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Japan baseball execs to introduce ban to curb drift to major leagues

An executive committee representing Japan’s 12 professional baseball teams have agreed to introduce a ban on players returning to Japanese baseball after turning down rookie draft nominations in Japan and signing with overseas pro teams.

The committee decided to ban players who had graduated from high school from entering professional Japanese teams for three years after returning to Japan from overseas stints, and introduce a two-year ban for such players who had been in university or company teams.

The Rule that Tazawa Built.

Gamingboy Posted: October 07, 2008 at 09:25 AM | 8 comment(s)
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1. Deadball... With the Power To Melt People's Faces Posted: October 07, 2008 at 02:32 PM (#2973582)

Is that legal?

2. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Griffin (Vlad) Posted: October 07, 2008 at 02:40 PM (#2973597)

Yeah, sounds about right. They really don't want to let that genie out of the bottle, and who can blame them?

3. The Jerry Royster Experience Posted: October 07, 2008 at 02:54 PM (#2973630)

Is that legal?

If they have anything close to the monopoly power that MLB does, sure.

I think Happy Chandler instituted something similar for players who left for the Mexican League (which was briefly paying better than MLB was). It might have even been a lifetime ban.

4. Randy Jones Posted: October 07, 2008 at 02:55 PM (#2973633)

Wait, can't MLB teams sign Japanese players at 16, since they are international signings? Couldn't they just sign the best players before they graduate high school or enter the NPB draft and have them finish HS in the US while they are in the minors?

5. The Jerry Royster Experience Posted: October 07, 2008 at 02:59 PM (#2973637)

Wait, can't MLB teams sign Japanese players at 16, since they are international signings?

They could, but I'm pretty sure that would violate the agreement that MLB and NPB have.

6. Randy Jones Posted: October 07, 2008 at 03:07 PM (#2973644)

They could, but I'm pretty sure that would violate the agreement that MLB and NPB have.

I thought MLB teams were already violating it and that's what the impetus for this rule was?

7. The Jerry Royster Experience Posted: October 07, 2008 at 03:16 PM (#2973656)

I thought MLB teams were already violating it and that's what the impetus for this rule was?

They were not. Tazawa doesn't want to play in NPB, but no MLB team has signed him (yet). What NPB is trying to avoid is Japanese amateurs simply refusing to sign with an NPB team, holding out that an MLB team will bring them in at some point.

8. mashimaro Posted: October 07, 2008 at 06:07 PM (#2973839)

Always trying to eliminate competition is the Asian way of doing business. I hope Korea doesn't notice what they are doing.

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