MLB even with more of an equivalent number of important players is substantially higher than the top soccer leagues. Of course there is a more critical analysis of the reasons.
NYCFC Players Wanted Thread
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Would be interesting to compare number of home matches (17 vs 81 for baseball, 41 for basketball, etc.), total attendance for the season, and average ticket price so we could get a base team income and compare all that over various different sports. Would be interesting to see salary per game, salary per week, perhaps other results.
The number of players on a roster is a big determinant. Basketball has very high salaries and American football very low because of this. Baseball is weird because of the rules that favor veterans and the large pool of players that basically make a replacement level player worth very little and a real difference maker worth a lot.
Would be interesting to see the mean & median for each.
Would be interesting to see the mean & median for each.
Well, here's exactly what we're looking for:
http://www.statisticbrain.com/professional-sports-average-salary-revenue-salary-cap/
Except that it only has the mean and not the median, but also it's, uh, fantastically wrong as far as the MLS figure is concerned. Bummer dude. I'm going to email them and see what's up.
Hmm, I wonder how he's so sure they're wrong.
Oh.
I would also say there's another reason for the difference between NBA/NFL: the NBA Players' Union kicks serious ass. And the way the league is run in general is far more player friendly.
Also, the players don't wear helmets, so fans tend to really identify more with the individual players - which should apply to soccer, but I'm limiting this comparison to NFL.
Back to footy, the reason I'd guess that salaries don't compare, is there is no collective bargaining power. We hear crazy numbers thrown about for transfer fees, but they really aren't so crazy for PL teams and others who have the cash.
Collective bargaining would likely result in higher salaries and lesser transfers, with lower fees. In return, contracts would be stickier. This is my working theory. Will revisit when the tequila/bourbon cloud lifts.
I think there's also an aspect that our big 4 start paying players at age 18+ and really paying them when they're a high draft pick or successful. No mlb, NFL, etc team is paying to coach, tutor, travel and house a bunch of 7 year olds while this is everywhere in soccer. So with nothing objective to cite, my feeling is that this plays in to skewing player value more towards transfer fees between clubs given their cost of doing business and somewhat less towards player paychecks.
MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL can all strike, and they have done so to get better pay. Soccer players cannot strike, its a world market. If a leagues players go on strike, fans watch other leagues, that league brings in non-striking workers from other countries.
Every time I see a club pay an 8-figure transfer fee for a player, I remember most of that money would be going to the player in baseball, football, basketball, but is being shuffled among the clubs in soccer.
True, but I believe in most transfers, 10% of the fee goes to the player. I don't know if that's always true or a fixed number/standard practice or if it is negotiated. I've just always heard the 10% number bandied about.
I'm shocked that soccer players don't make more globally. I think this actually HELPS MLS in that they have worked to keep their domestic salary costs low while splurging on international talent.
If MLS had 6 DPs insead of 3, there is no doubt in my mind, when coupled with abundant, cheap, US talent, that the league could easily rival Liga MX and the second tier European leagues.
If MLS had 6 DPs insead of 3, there is no doubt in my mind, when coupled with abundant, cheap, US talent, that the league could easily rival Liga MX and the second tier European leagues.
As structured MLS is not designed to grow in quality with the availability of DP's or European players. MLS is designed to grow roughly at the rate of the native professional soccer talent pool in the United States. As that pool improves in quality so will MLS.
Fortunately the years of investment in youth clubs by MLS teams are starting to show accelerating dividends, so the process of improvement will quicken.
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I want a third DP. Even though we say this is the best NYCFC roster, we're still not making the most of the MLS roster rules. We haven't achieved our best potential lineup.
It's funny, reading that article, it's not exactly persuading. "Sure, he's lost a stop. Sure he can't play as many games as he used to."
Pass
It's rare to read an article where every detail undermines the author's thesis and pushes you away from the conclusion the author wants you to draw, but this article managed that. Iniesta can't play full time and doesn't fit in NYCFC's midfield, but they should totally hire him.
EVERYBODY SHUT UP
http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40302296
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...e-spanish-tax-fraud-allegations-a7792826.html
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footb...no-ronaldo-leave-10634188?ICID=FB_mirror_main
Edit 2 seconds later: Okay maybe this isn't real and maybe I overreacted.
Edit again: Maybe.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40302296
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...e-spanish-tax-fraud-allegations-a7792826.html
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footb...no-ronaldo-leave-10634188?ICID=FB_mirror_main
Edit 2 seconds later: Okay maybe this isn't real and maybe I overreacted.
Edit again: Maybe.
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I mean, as long as he's fine with taking No. 77, sure...
The articles address this, but realistically, even if he wants to go and RM lets him leave, he has very few options.
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