Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Eh, you're preaching to the converted on the last point.
The MLBPA is so dogmatically opposed to a salary cap that MLB owners will never agree to any kind of strict revenue split. And without that, there's no reason for ownership to agree to any kind of hotchpot approach.
The MLBPA needs to agree to a cap, MLB needs to agree to a floor, the owners need to divvy up the pot and every single one of them can get rich together.
But whatever - they didn't make me commissioner so this is a Manfred problem.
Ewing Kauffman had this idea in 1980. It's amazing how some people can't see it. [Reply]
The amount of games has been the point where people I've talked about their level of interest in the game where they lead off with why they don't really care about baseball.
Compromise: maybe the major league should institute a 1st half / 2nd half / overall postseason qualifier a la the Texas League has (or used to have?).
Like if you're either leading your division or in the top three of your league before the halfway mark of the season, you're locked in to a playoff berth of some kind. If you've played the best in your division from that halfway point, you're guaranteed a playoff berth of some kind. The best overall record in each division gets a top seed and the best remaining six teams get the wild card play in games wherein the three best overall records host the play-ins with the field filled out by teams that either qualified in the first or second halves. [Reply]