Top officials of Nippon Professional Baseball on Monday met with representatives of the pro baseball players association and agreed to establish a committee formed from both parties to expedite revisions to the Japanese pro baseball draft system, baseball sources said.
The accord was reached in the first meeting Monday of a labor-management council on reforms of the draft system.
The players association plans to compile a list of its draft reform ideas at its regular general meeting Dec. 2.
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