Can someone give me a single reason why a current owner of an MLS team would vote in favor of a pro/real system?
Can someone give me a single reason why a current owner of an MLS team would vote in favor of a pro/real system?
Can someone give me a single reason why a current owner of an MLS team would vote in favor of a pro/real system?
France is around 5 times larger than the UK and only it's top 3 leagues are professional consisting of 60 teams, you don't need anywhere near as many teams per square mile as England to make pro/rel work.
Easy.Can someone give me a single reason why a current owner of an MLS team would vote in favor of a pro/real system?
It may make the owners come out of their comfort zones and stop treating the clubs as cash cows .Easy.
The owner doesn't see his/her team as the one that's going to be relegated and believes the system will increase fan interest and revenue. I can see (both) LA voting for it. NYC once we get our team together. Seattle.
The real question is can anyone name one reason a majority of owners would vote for it. There I got nothing.
What's the point? What's the point in having a local team that squares off against rivals with whom they can be competitive with, you ask? I'm not sure.What would the benefit be of eliminating the Pro/Rel system in other nations as some of you suggest? What does that do to all the lower leagues? What's the point of them after that.
For example, let's say MLS stops at 28 teams because they run out of ownership groups that are willing to pay their rising expansion fee, which has hit a silly $500 million.
Not really.Yikes, a $500 million franchise fee for an MLS team? It would make more sense to buy / but into a NFL, NBA or NHL team.
Yikes, a $500 million franchise fee for an MLS team? It would make more sense to buy / but into a NFL, NBA or NHL team.
For the record, I always found this topic moronic at best. Relegation with nasl usl or any other leagues with stadiums like the cosmos high school field obviously would never happen...
But now that MLS is "exploding" (expansion wise- they're talking about 28 teams?) I can see a faux relegation/promotion in the distant future.
If it were to ever happen it would probably be Something like MLS 1 + MLS Dos and the Pro/Relegation term would not be thrown around too much as to not devalue the teams, but it would be understood...
1. NYCFC
2. Western NY
3. Boston
4. NJ
5. NJ2
6. Pittsburgh
7. Cleavland
8. Cincinnati
9. Columbus
10. St.Louis
11. Minnesota
12. Portland
13. Seattle
14. Vancouver
15. Toronto
16. Montreal
17. Canada 4
18. LA
19. LA 2
20. San Diego
21. San Antonio
22. Miami
23.
And on and on......
For the record, I always found this topic moronic at best. Relegation with nasl usl or any other leagues with stadiums like the cosmos high school field obviously would never happen...
But now that MLS is "exploding" (expansion wise- they're talking about 28 teams?) I can see a faux relegation/promotion in the distant future.
If it were to ever happen it would probably be Something like MLS 1 + MLS Dos and the Pro/Relegation term would not be thrown around too much as to not devalue the teams, but it would be understood...
1. NYCFC
2. Western NY
3. Boston
4. NJ
5. NJ2
6. Pittsburgh
7. Cleavland
8. Cincinnati
9. Columbus
10. St.Louis
11. Minnesota
12. Portland
13. Seattle
14. Vancouver
15. Toronto
16. Montreal
17. Canada 4
18. LA
19. LA 2
20. San Diego
21. San Antonio
22. Miami
23.
And on and on......
An MLS 1 and MLS 2 setup is probably even less likely than true pro/reg. Instead of potentially dropping 2-3 teams to a lower level each year, MLS would self regulate 50% of their teams? No way. It's silly and doesn't make any sense outside of people who want pro/reg just to have pro/reg.
An MLS 1 and MLS 2 setup is probably even less likely than true pro/reg. Instead of potentially dropping 2-3 teams to a lower level each year, MLS would self regulate 50% of their teams? No way. It's silly and doesn't make any sense outside of people who want pro/reg just to have pro/reg.