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Edit to add: As to the harshness of the proposed penalty, it isn't really because it would never be imposed. Someone might think he can get away with covertly betting on baseball. No one would think he wouldn't be caught having played as an adult in any sort of significant league. Maybe leagues unworthy of the name would have to be exempted. I have no desire to punish the guy who thinks there's no chance he'll ever be a high level pro baseball player and plays semi-pro ball in some small league that has a DH.
It's to get the DH out of any significant league in the world. I'd exempt "amateur" leagues, except that college leagues are technically considered "amateur."
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In practice, probably true. But MLB with my rule could make it happen. Not saying they will, but if MLB were determined, they could.
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The whole banning the DH in other leagues by making players ineligible idea is pretty bizarre to begin with imo, but I'm not even going to bother arguing the premise.
What I will argue is whether this rule would have the effect you think it would. I guarantee it wouldn't.
You think the ***, KBO, Serie Nacional, even the CPBL like losing players to MLB? They'd not only keep the DH rule where it's already implemented, but I'm fairly certain the Central League would almost certainly immediately add the DH rule as well.
Then Japan, Cuba etc. would never have to worry about losing their stars to MLB again and MLB would shoot themselves in the foot by creating a lower quality of play overall that would forever keep any native Japanese, Cuban, Korean or Taiwanese players out of MLB.
And for what? To get rid of something that most fans actually like and that only a few people who I'd guarantee have an average age of 50-60 or higher really dislike. MLB wants younger fans, they likely couldn't care less about appeasing a very small handful of older folks who are motivated by nostalgia more than anything.
Considering this a bit further, I doubt the NCAA would even care. 99% of NCAA players will never go pro and college baseball isn't a big money making sport to begin with. I bet the NCAA would just deal with losing the couple hundred guys a year that would jump straight to the pros under that sort of rule. In fact college coaches would probably love not losing their top players to the draft as juniors anymore.