Could somebody post a short synopsis for those of us without access to the athletic?This is the kind of thing that really gets my goat. It's one thing for us to complain a team gets more call by a ref. But this is outright cheating.
Could somebody post a short synopsis for those of us without access to the athletic?This is the kind of thing that really gets my goat. It's one thing for us to complain a team gets more call by a ref. But this is outright cheating.
Summary for people who aren't paying for The Athletic (I've also failed to summarize in the past so I'm atoning I guess):and y'all thinking ATL is the new influencer...lol LAG still pulling the strings from MLS HQ with their rules ( tbf still all speculation at this point)
Summary for people who aren't paying for The Athletic (I've also failed to summarize in the past so I'm atoning I guess):
- LAG have 4 players on contracts above the 1.5+change million TAM threshold - Romain Alessandrini, Giovanni Dos Santos, Jona Dos Santos and Zlatan. The signs point to Gio Dos Santos being the 4th ranked.
- There are 3 ways forward - renegotiate Gio, pay him backdoor or have MLS change the rules.
- Renegotiating Gio would be unprecedented. Paying him backdoor would be a catastrophe - why have rules if they are not respected. MLS changing the rules has precedent. Author seems to think that this is the most likely scenario. Which is better than allowing LAG to flout the rules, and theoretically allows other teams to benefit, but this late in the offseason it's questionable if anybody would be able to, which still gives LAG an advantage at least until summer.
So LAG has essentially forced the hand of MLS to once again change the rules. What’s to stop the next club from signing a player over the limit w/o removing one (on purpose of course) to get the rules changed again???? Seems if MLS kowtows to LAG, then we’re one step closer to doing away with the CAP.Summary for people who aren't paying for The Athletic (I've also failed to summarize in the past so I'm atoning I guess):
- LAG have 4 players on contracts above the 1.5+change million TAM threshold - Romain Alessandrini, Giovanni Dos Santos, Jona Dos Santos and Zlatan. The signs point to Gio Dos Santos being the 4th ranked.
- There are 3 ways forward - renegotiate Gio, pay him backdoor or have MLS change the rules.
- Renegotiating Gio would be unprecedented. Paying him backdoor would be a catastrophe - why have rules if they are not respected. MLS changing the rules has precedent. Author seems to think that this is the most likely scenario. Which is better than allowing LAG to flout the rules, and theoretically allows other teams to benefit, but this late in the offseason it's questionable if anybody would be able to, which still gives LAG an advantage at least until summer.
Also, this wasn't mentioned in the Athletic article as an option, but can't they use the one time a season buyout on his contract, then re-sign him to a lesser, cap friendly deal? That would be legal and he would not be foregoing any guaranteed money.
Also, this wasn't mentioned in the Athletic article as an option, but can't they use the one time a season buyout on his contract, then re-sign him to a lesser, cap friendly deal? That would be legal and he would not be foregoing any guaranteed money.
I think the issue is that puts him out of contract, and then not just any MLS club but any club worldwide can sign him (subject to visa eligibility). Does the club trust the player that much?
Dyer says Rossi is linked with LAFC not the Galaxy.
Interesting- makes it sound like LAG are definitely doing the 1-time buyout and in an effort to balance their books needed the China money to make the payoff.