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I read a quick little blurb the other day about the idea of introducing this - and I'm fully convinced now.
Similar to how soccer works in most European countries, where you have the A (or premiere) League with 20 or so teams, this should be done in all majorAmerican sports. That way:
You could have a 24 team A league... featuring the best 24 teams in America. Then you'd have a B league featuring the next best 24 Teams. That's 48towns with a team, and it could even go into a C team if the fans demanded it in those towns.
So at the end of a season... the teams finishing 20-24 in the A league would be demoted for the next season to the B league... and the top 4 teams from the Bleague would get promoted to play in the A league the next year.
This would do wonders for fans, players, and owners a like. Is it likely to ever happen? Probably not, considering pro sports are a monopoly in thiscountry... but that fact makes me think someday maybe the government could get involved and force their hands to go more this route, since they currently blockother teams from possibly joining their leagues.
What do we think?
Similar to how soccer works in most European countries, where you have the A (or premiere) League with 20 or so teams, this should be done in all majorAmerican sports. That way:
- Every major metropolitan area would get a sports team that could support one. Hell, any area could have a team that wanted to pony up the money to start one.
- There would be penalties for being a bottom dweller who simply tries to tap into the shared revenue setups, you'd be demoted. No more holding fans hostage with the threat of moving towns if they don't come out and support a loser.
- It would create excitement for late season games featuring teams from the bottom of the standings, fighting to stay afloat in the A league.
You could have a 24 team A league... featuring the best 24 teams in America. Then you'd have a B league featuring the next best 24 Teams. That's 48towns with a team, and it could even go into a C team if the fans demanded it in those towns.
So at the end of a season... the teams finishing 20-24 in the A league would be demoted for the next season to the B league... and the top 4 teams from the Bleague would get promoted to play in the A league the next year.
This would do wonders for fans, players, and owners a like. Is it likely to ever happen? Probably not, considering pro sports are a monopoly in thiscountry... but that fact makes me think someday maybe the government could get involved and force their hands to go more this route, since they currently blockother teams from possibly joining their leagues.
What do we think?