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Originally Posted by bababui
I would love it (although I know it will never happen) if baseball used a soccer model. Have the single table to decide the league champs. Then, have a cup comp where teams will play 3 game knockout series every month or so with the winner being Cup champ. Also, the two league champs would meet at the end of the season for the North American Championship. Its inaccurate to call it the World Series,  |
The English Football system is very cool in their structure. However, European soccer and American baseball are the most organic of the sports.
Their nationwide (or nations-wide) popularity was established well before the advent of radio, television, airplanes, etc. So they retain a few of their anachronistic practices from the past. That's one of the biggest reasons why the MLB is the only major US sport without a salary cap.
You'd never consciously make the English Football system today unless you were doing to
specifically mimic the English Football system. There's no chance that any healthy league would have owners that would sanction being effectively kicked out if they have a bad season with the money that's made today. The only reason it occurs in English Football is because the practice started
before there was so much money to be made.
The MLB has less than 10 levels of minors, depending on how you want to classify them. The English Football system has 24 levels of competition, 150+ leagues and 7000+ teams. It's
fascinating to look at.