Well this is turning into a hell of a list of owners.

12

ABU has requested consideration. I assume they know what they're asking for.

13 actually not counting the 2 maybes.

12 definites with chazzzz. enough to fill ABU.

I'd be willing to gamble on Charleston if this is the league we go with and we're picking teams. Really any AL team would be ok...I'm not a fan of real baseball.

What are you guys waiting for?? Let's get ABU going!!!

ABU is ranked 26th on the Green's world rankings...is this world truly unbalanced, or is there another issue? I am for joining this league, but could we do more with a "lower" ranked world?

I'd prefer to at least have options, but maybe no other world is interested in being "saved".

Quote: Originally posted by yoker70 on 12/03/2008
ABU is ranked 26th on the Green's world rankings...is this world truly unbalanced, or is there another issue? I am for joining this league, but could we do more with a "lower" ranked world?

I'd love to join, but I truly can't add another team right now.

However, I will offer some unsolicited advice: It'd probably be better to strengthen an already decent world than to fix a world that might otherwise die of natural causes. Hell, if you get a big enough group here, split into two or more smaller groups and fix more quality worlds that need a few owners to turn things around.

ABU is fairly balanced, but it certainly has it's 'haves and have nots'. The current issue is that a number of owners for various reasons (no drama or anything like that) and it simply is not filling back up.

In my biased opinion, ABU has been putting forth a lot of effort to fill back up through it's classified thread and lots of invites being sent out. It certainly deserves strong consideration based on making efforts to fill back up.

I got a good report from my ABU contact.

If you guys want to roll with it, that's fine by me.

HOWEVER, this doesn't have to stop with one world. We'll have extras and this idea can continue on. I'll keep updating the thread as long as there's interest.

Quote: Originally Posted By hartjh14 on 12/03/2008I'd prefer to at least have options, but maybe no other world is interested in being "saved"

Interesting conundrum.

If they really wanted to be "saved", don't you think they should have contacted some of you guys BEFORE this idea was floated?

This is just another form of bailout. They just seem to be more proactive on the boards and picked up on MikeT's white knight.

Well, my friggin' ABU contact is here.

tcomm is your ABU contact? Odd.