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sportsgenius86 posted:There's not really enough of a passionate history of fandom for these clubs so if there wasn't parity, you'd probably end of up losing a fuckload of the organizations because they wouldn't be sustainable. What's worse is having no one give a poo poo about any of the clubs. Superteams draw casual fans and a national audience. That gets you a giant TV deal. Giant TV deal is how you make your league good.
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sportsgenius86 posted:You could make the greatest MLS team ever and it would still suck poo poo compared to a top flight Champions League team and anyone here who gives a gently caress would know that. I think there is a desire to see better soccer here. When European teams tour they draw big crowds. TV ratings for matches overseas do pretty well considering their time slot. I don't know if one team dominating a league for long periods of time would be good for it, but I do think in the short-term it would draw some much needed attention to the league. Parity only matters if people care about your league. People don't care about the MLS. The hope is that a superteam draws interest into the league, gets people watching it on TV, and ushers in a better TV deal. This maybe puts pressure on other billionaire owners to field competitive teams. This draws more interest. Suddenly you have a league people care about.
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The Lalas stuff made the whole thing funnier. His rant about "spoiled millionaires" sounded dumb but then Howard followed it up by acting smug about qualifying and letting some Caribbean beer leaguer clown him a few nights later.
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Oct 12, 2017 03:43
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I feel like playoffs are fine and promotion/relegation isn't that big of a deal right now. Main issues seem to be terrible transfer rules that hurt teams who develop talent. A draft that makes zero sense since you have competition from leagues around the world. And a salary cap and rules on how much you can allocate transfer fees to which ensures that no team ever becomes good. MLS is setup to punish success. Why would anyone give a poo poo about a league that doesn't care about competing?
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Oct 12, 2017 20:23
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G-Hawk posted:this is literally what MLS teams have been building for the last decade which is why i mentioned before they are making progress. The last year or two the first group of truly MLS academy grown players have begun to surface (not "homegrowns" as MLS defines them, but actually through a mls academy since they were like 12). Virtually everyone agrees the youth development of soccer in the u.s. sucks and MLS teams need to run academies from much younger up. Many are already actually doing that and most are building that system right now. Those players seen like nice talents but they won't be great playing in the garbage MLS. Since MLS has the dumbest system in place that deincentivizes selling players to good leagues, these young guys are probably stuck here during their most important years of development.
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