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Eugene Church · 01-05-2009, 12:48 PM

The Islandian Times

Saturday, October 20, 2001

Trouble Brewing in the IPA
The Islandian Pro Alliance just completed a very successful inaugural season. Outstanding baseball - even better than the fans expected - and outstanding attendance. Most clubs played to full houses most of the time. Tickets were at a premium in most towns. Now there is a clamoring for expansion in the Islands. There are quite a few towns that were left out in the original setup and they would like to upgrade their industrial teams to the professional level. However, many of the most influential owners are not in favor of this as it will water down the caliber of play, might hurt attendance and it could run up the cost of doing business with increased competition for players.

Jock Ewing of Ewing Oil and the powerful patriarch of the Ewing family has said this is not a good time to expand the league. He told BNN, "Expansion is at least ten years off. A quick decision is this matter could kill the goose that laid the golden egg and should be approached thoughtfully and deliberately. We need to go slowly."

Currently the IPA has a monopoly on professional baseball granted by the Islandian Congress. The IPA can pretty much do as it wants as far as pro baseball in Islandia. But many very well-respected baseball men want to change that and have the influence and money to sway public opinion and the legislature. People like Bob Catlin of Beechwood, Robert Hanford and Arky Spanderson of Hillsboro, Billionaire Gates Billingham and Tory Joseph of Grand City, Griff Clarke of East Point, Dimitrios Vakros of Ancona, Onnie Anastas and Ashton "Whitey" Richburn of Turon, billionaire Andrus Valk of Valka and Hughie Howard and Jon Randison of White River.

So far they have not gotten anywhere with the Islandian Pro Alliance establishment, which has quite of bit of clout financially and politically, too. Those well-heeled moguls got their way in arranging the pro baseball monopoly. Now those that were left out originally are coming back for round two. The expansionists face a tough task as the Islandian Congress can be a hard bunch to change. Legislation is the Islands can be very slow and cumbersome. Look how long it took to get pro baseball through it - over 80 years. It has been rumored that a renegade rival pro league could be in the works.

01-05-2009, 12:48 PM	#653
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,944	The Islandian Times Saturday, October 20, 2001 Trouble Brewing in the IPA The Islandian Pro Alliance just completed a very successful inaugural season. Outstanding baseball - even better than the fans expected - and outstanding attendance. Most clubs played to full houses most of the time. Tickets were at a premium in most towns. Now there is a clamoring for expansion in the Islands. There are quite a few towns that were left out in the original setup and they would like to upgrade their industrial teams to the professional level. However, many of the most influential owners are not in favor of this as it will water down the caliber of play, might hurt attendance and it could run up the cost of doing business with increased competition for players. Jock Ewing of Ewing Oil and the powerful patriarch of the Ewing family has said this is not a good time to expand the league. He told BNN, "Expansion is at least ten years off. A quick decision is this matter could kill the goose that laid the golden egg and should be approached thoughtfully and deliberately. We need to go slowly." Currently the IPA has a monopoly on professional baseball granted by the Islandian Congress. The IPA can pretty much do as it wants as far as pro baseball in Islandia. But many very well-respected baseball men want to change that and have the influence and money to sway public opinion and the legislature. People like Bob Catlin of Beechwood, Robert Hanford and Arky Spanderson of Hillsboro, Billionaire Gates Billingham and Tory Joseph of Grand City, Griff Clarke of East Point, Dimitrios Vakros of Ancona, Onnie Anastas and Ashton "Whitey" Richburn of Turon, billionaire Andrus Valk of Valka and Hughie Howard and Jon Randison of White River. So far they have not gotten anywhere with the Islandian Pro Alliance establishment, which has quite of bit of clout financially and politically, too. Those well-heeled moguls got their way in arranging the pro baseball monopoly. Now those that were left out originally are coming back for round two. The expansionists face a tough task as the Islandian Congress can be a hard bunch to change. Legislation is the Islands can be very slow and cumbersome. Look how long it took to get pro baseball through it - over 80 years. It has been rumored that a renegade rival pro league could be in the works. Last edited by Eugene Church; 01-05-2009 at 01:05 PM.