BRISBANE, Australia - More than a decade after the demise of the Australian Baseball League, a topflight national competition will return?- with a financial boost from Major League Baseball. Hakeem Nicks Youth Jersey. The new six-team Australian Baseball League will begin play in November, bankrolled by MLB in the US and the Australian Baseball Federation. The old ABL folded in 1999 amid mounting debts and was purchased by former Milwaukee Brewers catcher David Nilsson, an Australian. The competition created in the wake of the ABL, the International Baseball League of Australia, folded in 2002. The new teams, located in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Canberra, will play a likely 40-game schedule. Ben Foster, a former utility infielder and catcher with the Gold Coast team in the old ABL, is the manager of baseball operations for the new competition. There were will be two prime stakeholders, Major League Baseball and the ABF, Foster told The Associated Press on Thursday. He would not confirm reports that MLB would provide 75 percent of the operating costs of the new league. The Australian government kick-started funds for the new league with a $400,000 grant last year. Foster said all the teams will be essentially owned by the league, with separate operating staff that will report directly to the ABL. The teams, however, will be responsible for acquiring sponsorships and run local promotions in their cities. Peter Wermouth, who has worked for MLB International in new business development, has moved to Australia and will be chief executive officer for the ABL. Foster, who declined to give any details on the expected operating costs of the league in its first year, said the ABL will run during the major league offseason and probably attract a wide variety of players. I guess well be much like other winter leagues, maybe not comparable directly in terms of year one ... maybe a little below, Foster said. Overall, wed be looking at around Double-A. Some major league players look for extra conditioning during the offseason play in the winter leagues, and Foster hopes to see some established stars head to Australia from time to time. Some of those could even be native Australians. There were eight Australian players on MLB rosters in 2009. This year, four of 11 Australians in spring training made it to the opening day rosters?- relievers Grant Balfour of Tampa Bay Rays, Peter Moylan of the Atlanta Braves and Brad Thomas of the Detroit Tigers, and starting pitcher Ryan Rowland-Smith of the Seattle Mariners. Last year, Foster said there were 88 Australians in the majors and minors in the United States. Nilsson and reliever Graeme Lloyd remain Australias top exports. 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Related readings: James, Wade and other top players set to hit open market ESPN to air LeBron decision on Thursday LeBron still mum on his decision Cavaliers and Bulls cap meetings with LeBron Im feeling Miami, Bosh said. Those three words were all Wade needed to make his decision. Will they be enough to sway LeBron James to Miami? Stay tuned. Ending months of speculation, Wade and Bosh announced Wednesday that theyll sign with Miami, two decisions that vault the Heat back into the NBA championship picture and put them two-thirds of the way to hitting one of the biggest trifectas in NBA history. Wade, Bosh and James all have talked about playing together. On Thursday night, James will say why that will or will not happen. Its over, Wade said in an interview with The Associated Press. Its not all over-over, but for me, its over. James cant say that yet. This Jan. 6, 2010, file photo shows Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade celebrating after dunking the ball againstthe Boston Celtics in the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game, in Miami. [Agencies] Wade told the Heat that for him to re-sign, the team had to add either James or Bosh. For good measure, they might get both. It had to be one or the other, Wade said in the AP interview. Of course, theres a lot of talented players in this league. But you want to look at players that complement my game, and Chris and LeBron are two of those guys. I had a decision to make. Chris had a decision to make. It wasnt a lock that he would come to Miami. So I had a lot to think about. James averaged 29.7 points for Cleveland last season, Wade averaged 26.6 points for Miami and Bosh averaged career-bests of 24.0 points and 10.8 rebounds for Toronto. They were the three kingpins of this long-hyped free-agent market, a trio of All-Stars who came into the league together seven years ago and structured their last contracts just to hit the open market together this summer, the last under the current terms of the leagues collective bargaining agreement. Now, the ball is in King James court. I expect us to compete for a championship, Bosh told ESPN. I think both Dwyane and I, we both wanted an opportunity where right away we would be competing. ... Were ready to sacrifice a lot of things in order to do that. Its not about the money. Its not about anything else except for winning. Im a winner. Dwyanes a winner. Were going to bring winning to Miami. That was Heat president Pat Rileys plan. Around the NBA, the immediate reaction was that Miami is poised to be in the mix for the 2011 title. It just makes the East that much better, Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers said in Orlando, Fla., where he was watching summer league games. Magic coach Stan Van Gundy was more succinct, lauding Bosh as one of the best forwards in basketball. I think theyre instant contenders, Van Gundy said. I dont think theres any doubt. Theyre instant contenders to win an NBA championship. Waades summer of change is now almost complete. Super Bowl Ahmad Bradshaw Jersey He settled four civil lawsuits stemming from failed business deals, finally completed a long-awaited divorce and was awarded temporary custody of his two sons. And the question hed been hearing for years?-- staying or going??-- has an answer. It wasnt easy. For Wade, the decision came down to Miami vs. Chicago, adopted hometown vs. actual hometown. The Bulls almost pulled it off, until Bosh said he was bullish on Miami. The good part of this was controlling your own destiny, Wade told the AP. It really meant a lot to me, and Im sure if you ask Chris or ask LeBron, theyd say the same. You have a say-so. You can control the destiny of where and whats best for you. And its not many times in your life or your career if youre going to have that. This is it. Wade does not know what the terms of his contract will be (he could receive around $126 million for six years but told AP he would take less if necessary to make other deals work). Bosh doesnt have terms of his deal done either. Its all contingent on what James says Thursday night, and Wade insisted he knows nothing about what the two-time MVP will say or where hell be saying it from. I wont speak to him again until he makes his decision, Wade said in the AP interview. And when its over, I will congratulate him. The Heat still have only four players in the picture for this coming season: Wade, Bosh, Michael Beasley and Mario Chalmers. Miami is in discussions with several free agents, including Brendan Haywood, Mike Miller, Raymond Felton and Udonis Haslem - whom Wade has played with in all seven of his previous seasons. The salary cap released for the 2010-11 season on Thursday was just over $58 million, about $2 million more than teams expected, and that extra money could likely be yet another free-agency edge for the Heat. Well see what the best thing is for us to win, Wade told the AP. Im going to make a lot of money, no matter what happens. Ive been blessed. Im not counting every dollar and every cent. Lets sit down, lets see what the best thing is for us, for the long haul. Miami came into free agency with what turned out to be roughly $46 million of cap space, not including $16.5 million or so earmarked for Wade, thanks to years of avoiding just about any deal where money would have been committed for the 2010-11 season. It was high-stakes poker, and Riley went all-in that he could get something done to make Wade happy. Citing league rules, the Heat couldnt express their glee Wednesday, since the NBAs signing moratorium was ongoing. Wades oldest son, however, isnt bound by any restrictions. Zaire Wade, 8, got woken by his father Wednesday with the news: Daddys staying in Miami. For real? Cool, Zaire replied. Wade knew he made the right choice. I felt great this morning, waking up knowing Ive got another chapter behind me, Wade told the AP. Coming into the summer, I knew that I had a court case here, court case there, custody, all these things. Just took one step at a time, and this is another step in the journey of where I wanted to go, forward, not backward. ' ' '