No common player draft. Constitutional amendment 14.

14. No common player draft.
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Friday, June 8, 2012
Constitutional amendments for team sports.

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From the 1972 movie The Godfather:

Emilio Barzini: "after all... we are not Communists".

Don Barzini was referring to the sharing of political influence but his comment is still pertinent.  Or in the sentiment of Don Corleone: how did we come to this sorry state?

It's bad enough that professional football and basketball embraced socialism early on but did baseball really need to follow in 1965?  The American pastime using socialist methods?  It's no wonder that the Major Baseball League (MBL) teams now share revenue and have a luxury tax.

Stop it.  Stop all of it.  If the original goal was to hurt the New York Yankees, it's not even doing that.  If the goal is to help cities that cannot support a MBL team without help, then I guess it is working because there are plenty of those, which is one reason that I support a Super League of no more than ten teams.

What is the lesson for our nation's youth?  That talent may not be concentrated but that it must be dispersed and that the strong must help the weak?  That is a good formula for social justice but not for fierce competition based on merit.

Let any team sign any player from anywhere.