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Emoji doesn't work anymore he shaved the FROSinn Fein said:
Makes sense given the condensed schedule, World Cup and Gold Cup this summer as well. See if MLS played a regular schedule like everyone else in the World this probably wouldn't be an issue
It's mid April, which is as late as I can remember a season starting and as I look out my window it is snowing out.
It’s funny that a Russian puts Napoleon with Hitler in that quote. Anyone else in the world uses Stalin.
You could do what the Russian and some other leagues do. Have a longer lay off during the winter months. Say Dec-Feb/March. It could work out. The only reason I've seen the argument made not too in the Russian league is do to European competition but this wouldn't effect MLS besides Concacafe that is already a problem for them anyway. It also allows MLS to keep star players on rosters rather then joining international clubs for major tournaments (though MLS did implement in the last few yrs 2 weeks off start of major tourneys). The other reasonable negative debate on this is MLS would complete with NFL/NBA/NHL for time and MLB during the Playoffs plus College Football.
I did a double-take on that too, then saw he was Russian and it made a lot of sense.
All the southern teams could have home games from Nov-March. Northern teams before and after. Would help get around the heat issues in the south too. It's a wonky schedule for sure, but might be worth it to solve the synchronization problems with the ROW calendar.
1) between 35-45%
Correct! French players played 10,322 minutes, edging out England (10,213) for most minutes played by players from a Euro country.
this is mind boggling on so many levels. They spent $8m on the kid and did not understand the roster rules and now he is in the 3rd division in American soccer.
Maybe the least impressive of the starting XI. He was fine, but not a critical cog in their play. Bilbao es massively overmatched.
MLS gives special privileges to certain clubs and has for yrs now as they want certain players (big name wise) in certain markets. Dempsey to SEA, Fast tracking Higuain to MIA etc. They only concern themselves with technicalities after the fact.
Evidently there is a pissing match between Flick and Salihamidžić, who is Bayern's Sporting Director.
Preach. It's always been this way.
Only started Following when Beckham went to LAG. I liken MLS stepping in on these situations similar to the NCAA protecting certain players or programs to get away with literal murder then years later going "oh wait you can't do that." and use some virtue signaling. Did it with the JoePa stuff, Ohio State as well. Wouldn't be surprised in a few yrs the can of worms on the Jamis Winston case gets open up and we find out FSU should've been in trouble for that.
To be fair, if you feel this way, you must have an awful time justifying being a football fan in general.
These aren't even scandals! That's the point. It's just how the league operates. If they don't like a rule, they ignore it.
The 15 permanent clubs will supposedly leave their domestic leagues for ever. Then 5 other teams will yo yo.
I don't see much of a distinction between ignoring a rule and general corruption that gets around a rule. Ways are found at all level and in all leagues.
This seems crazy to me -- even if there's more money in the short run.
My guess is that the owners drool over the American model and see NFL stadiums still full for the bad teams year after year.
well that kind of goes with out saying. Many leagues TV and sponsorship packages are going to drop SIGNIFICANTLY once the big teams are gone. The average EPL team is no longer going to have any where near the money they have today if this actually happens.
