Doesn’t That Make Him a Schizophrenic?
And we need to because I can just hear some of you thinking, yeah, but why would the teams out of the playoffs even before the season began also start listening to this garbage? Yes, you often say garbage…and it’s hurtful.
The remaining twelve teams would also be in four divisions, but it is their incentives to be here in the first place we need to make clear.
One, they would not feel the financial pressure to compete with the teams in the premier division. But they would still get their share of regular season TV revenue, which means a lot more than the gate. That should help them to rebuild more quickly.
And they will have their own playoffs and playoff revenue. Again, that means they will want free agents, just not as many.
That should mean more jobs for more mid-level players who are right now being discarded. And that should mean more competition in the upper division for the best players, as there will be too much competition for the rest.
Par example: If the New York Yankees and Red Sox were in this upper division, the Sox would have to respond with JD Martinez because merely bringing back Mitch Moreland leaves too big a gap in talent with teams like the Houston Astros and New York Yankees.
Notes later about draft order and a number of games against top talent will support these assertions.