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re: NASL is seemingly doomed
Posted on 9/26/16 at 3:33 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Posted on 9/26/16 at 3:33 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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he United States will NEVER reach its potential with a closed league.
i agree that a pro/rel system is more attractive, partially for me, because it is what the best leagues in the world do. can you tell me why lack of a pro/rel system will prevent the MLS from reaching its potential? also, what do you think is the potential for the MLS?
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Posted on 9/26/16 at 3:42 pm to theOG
Lots of people think the one tier league in the long run will hinder soccer in the country as as a whole.
Play by the ussf and MLS's rules or don't get a chance at all. Basically keeping any organic growth not crontrolled by them shut out. It's bigger than pro/rel, it's that as well as pay to play, over all youth development and clubs outside MLS playing a part in that.
MLS is already on the brink of being way to big of league and if they got that route at least give us MLS I and MLS II. Problem is no one is paying 100+ million franchise fee to be in the second division or letting a club from the USL kick their investment out the league. Clubs who finish last and don't have the threat of being sent down have no incentive to improve. Other things like the unbalanced schedule allocation rules are absurd.
Sorry seeing a derby match like Portland vs Seattle 4 to 5 times in a season in the league just will water it down. The league could easily make it work playing each team twice over the course of 9 months even with how travel is.
Play by the ussf and MLS's rules or don't get a chance at all. Basically keeping any organic growth not crontrolled by them shut out. It's bigger than pro/rel, it's that as well as pay to play, over all youth development and clubs outside MLS playing a part in that.
MLS is already on the brink of being way to big of league and if they got that route at least give us MLS I and MLS II. Problem is no one is paying 100+ million franchise fee to be in the second division or letting a club from the USL kick their investment out the league. Clubs who finish last and don't have the threat of being sent down have no incentive to improve. Other things like the unbalanced schedule allocation rules are absurd.
Sorry seeing a derby match like Portland vs Seattle 4 to 5 times in a season in the league just will water it down. The league could easily make it work playing each team twice over the course of 9 months even with how travel is.
This post was edited on 9/26/16 at 3:47 pm
Posted on 9/26/16 at 3:47 pm to theOG
We will never have the champions league like in Europe, so we will never be a top tier league in that sense, but I think we can be a regional power league like Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico that churns out top talent that gets picked up by top teams in Europe. That's my hope for MLS, and that it helps produce a solid pool for the USMNT.
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