re: Has there ever been a MLS player transfer get subsidized like Messi's

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Again, in a very immediate short term sense. Nobody today gives a single frick that Beckham trotted out a for the Galaxy for a few half assed efforts to close out his career in 2007.

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C'mon man, you know that's just not true. On top of what Cwill already said, Beckham's move helped stabilize the league and increased attention to it which helped them build to expansion and much better (and richer) tv deals. His impact off the field dwarfs anything he did on it.