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Originally Posted by |Zach|
On one hand I get it but on the other hand the lectures to MLS about growth and success...do they really need to hear them?
MLS has grown leaps and bounds by every metric possible. There has not a single facet that is not better than it was 3 years 5 years 10 years ago.
How does the designated player rule need to be fixed it does what they have wanted it to do. In addition to that every single year they change and tweak has competitive conditions and market conditions change to manage this growth.
The ghosts of the NASL still roam the halls of MLS we are not going to just freely open up all teams to spend whatever they want all the time
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Unfortunately it’s a double edged sword as an SKC fan because we are one of the teams that would refuse to spend big if they did eliminate the DP rule. I do think that we are getting to a point in American soccer with the growth and expansion of the MLS and USL that the best path for both leagues would be a merger with promotion and relegation between all leagues and teams. At that point MLS has to completely do away with the salary cap DP nonsense and it must be on your owners to keep up with the rest of the league or get relegated out of it. If there are ever dreams of actually growing past the point they are now it’s really the only way. We have transitioned from buying washed up stars to growing some home grown talent that continues to bring in more and more transfer fee money to the league. If they have dreams of ever becoming bigger than they currently are then the only obvious choice is to open up the checkbooks and get some of those stars before they’re out of their prime.