Taiwan’s Minister of the Sports Affair Council says the federal government will put up 10 million Taiwanese dollars ($300,000US) to help the Chinese Professional Baseball League establish a farm system for the four-team circuit.
Leaders of CPBL teams attended a joint press conference called by Taiwan Premier Liu Chao-shiuan announcing the plan. According to the Taipei Times newspaper, Liu said, “Normally, a population of 10 million can sustain a good baseball team. Taiwan, a nation of 23 million people, has four teams. You can imagine how difficult it is for the four enterprises to run a baseball team.”
The Taiwanese league has been plagued by rampant gambling and game-fixing over the years, resulting in a drop in attendance and the offseason expulsion of two franchises.
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