Editorial: The Time Has Come For A Pan-Asian Major League
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Re: Editorial: The Time Has Come For A Pan-Asian Major League
[ Author: Kiyoshi | Posted: Nov 27, 2007 1:31 AM
| HAN Fan
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As the author Jack Broder mentioned, Michael Westbay proposed this idea years before the Konami Cup.
One of the things that Korean and Taiwanese baseball needs to adopt from NPB is a system to stop MLB from raiding the high school and college players before they are drafted by their respective countries.
A unified global marketing program would be great!
Other Asian countries such as Australia and Mainland China may be included in the future.
One of the things that Korean and Taiwanese baseball needs to adopt from NPB is a system to stop MLB from raiding the high school and college players before they are drafted by their respective countries.
A unified global marketing program would be great!
Other Asian countries such as Australia and Mainland China may be included in the future.
Re: Editorial: The Time Has Come For A Pan-Asian Major League
[ Author: Jbroks86 | Posted: Nov 27, 2007 5:27 PM
| SFT Fan
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- One of the things that Korean and Taiwanese baseball needs to adopt from NPB is a system to stop MLB from raiding the high school and college players before they are drafted by their respective countries.
From what I've understood, this isn't so much a problem in Korea that it is in Taiwan. In Taiwan it seems the top amateur players are leaving in mass for MLB. I wonder how many amateur players feel fed up with the corruption in CPBL.
Before any Pan-Asian major league can work, I think Taiwan would have to address the many gambling and underhanded events and characters that seem to plague it right now.
As I mentioned over at East Windup Chronicle, another concern of mine is, do NPB owners even have the slightest idea how to make this work? Maybe they would shock me in making this work, but nothing to date has given me the slightest glimmer that they even know how to make this work, maybe something has changed, but I doubt it.
From what I've understood, this isn't so much a problem in Korea that it is in Taiwan. In Taiwan it seems the top amateur players are leaving in mass for MLB. I wonder how many amateur players feel fed up with the corruption in CPBL.
Before any Pan-Asian major league can work, I think Taiwan would have to address the many gambling and underhanded events and characters that seem to plague it right now.
As I mentioned over at East Windup Chronicle, another concern of mine is, do NPB owners even have the slightest idea how to make this work? Maybe they would shock me in making this work, but nothing to date has given me the slightest glimmer that they even know how to make this work, maybe something has changed, but I doubt it.
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