Thoughts on Brek Shea's comments

I mean, that is brek shea in a quote

Sounds like he was saying MLS is more team oriented and he doesn't like being under a microscope.

The mls really needs relegation

I wouldn't say this a reflection on most USA players. Shea doesn't want to be great from those comments. He just wants to get paid and not have to deal with the stress of playing abroad. It's his life he can do what he wants but he'll never reach anywhere near his full potential with that attitude.

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I made a thread about 10 months ago about the DP ruining the USMNT and this kind of solidifies it

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Shea is not a DP so I'm not sure what connection you're trying to make here.

Some DPs come here for the paycheck and a vacation. Others really give it their all. Henry, Villa, Keane, Kaka, Giovinco, etc are all guys who have taken the league seriously and absolutely lit it up. Overall the DP rule has been a net positive for MLS and soccer in America. It has made the product more entertaining and competitive. Games that I watched before the DP rule and five years after the DP rule was put in place look nothing alike. The product is so much better it's not even funny. Honestly, I think people who complain about the DP rule either aren't watching MLS enough or heard about one or two bad apples and applied it to the entire DP rule.

The biggest negative I can think of for the DP rule is helping to artificially inflate the prices of players like Bradley and Altidore, so that instead of toughing it out in Europe and continuing to improve they wind up with offers so good they can't turn them down, and subsequently their play for the national team suffers. Again, it helps put butts in seats which will help grow the game here, but the immediate damage to our national team players is hard to ignore.

Can't blame Shea for wanting to have some fun and experience something more than a subdued, workmanlike club setting. Says nothing about his work ethic, just his lifestyle preference.