[JohnnyBGood]

Originally Posted by Marc Vaughan

Has always amused me that American sports have such a socialist backdrop to them ... ie. they act as a collective and avoid capitalist principles as much as possible, heck even the drafts are a way of sharing 'nicely' with other teams.

I've always wondered why people who are so anti-socialist principles in other areas - ie. healthcare for instance, accept it so readily in the sporting arena.

Also if the leagues do get accepted as a true single entity will people still really believe the teams are competing against each other rather than just putting on a WWF kind of show?

You can't be serious.