Question: What year did the league that Reggie Royals played in cease to exist?
Context: Reginald Legrande "Reggie" Royals (September 18, 1950 – April 16, 2009) was an American basketball player who played professionally in the original American Basketball Association. The original American Basketball Association (ABA) was a major-league professional basketball league founded in 1967.  The ABA ceased to exist with the American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger in 1976, leading several teams to join the National Basketball Association and the introduction of the 3-point shot in the NBA. The 2014 American League Division Series were two best-of-five-game series to determine the participating teams in the 2014 American League Championship Series.  The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Baltimore Orioles, and Detroit Tigers (divisional winners, seeded 1–3 based on regular season record) as well as the Wild Card game winning Kansas City Royals played in the two series.  TBS carried all the games. Germán Barranca Costales (born October 19, 1956 in Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Mexico) is a former Major League Baseball second baseman.  On August 26, 1974 he was purchased by the Kansas City Royals from the Mexico City Reds.  He was listed at 6 feet tall and 160 pounds.  German made his major league debut on September 2, 1979 at the age of 22 with the Kansas City Royals vs the New York Yankees.  German played 5 games that year and also played 7 games with the Royals in 1980 with a batting average of .600 On January 21, was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Cincinnati Reds for Cesar Geronimo.  Played for the Cincinnati Reds in 1981 with a batting average of .333 and 1982 batting average of .255 German last game in the MLB was July 11 1982 vs. CHC at age 25.  German was batting .250 and leading the National League in triples before the all star break was sent to Indianapolis the triple A of the Cincinnati Reds.  On September 7, 1982 was sent to the Detroit Tigers by the Cincinnati Reds as part of a conditional deal.  German played 4 years in Major League Baseball (2 years in the American League played 12 games ) and ( 2 years in the National League played 55 games ) with a total of 67 games, 62 AB, 19 Runs, 18 hits, 2 doubles, 3 triples, 5 stolen bases a fielding % of .893 and batting average of .290 The Gulf Coast League (GCL) Royals were a minor league baseball franchise in the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League from 1971–1978, 1982-1983 and 1985–2002.  The club was owned and operated by the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball.  The GCL Royals played games at Florida-based minor league and spring training facilities located in Sarasota (through 1987), Baseball City Stadium in Davenport (1988–1992; 1999–2002) and Fort Myers (1993–1998). The 1985 World Series began on October 19 and ended on October 27.  The American League champions Kansas City Royals played the National League champions St. Louis Cardinals and won the series four games to three.  The Series was popularly known as the "Show-Me Series" or the "I-70 Showdown Series," as both cities are in the state of Missouri and are connected by Interstate 70. The Toronto-Buffalo Royals were a charter franchise of World Team Tennis (WTT) founded by John F. Bassett and John C. Eaton, III.  The team was sometimes referred to as the Buffalo-Toronto Royals.  The Royals played half of their home matches in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and the other half in Buffalo, New York, United States.  The Royals played only one season before being sold and moving to Hartford, Connecticut after the 1974 season.  The team was contracted by WTT on February 1, 1975.  The Royals had 13 wins and 31 losses, and finished in last place in the Central Section missing the playoffs. Roger Christian Hansen (born August 28, 1961 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania) is a professional baseball coach and a retired professional player.  Currently, Hansen is the bench coach for the Seattle Mariners.  Hansen primarily played catcher during his playing career, but also played first base and third base on occasion.  Before his current assignment with the Mariners, he was a catching consultant in their organization.  Over his playing career, Hansen played for the rookie-level GCL Royals (1980), the Class-A Charleston Royals (1981–1982), the Class-A Fort Myers Royals (1983), the Double-A Jacksonville Suns (1983), the Double-A Memphis Chicks (1984–1985), the Triple-A Omaha Royals (1985–1986), the Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts (1987), the Double-A Vermont Mariners (1988), the Double-A Williamsport Bills and the Triple-A Calgary Cannons (1988, 1989).  Hansen has never played in Major League Baseball. The Fort Myers Royals were a minor league affiliate of the Kansas City Royals from 1978-1987.  In 1978 the Royals were brought to Fort Myers, Florida by the Kansas City franchise.  This was because Fort Myers served as the spring training home of the Kansas City Royals.  The Royals were a Single A Florida State League franchise.  The team played at Terry Park Ballfield from 1978 until 1987.  In 1985 the Royals won the Florida State League Championship.  Kevin Seitzer and Bret Saberhagen were members of that Fort Myers Royals team.  The Minor League franchise left Fort Myers in 1988 when the Major League Baseball franchise moved Spring Training to Haines City, Florida and Baseball City Stadium. Jarrod Lane Patterson (born September 7, 1973 in Montgomery, Alabama) is a retired Major League Baseball third baseman.  He is a graduate of Chilton County High School in Clanton, Alabama.  He played during two seasons at the major league level for the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals.  He was drafted by the New York Mets in the 20th round of the 1993 amateur draft.  Patterson played his first professional season with their Rookie League Gulf Coast Mets in , and his last with the independent Northern League's Joliet Jackhammers, Schaumburg Flyers, Gary SouthShore RailCats in .  He played his last affiliated season for the Royals' Triple-A Omaha Royals in .
Answer: 1976