-HB> I can see maybe that TV is pushing for more teams in more
-HB> TV 
-HB> markets - although they were hurt when neither LA NFL team
-HB> sold out 
-HB> - and haven't succeeded in getting back an NFL team there.
Actually they weren't hurt too badly..  both teams in LA
weren't doing well, and the screwball TV contract rules
(must carry the home team, and if a team is playing at home, 
you only see one game, and blackouts if there is no sellout) 
actually benefit the fans in LA.
 
The fans in LA now enjoy better football on TV than they did
when the Rams and Raiders were in town.
 
 
-HB> In Europe, they keep league size down, with a method which 
-HB> graduates and flunks teams back and forth between minor and
-HB> major 
-HB> leagues.
 
Yes ... a lot of people aren't aware that the English soccer
league "The FA Premiership" actually REDUCED the number of 
member clubs from 22 to 20 ?  In any event they dropped two 
teams.  Also if a club does poorly (finishes in the bottom 
four of the lowest division) they are subject to explulsion
from the league.
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