Proposed Playoff Expansion with a Reality TV Twist

[Richie the Rally Goat]

But, not the distance.

nope, distance has changed too.

[cardsfan]

nope, distance has changed too.

By 1893 the distance was 60'6".

[Richie the Rally Goat]

By 1893 the distance was 60'6".

1893 was the change from 55’6” to 60’6”.

[70charger]

I know I'm late to the game here, but relegation doesn't work with a draft. Full stop.

 

You think some minor league team is gonna pony up the $10 million it takes to get the top pick? First of all, where is that money coming from if you're a minor league team? Second of all, broadcast revenues for everyone that isn't the Yankees will plummet because there's no guarantee they won't be a AA team three years from now. Third of all, how is it fair to send some draft pick or top prospect, who may be ready for the highest levels of competition right now, to some team that manages to be worse than the present-day Marlins?

 

And what happens when you have promotion/relegation without a draft? Well, obviously the Yankees win every year. And if not them, I guess pick between the Dodgers and Red Sox. Maybe the Yankees had an off day in the playoffs, who knows?

 

Want to know what happens with a promotion relegation system with no draft? Check this out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Spanish_football_champions. What's that? Barcelona won again? Weird. I can't think of how, since they've only won 10 out of the last 15. I wonder what happened. Oh, was it Madrid that won? Gosh, that's weird too. They've won the other 5. You literally have to go back most of a decade to find a team outside the top two cities that has won. Teams from Barcelona and Madrid have won 69 championships since 1929, including 43 of the last 50. Literally all the other teams combined have won 19 total over most of a century.

 

I don't want a league like that. It legitimately shocks me that anyone in Spain gives a ****.