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Babby Thatcher posted:this is perhaps one of the stupidest things ever done by a league The MLS has bullshit eastern vs western conferences. They also don't do promotions or relegations.
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Soulex posted:The MLS has bullshit eastern vs western conferences. They also don't do promotions or relegations. Also salary caps, can you believe it? Also, an All Star game and playoffs.
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Tigren posted:Also salary caps, can you believe it? Also, an All Star game and playoffs. Hey man, salary caps are awesome when you're the 8th watched TV sport in your country and can't afford to throw away millions of dollars on transfer fees.
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Soulex posted:The MLS has bullshit eastern vs western conferences. They also don't do promotions or relegations. No one's going to drive across the US to watch an MLS game.
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sassassin posted:No one's going to drive across the US to watch an MLS game. And people wonder why Americans support teams from places they have never been.
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No relegation and promotion is the dumbest loving thing. If you're awful, then you get the first pick in the draft, so your choice at the next Adu or Jozy.
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Weaponized Cum posted:No relegation and promotion is the dumbest loving thing. If you're awful, then you get the first pick in the draft, so your choice at the next Adu or Jozy. Completely agree.
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Thats why the most recent MLS final cup or whatever they call it got a 0.5 TV rating. Less than infomercials, and reruns of Home Improvement get.
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Yeah. Kick TV is trying to hype it upwith their youtuber vs superfan challenge. Winners get to go the MLS cup. KSI isnt in it but the other big FIFA names are. Doubt itll make a difference. Also MLS has 2 cups? One for canadians and one for American teams. The more I read about the actual structure of the league the more  I get. At least Orlando is slotted to come into the MLS soon.
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Weaponized Cum posted:No relegation and promotion is the dumbest loving thing. If you're awful, then you get the first pick in the draft, so your choice at the next Adu or Jozy. Promotion to Liga MX, relegation to NCAA 
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I've never understood why the MLS and the NASL didn't team up to make a multi tier thing
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Modus Trollens posted:I've never understood why the MLS and the NASL didn't team up to make a multi tier thing Because americans would just stop supporting relegated teams.
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sassassin posted:No one's going to drive across the US to watch an MLS game. Soulex posted:And people wonder why Americans support teams from places they have never been. Soulex, Have you looked at a map of the U.S. in the last 200 years?
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Shroud posted:Soulex, Have you looked at a map of the U.S. in the last 200 years? Have you looked at Russia in the map? No conferences there.
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vaginal culture posted:Thats why the most recent MLS final cup or whatever they call it got a 0.5 TV rating. Less than infomercials, and reruns of Home Improvement get. Be fair, have you seen the Home Improvement girls?
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The playoff season absolutey obliterates any viewing numbers the MLS could get; as soon as a Americans team does bad they stop watching MLS period, unlike literally every other league in the world where every game matters until the end for your team. They bitch and wine about viewership numbers in MLS but they just don't get it.
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Why don't you guys go talk about this retarded poo poo in the MLS thread?
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Straight out of Pro Evo. Merseyside Blue, meet Wolferhampton.
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Haggis Heed posted:Have you looked at Russia in the map? No conferences there.  the western conference would be p weak
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It would. But according to the map the eastern one would be a lot worse.
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Reek posted:
Is this your first map?
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Lot 49 posted:It would. But according to the map the eastern one would be a lot worse.
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Modus Trollens posted:I've never understood why the MLS and the NASL didn't team up to make a multi tier thing Selling the American public on the idea that if you are terrible you go down a division is impossible.
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oh em gee bee ess posted:Selling the American public on the idea that if you are terrible you go down a division is impossible. Everyone I speak to about relegation thinks it's a brilliant idea, they'd love to see it. I also live in the greater Detroit area where our local Gridiron team would be playing in the pub league by now... An interesting question would be, if Football were to come about right now, would the owners allow for relegation to be possible or does it exist because of how many teams were entrenched from days back. I am willing to bet with the sheer amount of money involved if 20 teams were to put up the first league they'd be damned sure to secure their financial future and not allow relegation.
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Reek posted:
The year or two when Vladivostok made into the Russian Premier League was pretty much a logistical nightmare but the league made it work, sure they were massive amounts of jet lag but it was fun to see.
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TraderStav posted:Everyone I speak to about relegation thinks it's a brilliant idea, they'd love to see it. I also live in the greater Detroit area where our local Gridiron team would be playing in the pub league by now... Bingo. Sheik Urbooty who just bought Shitville Wanderers for 750m using half his country's GDP wouldn't take kindly to having his team suddenly be demoted for being bad. If football leagues were created today in Europe, they'd be the NFL. Full stop.
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Lot 49 posted:It would. But according to the map the eastern one would be a lot worse. this is what i meant
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oh em gee bee ess posted:The year or two when Vladivostok made into the Russian Premier League was pretty much a logistical nightmare but the league made it work, sure they were massive amounts of jet lag but it was fun to see.
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This is me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBG8z9utVZU
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Weaponized Cum posted:No relegation and promotion is the dumbest loving thing. If you're awful, then you get the first pick in the draft, so your choice at the next Adu or Jozy. that's a worse fate than relegation by the sound of it
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oh em gee bee ess posted:The year or two when Vladivostok made into the Russian Premier League was pretty much a logistical nightmare but the league made it work, sure they were massive amounts of jet lag but it was fun to see. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Russian_National_Football_League The first division in Russia has it nicely
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Charlotte Hornets posted:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Russian_National_Football_League That's loving mental. How can a second tier team afford to travel a few thousand miles every other week? The teams on the Far East are closer to japan than Moscow.
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Haggis Heed posted:That's loving mental. At least some of them seem to agree https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Luch-Energiya_Vladivostok quote:There has been much controversy about whether the Russian league should be split into two leagues, East region and Western region, however this is yet to happen. Igor Akinfeev, the CSKA Moscow goalkeeper, said that "they should play in the Japanese League", after his team lost 4-0 after a seven hour flight.[1] In addition to this, even their own players admitted it was awkward as they had to travel long distances for away games. Matija Kristić said "It's not as bad for other teams because they only need to travel this distance once a year whereas we have to do it for all away matches". Srđan Radonjić said "It is just crazy, they should have two Russian premier leagues, one for the European teams and another for Asian teams. Vladivostok is 4,000 miles from Moscow."
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That's nothing unusual; the A-League in Australia/New Zealand has teams in Perth and Wellington. For those of you who aren't aware of the distances involved there, it's about 3300 miles, give or take. All the other teams are neatly in the middle, mostly spread around the east coast. Nobody's complaining loudly, interestingly enough (except for people from Wellington and Perth, but nobody really cares about them).
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iajanus posted:That's nothing unusual; the A-League in Australia/New Zealand has teams in Perth and Wellington. For those of you who aren't aware of the distances involved there, it's about 3300 miles, give or take. All the other teams are neatly in the middle, mostly spread around the east coast. Nobody's complaining loudly, interestingly enough (except for people from Wellington and Perth, but nobody really cares about them). If they complain too much maybe they'll get the boot!! ahahahaha
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Man thank God any of the US sports teams don't have to travel those kinds of distances! Can this derail end so people can go back to posting Podolski pics again?
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