The Owner's Agenda
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Major League
roofedpuppet — 13 years ago(September 22, 2012 09:41 AM)
Don't you think the owner could've gotten below the attendance really easy by trading/releasing the players who were playing well and replace them with single A minor league players or even worse players than that? There's so many things a owner can do to ruin a team but the only thing this owner did was mess with the amenities and the way the team travels. I know it's a movie so it doesn't matter.
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DangerWedge — 13 years ago(September 28, 2012 03:56 PM)
That's kind of a plot hole for the final third of the film. After Donovan spills the beans to Lou, Lou even tells the team that if they can't fail properly, she'll just replace them with someone who will. Why exactly would she wait until after the season? The only thing I can think of is that once the team starts playing well, it would be rather transparent that they're trying to lose if she started releasing/trading everyone and bringing up low minor chaff.
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DrWhen — 13 years ago(December 14, 2012 08:06 AM)
Yea, the covert thing would be very important. Major League baseball is a regulated monopoly and has stadium deals going with the cities. She could end up with all kinds of political heat if they figured out something was up.
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HOKfilms — 12 years ago(November 04, 2013 06:59 PM)
In reality, she actually wanted them to win. wanting them to lose was all an act. Theres a deleted scene telling you this. She even mentions that is she really wantedthem to lose she could have just got rid of players.
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TMC-4 — 9 years ago(December 08, 2016 05:54 PM)
https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/5h2oq7/the_original_ending_to_major_league_1989/