interesting proposal from the competitive aspect of the game and as a fan this would likely be more exciting. However, a proposal like this is quite incomplete

interesting proposal from the competitive aspect of the game and as a fan this would likely be more exciting. However, a proposal like this is quite incomplete without factoring in the draft, salary cap and most importantly, IMO, the revenue share. For a small market team, not spending on player salary to be competitive is simply a profitable proposition due to revenue share from the entire league. There is little incentive to spend a ton of money and be profit negative in the hopes the team may win and experience a transient increase in popularity. So much of the money comes from TV contracts and a team becoming good might get them a few more primetime games per year but their local TV contracts which broadcast half of their games are based on viewership which simply isn't that elastic - are people going to move to an area if a team is good for 2 or 3 years? Are complete non sports fans going to be compelled to learn a myriad of rules, player names, league competition scenarios, etc. out of the blue? Are there local demographic changes (population, age) which would negate any positive momentum in the preceding issues? i'm not naïve enough to think there is a simple answer to any of this; MLB has presumably known and been working on this for close to 30 years. Is the game of baseball simply reaching the end of its place in time?