re: INTER MIAMI Thread 2021 Higuain Brothers Rule!

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Which rule is that?

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You will be hard-pressed to find people involved in soccer in the US (aside from a few of the Owners’ Boxes) who believe that Major League Soccer’s salary structure should remain in it’s current form. But yet again, MLS is getting it all wrong, this time introducing yet another ambiguously yawn-worthy phrase: “Targeted Allocation Money.” But the worst part isn’t all of that – it’s the fact that yet again, MLS is making changes at the behest of one particular team, the Los Angeles Galaxy.

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So when Giovani Dos Santos became a target for Galaxy management, there was a problem. Robbie Keane and Steven Gerrard were already under contract. Teams can buy down salaries with Allocation Money, but clearly the LA Galaxy don’t have $600,000 or so in that currency to buy Gonzalez down below the threshold.

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And lo and behold, yet again, the Galaxy give Don Garber and MLS management a phone call. They did so when they wanted to have Landon Donovan become a part of their team. They did it again when David Beckham was available to sign. Recall that a few months ago, Toronto FC brought in Sebastian Giovinco to be a DP-level midfielder alongside Michael Bradley. The trouble? They already had 3 DP’s. They had to loan out Gilberto to comply with the rules. Did MLS go and change anything? Of course not. Now, you can point out Gilberto’s contract is north of $1 million, which is likely too large to be paid down in the current mechanism.

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This rule change immediately benefits the 3-out-of-4 year champion LA Galaxy, and doesn’t give the look of a league that wants to make sure every team has a shot to win. The rule represents a chance for Los Angeles to improve their roster without the sacrifices other teams were forced to make to comply to the rules.

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