Talk:Bud Selig

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Contents 1 Selig was acting commissioner 2 Braves' biggest stockholder 3 Kenny Rogers incident 4 Salary Cap 5 Small edits, flow and grammar, + Barry Bonds 6 Innovative Ideas

[edit] Selig was acting commissioner

Could someone who knows include a mention here of why Selig was only acting commish? — Adam Conover † 04:45, Jun 9, 2004 (UTC)

I see a two year old question from Adam Conover... Selig was initially an "acting" commish as a half-step by the owners to basically neutering the position. The original expectation was that Fay Vicent's deputy would be appointed the new commish. The owners took the opportunity to make their lives easier by just replacing the commish with an owner. Over the next few years they fielded plenty of criticism but with no government action they felt safe to finally make Selig the official commissioner. Most would argue that he is less a commissioner and more a chief administrator executing the wishes of the owners. Anon Y. Mouse 22:29, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Anon, that may have been true when the post was filled, but Selig is on record as supporting 'regional realighnment'--i.e., what every other major sports league in North America already has--and an expansion of the DH to the National League...are we to take it, then, that these are also the desires of the majority of MLB owners? And if so, why haven't they already been implemented? Selig may have been put in place as a mouthpiece, but at this point he would appear to be an ill-controlled one...Chrysicat 22:24, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Precisely because Mr. Selig works with all of the owners to bring them towards consensus, he has not implemented his own ideas by fiat. Divisional realignment was a big issue during the last rounds of expansion; he ended up taking the bullet with his own team to help get the owners to agree on a plan. Mr. Selig is certainly not just a mouthpiece, but he is clearly governing as a CEO for MLB, much like the commissioners of the NFL, NBA, and NHL govern their leagues. --Isaac Lin 07:38, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Braves' biggest stockholder

Could someone who knows include a mention of how Selig became the Braves' biggest public stockholder. That seems like quite a feat for somebody in the "automobile business." ~~takethemud, 2am, 10/16/05

[edit] Kenny Rogers incident

Edited the Kenny Rogers incident under the "Commissioner" section. Rogers did NOT accidentally bump the one cameraman--he did grab his video camera as an act of disruption. --A.T. Horsfield 01:29, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Salary Cap

I'm wondering if someone should include a mention of the loose salary cap implimented during this period. IMHO, that's Selig's major accomplishment--it basically resurected teams like the Twins and Brewers by giving them enough money to lock up their starting pitching and young stars. ~~

The Twins under Carl Pohlad have tightly controlled spending regardless of revenue sharing and benefited from a relatively weak AL Central (something that has turned around in 2005 and this year), and the Brewers were below .500 from 1993 to 2004 (they were at .500 in 2005, and are currently below .500 in 2006). So I would not consider these two teams as a positive result of the revenue sharing plan put in place durig Selig's tenure. -- Isaac Lin 04:43, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Small edits, flow and grammar, + Barry Bonds

Edited a few sentences for flow and grammar. Also, would someone please take a look at the Barry Bonds issue? I think it needs some editing; I'm not sure everything there (or the way it is presented) is appropriate for an encyclopedia entry, but I'm not totally sure of how to go about editing it.DC 23:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)TheBigFish

[edit] Innovative Ideas

The introductory paragraph to this section is argumentative. It seems inappropriate to pass judgment on Selig's support without providing citations.

The drug testing policy doesn't really fall under the category of innovative in my mind. It isn't a particularly novel or unusual policy. -- Isaac Lin 04:43, 24 August 2006 (UTC)