Great post by SaorsaDaonnan summing up the pro's and con's of this event. If baseball wants to 'internationalize', then there's no option but to hold something like this tournament. The exact same argument is valid in soccer. Yes, the national federations obviously insure the players they call up for international duty, but if and when a key player (for his club team) gets injured, that team has the problem of not having a valid replacement available. Unless that team is called Real Madrid. :roll: