re: This is what happens when leagues compete instead of clubs

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It will happen with the natural growth of the sport

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No, it won't happen until the market demands it. Many of you (cwill i'm responding to you as well) play the role of the aggrieved citizen who won't vote because "what can one vote do?"

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But whatever needs to happen with the USSF and youth soccer and development in the country shouldn't be reliant on flipping the Pro/Rel switch y'all think exists. They can make changes and build around the current MLS structure with their youth academies as they are (and continuing to grow).

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If you institute pro/rel, the youth structure issues will clear themselves up because the clubs will be forced to innovate in order to keep getting better and preserve their status. The clubs will do the work, which is how it is done in every other country in the world.

We are dramatically, hilariously underachieving with our national team and how MLS/SUM is run is at the heart of the reason why. That's reality whether you want to accept it or not.