Sorry - "major league" vs. "minor league" isn't a very good analogy. I don't understand in the infield fly rule but last I checked, both AAA and the Bigs played to the same rules.

And if there's desire for a pathway or pipeline, there's no easier way to move than with a car in the SAME class.

Arguments based on "controlling costs" - certainly within a class - simply are NOT valid. The only thing that increases cost is the desire to be competitive, and popularity of a class increases competition. The only way to keep a lid on costs, absent a REAL claim rule, is to limit popularity. I think we've accomplished that in the past few years with IT. Sadly.

And I'm sorry if it looked like I was suggesting an anti-IT bias among CRB members. There wasn't. In fact, the problem was that they liked it too much, with an investment in the status quo.

K