Vincent has made it clear he frowns on franchise moves.

An asterisk (*) denotes a franchise move.

Not just antitrust cases, but television, expansion, legislation, franchise moves, labor-management, the international spring league.

Shielded by its antitrust exemption, major league baseball has the power to block franchise moves and has not had one since since 1972.

"No one wants to see a franchise move," he said.

"Let's see baseball try to block that franchise move," he said.

Toward the end of 2007, much speculation had been made about a possible franchise move for the lower division Impact to Major League Soccer.

The franchise move was approved by NBA ownership on April 18, 2008.

The next pair of franchise moves is still controversial.

Both parties will re-submit their request after further discussion, but it appears the league's owners are not going to sign off on a franchise move in the next three years.