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Let's Contract Two Different Teams
July 19, 2002 - Zen Student
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Well, really I find all of these comments to be halfway measures as is the article. If indeed baseball is in bad shape financially -AND- baseball is vital to the well-being and entertainment of Americans, this makes it critical that it survive and flourish.
Therefore, the U.S. government, instead of ending the anti-trust exemption, should instead nationalize major league baseball. Players would then be paid like federal employees beginning at G-1 and receiving a one grade increase for each year played in baseball up to G-15. players would receive government pensions, insurance, and so on.
In return, fans would receive low-price tickets and the US government would have a new source of income that should pay off the cost of nationalizing the league. How much could nationalizing baseball cost--$3 billion? $4billion? Big deal....
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