Don Mattingly and Cal Ripken are buying into a minor league team that's being moved to Mattingly's home town.

A star player who manages his money well will be able to buy a major league team upon retirement. No doubt this will happen. I wonder how this will affect the league? Will it force owners to be more conciliatory to the union? Will trust break out among the parties? Or will the former players now owners be more concerned with the bottom lines than their brothers in the union?

Actually, this would be a great way for a players league to happen. One by one, former stars can buy teams, and run the league the way the union wants. I doubt it will happen that way, but it would be a very interesting scenario.