Welcome to our fourth update for FanSeeStats which is shared across the four websites of Blog.FanSeeStats.com, IceHockeyLeagues.com, Major-Leagues.com, and Minor-Leagues.com. Here are the update details:
Alpha Version 0.4
Minor Leagues Update
Years, Obsolete League Roster, Baseball, Football, Hockey, Basketball, Women’s Majors, and Alternative Majors added between 1883 to 1899
Located at Minor-Leagues.com
With this update we find the beginnings of the “Minor Leagues” which is a catch-all term for a bunch of distinct sporting leagues. We have refined the definitions as follows:
Top Minor Leagues – The Top Minor Leagues are those Big Sports leagues that are affiliated with and support the Major Sports Leagues. These will some of the first Minor Leagues supporting Baseball in particular.
Low Minor Leagues – The Low Minor Leagues are those additional sports leagues that belong to and support the Top Minor Leagues or Alternate Major Leagues. These will arrive later as the number of leagues expand and become more complex.
Top Player Leagues – The Top Player Leagues are those early sports leagues where the league and its teams are setup to attract the top players by paying the player. But having top players on a team does not make for a strong league. Member teams of these leagues were not strong enough to go on to form a legacy. This occurs in Football, Hockey, and Basketball sports.
Womens Manor Leagues – The Womens Major Leagues are any professional sport league played by women including the Big Sports. They are considered to be part of the Minor Sports Leagues umbrella even though they may attract the best players worldwide, because they are not home to the richest teams and have not been established long enough to survive Rival Leagues.
Alternate Major Leagues – The Alternate Major Leagues are any top professional sports leagues that is not one of the four Big Sports (Baseball, Hockey, Football, and Basketball). These leagues may attract the best players of that sport worldwide but are small in their scope and marketing because they do not have the fanbase to fund those plans. Even when there is scope and growing fanbase, the league may still be small when compared to leagues played in other parts of the world. Major League Soccer is not considered to be a Major Sports League because it does not attract the best players worldwide despite its success in those other areas.
Obsolete Leagues – The Obsolete Leagues are those Big Sports or Alternate Major Leagues that are disregarded due to their small geographic footprint, short lifetime/sustainability, and lack of contribution to development to any Major Sports Leagues or Alternate Sport. They will not be given any coverage outside of a link on the Obsolete League Roster.
There are many more updates to come!
-AY