No more Texas Collegiate League?

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Lawsuit puts future of ball team in limbo


The future of the Weatherford Wranglers and the Texas Collegiate League is uncertain following seven of the nine teams from the TCL, including the Wranglers, submitting letters to the league indicating the 2007 season was their final season with the summer wood bat league.

In response to the mass exodus of teams from the league, TCL Chairman and Chief Executive Gerald Haddock filed a lawsuit against the Wranglers, Denton Outlaws, Duncanville Deputies, Wichita Falls Roughnecks, Coppell Copperheads, Colleyville LoneStars and Mineral Wells Steam.

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Wranglers cease operations

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Lawsuit Divides Texas Collegiate Baseball League and Owners


As a result of the actions by the TCBL, none of the teams in their current form will continue. As an alternative, many of the investors have openly discussed creating a new summer collegiate baseball league owned and operated by the teams, rather than a league, and managing it in a more equitable manner, similar to how most baseball leagues, including the MLB, are managed. Other investors have chosen to abandon the concept altogether, including the investors in the Mineral Wells Steam.

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TCL core teams, owner reach agreement for return in 2008