Japanese Teams To Ban Defecting Amateurs

If I'm understanding this correctly, the ban is only a problem if the Japanese amateurs want to return to the NPB after starting out in the US. It doesn't mean that amateurs cannot sign with MLB teams (or other baseball organizations of contries that aren't in Japan) but that if they were to want to return to Japan, they'd then have to sit out 2-3 years.

The only potential problem I see from this (and it may be a semantics issue) is if hypothetically a Japanese high school baseball player wanted to go to college in the US and intended on playing while at school. Assuming he lives on campus and is technically not a US citizen/resident, in that situation, would the player be allowed to return to Japan to start his professional career or would he have to serve the ban (or would he essentially be forced into starting his pro career in the US)?

You can tell it's been a long day at work when I read a post's title as, "Japanese Teams To Ban Defecating Amateurs"...

Take a gander at the success-level of Japanese players, especially Japanese position players. In nearly every case, Japanese ALL-STARS have come to the US and saw their production drop-off considerably. In fact, most have been average to just bad.

Now, these are the best players that Japan has to offer, what would you expect from amateurs?

I think the market will sort this out, when it comes down to it, the players from that region just haven't been all that good (on the whole).

very true the only real player that had success from japan was ichiro

"Now, these are the best players that Japan has to offer, what would you expect from amateurs?"

Huh? If you take an amateur from Japan, bring him to the US, and have him play against the better competition while he progresses, it will be better for him. When you sign a guy like fukudome, he has been in Japan for ever, and that is all he knows. He never had a chance to play and develop with the kind of talent that he is being asked to compete with now that he is in the US. But, do you think if Kosuke was playing in the MLB from the time he was 22, that he would have had a better chance to develop more, playing with better talent? Seems like an obvious "yes" to me.

Creating a viable Minor League system in Japan is something Bobby Valentine has been trying desperately to do. There's no where for the young guys to cut their teeth other than schools. Bobby V has found a lot of resistance in his attempts to found a minor league. If they'd only set up a Minor League system, they wouldn't have this problem.