The owners of the thirty major league teams voted to extend Bud Selig's contract for another two years until 2014. Selig had previously said this past season would be his final year as commisioner, until the owners were asking him to remain as commisioner. If Selig would act as commisioner until his contract runs out, he would be 80 years old.
Then, if Bud Selig were to be the commisioner until September of 2016, he would surpass Kennesaw Mountain Landis as the longest acting commisioner in history.
For the vote, the owners voted almost unanimously, 29 - 1. Its no real suprise that the owners wanted to keep him because while the NFL had its lockout along with the NBA, baseball has remained stable. To address the serious streroid problem in the game, he has put in place performance - enhacing drug rules that are strict and have reduced the use of them. Selig also added a wild card team into the playoffs and made instant replay available for home run calls in 2008.
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