Saturday, May 01, 2004
Interesting proposal, David. Your plan would diminish to some extent the worries about lending stars to the World Cup, but it doesn't get rid of the problem completely. You need to cultivate a working relationship with Commissioner Selig.
I think sooner is better for the start of festivities, but I'm a little worried that if it happens too soon it may kill the project before it has a chance to flourish. In particular, if a World Cup was played in 2005, there might not be enough time to iron out the logistics of getting some star power injected into the games.
I'd suggest 2006 as the year things should happen. If there's enough of a demand for the series, pushing things back one year will allow something to go forward that, while perhaps not perfect, is not too imperfect to kill things at the outset. Even the folks running MLB should be able to get something workable in place with that extra year. Plus the extra year will allow for some proper buildup of the World Cup. We're not hearing much of anything about it this year at the level of, say, Hawk and DJ getting excited about the prospects of a WC.
posted by Tom Renbarger 12:25 PM
