The Weichuan Dragons (
The suspension was announced just a few days after the team won its fourth championship.
Wei Ying-hsing (
The food company is reportedly suffering a deficit of NT$2 billion this year with the baseball team losing NT$80-90 million a year.
Gangster involvement in game rigging and betting in professional baseball resulted in the dissolution of the China Times Eagles (
Wei reportedly paid a visit to the league's commissioner Huang Ta-chou (黃?j洲) last Saturday to inform Huang of his decision to take the Dragons out of the league next year.
Acting secretary-general of the CPBL Lee Wen-ping (
Weichuan is one of the four teams that formed the league when it opened ten years ago. The Dragons have won four championships over the past 10 years. As one of the strongest teams in the league, the Dragons enjoy the second-highest popularity rating, second to the Brother Elephants (
In related news, the Taiwan Major League (TML) reportedly has plans to absorb some of the Dragons' players.
President of TML Chen Chin-tang (
"However, TML will not take the initiative to seek a cooperation between the two leagues," said Chairman of the league Chiu Fu-sheng (
Fierce competition between the two leagues is believed to be one of the reasons for the decline of the popularity of Taiwan's professional baseball leagues.
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