But the ownership committee did not adopt the plan.

Managing partners must be approved by the commissioner, the ownership committee and the other club owners.

The submission came before the major leagues' executive council and ownership committee met today to discuss the issue.

Then it's on to the ownership committee and back to the Seattle conundrum that same day.

If he concludes that it does, the deal would have to go before the ownership committee.

You've got the partners gearing up, the ownership committee doing the same.

He has done everything from scouting to sitting on many of the league's ownership committees.

The vote endorsed one made earlier yesterday by baseball's ownership committee.

But when asked if he was now going to take a position, Vincent said that the matter was in the hands of the ownership committee.

"I expect his nomination will be passed on in short order to the ownership committee," Greenberg said.