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Message: [QUOTE="DarthGrumpy, post: 3562111, member: 2141"] This is going to be a very interesting couple of years for minor league baseball. This proposal will likely run right into MLB's proposed restructuring of minor league baseball, which could see the culling of 40 or so teams, most of which comes from eliminating both the Rookie League (Appalachian and Pioneer Leagues) and Single-A Short Season (New York Penn and Northwest Leagues). The four leagues would be combined into a single, unaffiliated league called the "Dream League." MLB team would be limited to 5 total minor league teams plus a rookie camp at their Spring Training facility (I assume they would also keep their Dominican Republic training facilities, too) with the total number of players of minor league players under contract capped at 200. The Baseball draft would take place right after the College World Series, which put this college proposal at risk, with drafted players spending the rest of the year at the Spring Training facilities while undrafted players would go to the Dream teams. Overall, its a money grab by MLB owners who want less competition for fans, fewer negotiations to deal with (MLB would take over control of their minor league teams), fewer player contracts to spend money on, and a higher return on investment in their facilities (most MLB team own their Spring training facilities now). This proposal has already received a lot of push back from Congress as it effects so many communities and it did not help that the proposal has been pushed by 'small-market' team champion - Jim Crane of the Houston Astros. Also, beyond this move by MLB, moving college baseball into July would not only impact the Cape and other summer collegiate leagues, but minor league teams also. A number of minor league baseball teams use college baseball stadium, such as UMass Lowell (Lowell Spinners), and Penn State (State College Spikes). [/QUOTE]

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