11-11-2010, 04:31 PM
I agree w/ OAK and CHC. I think it is cool that it's hard to make the playoffs but think about the Al East IRL. I'm a Yankees fan so it's always exciting for me. the Rays make it every once in a while and boston is faltering due to injury lately. But what about Toronto and Baltimore. They aren't the best teams in the league and behind 3 supreme teams they'll never get a shot at the playoffs. Baseball has lost it's place as America's national past-time since they had lower WS ratings than standard random NFL regular season games.
With more playoff teams comes more excitement and more fan support of their team. What incentive does a fan from toronto have to watch at the beginning of the year. What about the Nationals, or the Mariners, or the Royals. These teams are behind tough division leaders and...since we've been talking about equaling the playing field both talent-wise and financially, more lower income teams could generate revenue, enough to make each season truly about who has the BEST organization.
I agree with OAK in the sense that it is at LEAST worth considering and proving that it won't work, not just discounting and throwing away. There are a ton of things in this game that are unrealistic, this isn't that hard to believe.
With more playoff teams comes more excitement and more fan support of their team. What incentive does a fan from toronto have to watch at the beginning of the year. What about the Nationals, or the Mariners, or the Royals. These teams are behind tough division leaders and...since we've been talking about equaling the playing field both talent-wise and financially, more lower income teams could generate revenue, enough to make each season truly about who has the BEST organization.
I agree with OAK in the sense that it is at LEAST worth considering and proving that it won't work, not just discounting and throwing away. There are a ton of things in this game that are unrealistic, this isn't that hard to believe.