10 players on the roster in case of injury. Maybe a 5 team practice squad a la the NFL. So that leaves you with only so many propects. And you are going to have prospects at all sorts of levels, from rookie ball all the way up to double/Triple AAA (remember they would be loaned out.) So lets say you have 4 prospects at various levels. That means you can only sign three or four new players a year, once they are major league eligible. And the odds for prospects panning out are small enough that with such little roster turnover, scouting will be more important than money. Otherwise the Yankees could end up with a roster of J.D. Drews.
How do teams remain competitive without being able to develop their own talent, or do they buy ML-ready prospects from lower teams?
There would be nothing to stop a Double A team, say, from collecting young talent. And they would surely be built up of some Double A journeymen (Ricky Henderson?) But I think teams should be able to get players on loan from other teams, which they do in soccer. This can sometimes cause players to blossom in new situations, a la Fernando Morientes in Monaco this year. (He was on loan from Real Madrid, and Monaco beat Real in the Champions League quarters.)
Do they have a five year run, then as their team ages and they have no young blood are they doomed to drop to the minors? What happens when a Major league team sinks to the minors and remains there for years, but the public just paid for an expensive 50,000 seat stadium? Or when a minor league teams with a 12,000 seat stadium makes it to the bigs?
Well, a team would have to be well managed of course. That's the point. Teams with new stadiums would generate more revenue and would be more likely to stay competitive...unless you had terrible management. It would also keep teams from cutting payroll in an attempt to lose, because finishing last is so financially devastating. This would force teams to manage well and try to compete, and penalize those that didnt. And if a team with a new stadium got demoted? Tough...get better management. The fans would be more pissed than anything else. And if a team with 12,000 seats made it? Use the stadium. If they are good enough to stay up for a long period of time, they could profit enough to build a stadium.
The point of this whole system is not to provide financial balance. Its to make a league that recognizes financial imbalance and allows teams that cant compete at that level something else to play for.
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