Want to know why there are so many bowl games?

[RoadToad]

A little off the subject, but Elnut, last week they showed a Bats game as the Minor League Game of the Week, on the Major League Network, and one of the guys calling the game (I WISH I could remember his name!) said something that made me think of you, that you would have absolutely LOVED! He was talking about how baseball is basically the only professional sport with any kind of minor league system, and he was rattling off the other sports, and when he got to football, he said, "Jim Tressell is their minor league system."

[elnutsmalljaws]

A little off the subject, but Elnut, last week they showed a Bats game as the Minor League Game of the Week, on the Major League Network, and one of the guys calling the game (I WISH I could remember his name!) said something that made me think of you, that you would have absolutely LOVED! He was talking about how baseball is basically the only professional sport with any kind of minor league system, and he was rattling off the other sports, and when he got to football, he said, "Jim Tressell is their minor league system."

The NBA has the Developmental League that would have to be considered a minor league. Besides, I think Ohio State pays it's players way too much to be considered a minor league system and that is only with the money we know about. There is no telling at how many $$$$ are changing hands that Tressell has not owned up to yet

[the_donger]

Elnut is right.
NBA - D League and ABA and PBL or whatever Jared Carter plays for.
NHL - minor leagues all over Canada
Football - EuroLeague, Arena League, and some other league that started up last fall that I cannot remember the name.
MLB - several minor leagues
MLS - is the minor league for European Leagues

They may not be officially sanctioned by the major sport that they support, but they are out there.