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Originally Posted by SaskScraper
^^ Why have you repeated that WCBL isn't a pro league in each and every single one of your posts regarding, but didn't mention once anything about Ontario InterCounty Baseball League including isn't a pro league & with stadiums capacity averaging around a thousand?
I just want the Ontario league to have equal representation on this forum  |
IBL has 8 teams, 3 stadiums 1500 or under, a few in the 2000-3000 range and London at 5200. Attendance is typically a lot less of course, other than the special events, like Canada Day in London where it's full because of the fireworks next door. Both the IBL and WCBL have a few former minor league affiliated ballparks in use.
I can't see leagues like this playing each other though. Neither league plays on a regular daily basis like minor league baseball does, and they don't generate a ton of cash. It would be very difficult to see them travelling to other parts of the country to play each other. IBL teams are concentrated in southern Ontario (they did have a team in Ottawa for a short time) and it takes at most a couple hours to travel. They go, play, and come home. Can't see them making enough money to take extended road trips. Not to mention, if you start playing more than a couple times a week the players will need to be paid.