SHOULD SPORTS LEAGUE EXPANSION CONTINUE? – PART 4
Take a outing behind to a 1990s with me if you will. In all 4 vital veteran sports, you saw enlargement everywhere. The NHL was a misfortune by far, adding 7 teams, often in places where they didn’t belong. MLB did a decent job, with a difference of Tampa Bay as good as Miami (the Florida Marlins), no a single unequivocally winced during a NFL as good as a NBA satisfied that a single marketplace of dual to that they stretched wasn’t a good fit.
Look during a 4 leagues now. Each joining has thirty teams or more. For some, it’s been OK. For others, it was complete disaster. Take a demeanour during MLB. Four enlargement teams – Florida, Colorado, Tampa Bay as good as Arizona. Two of those teams have won World Championships (the Marlins did it twice), as good as a alternative dual haven’t seen most – if any playoff time.
Despite dual universe championships – MLB deliberate removing absolved of a Marlins (and a Twins, notwithstanding their dual World Series titles as well). MLB seemed to rethink a preference to enhance to South Florida. The destiny of a Marlins is still in a air.
How about a NHL? Recent discussions right away revolve around a NHL expanding to Kansas City (if (more…)