The article indicated that the purpose of the project is to get more kids playing after a decline in participation, which may result in fewer fans later. The project as described isn't a reaction to travel teams and overcoaching.
I had to look up St. Francis' conference and
two things.
1) I don't think any of those schools should be in D-I. Stonehill?
2) This note at the top of the Wikipedia page made me chuckle
Another thing about the consolidations of the minors is it isn't about saving money, but not paying more overall. With all the changes and benefits, the cost of one minor leaguer has gone up,
Teams don't know which 20. Even so, the 20 need some people to play against.
Baseball does need minor leagues. Even most college players need a few years and international players need somewhere to play for years.
What did Joe Biden and a lame duck Congress do to cause a run up? What did they do to help Tesla, which has a similar trajectory? The market moved because Trump was elected in anticipation of what would happen to the various companie making up stock indices. Just look at the charts.
So the run up that started in early November had nothing to do with expectations of a Trump presidency? Sure.
And I was originally correcting the claim the markets are at their lowest levels in years, which isn't true.
That happens over the long term along with quarters that outpace inflation and soundly beat safe investments. There are quarters that are flat among a general upswing. Things probably are going to get worse. I'm just pointing out that up to this point all that has happened is the markets are...