sorry for some confusion.
No.
I think that there should be the following:
a pro tier. multi-year 'franchise'. No 'kicked out if you fall below a certain performance level'. Expansion program to allow more pro teams over time. (If someone wants in, let them do what they do in other sports and buy an existing franchise.)
Some protection for players in the above, so that if a team is sold, there's some stability for the players. (You can't buy a team and swap in your new guys.)
Those team owners are the ones who have a stake in the 'league'. They're the ones who, after a deal is vetted by the 'commissioner' get to vote on allowing it or not. They're the ones who get to vote on expansion, under the presumption that things which MAJORLY affect the league will also affect their pocketbooks, so they are entitled to a place at the table.
Other tiers. Some kind of formal 'farm team' relationship between semi-pro, amateur, etc and the pro teams. The ability to move players between a pro slot and a lower division team.
The higher up the 'level', the solider the relationship between a team and the league. Maybe something like all of the owners of the current batch of semi-pro teams have a collective say at the table - again, what the league does has economic impact, so they are entitled to voice an opinion.
A mechanism within the league that assists these teams/owners in staying in the league - building stability, so that eventually, the teams remain a fixed constant and it is only player movement that's an issue - except perhaps at the lowest levels.
Affiliated series and events at which the rules for ownership and participation are more relaxed and open.
No.
I think that there should be the following:
a pro tier. multi-year 'franchise'. No 'kicked out if you fall below a certain performance level'. Expansion program to allow more pro teams over time. (If someone wants in, let them do what they do in other sports and buy an existing franchise.)
Some protection for players in the above, so that if a team is sold, there's some stability for the players. (You can't buy a team and swap in your new guys.)
Those team owners are the ones who have a stake in the 'league'. They're the ones who, after a deal is vetted by the 'commissioner' get to vote on allowing it or not. They're the ones who get to vote on expansion, under the presumption that things which MAJORLY affect the league will also affect their pocketbooks, so they are entitled to a place at the table.
Other tiers. Some kind of formal 'farm team' relationship between semi-pro, amateur, etc and the pro teams. The ability to move players between a pro slot and a lower division team.
The higher up the 'level', the solider the relationship between a team and the league. Maybe something like all of the owners of the current batch of semi-pro teams have a collective say at the table - again, what the league does has economic impact, so they are entitled to voice an opinion.
A mechanism within the league that assists these teams/owners in staying in the league - building stability, so that eventually, the teams remain a fixed constant and it is only player movement that's an issue - except perhaps at the lowest levels.
Affiliated series and events at which the rules for ownership and participation are more relaxed and open.