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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We’re talking about minor league soccer here. It’s a stretch to even call them professional players. Minor league soccer in the US sits somewhere between professional cornhole and pickleball. There is zero prospect for a profitable business. These teams are fun for people with some money to play sports team owner for a little while. Stop talking about player conditions. Even in a more popular sport like minor league baseball conditions are pretty bad and USL has nowhere near the popularity of baseball. USL is a better organized adult soccer league. [/quote]

Stretch to call them professionals?  Between pro-cornhole and pickleball?  Come on.  Those comments are pretty ignorant.  Why is it a stretch to call them professional - is it because the salary is low?  is it because the level of play is less than other leagues?  The players that are busting their ass at training, working to win matches, etc, probably don't think so.

Zero prospect for a profitable business?  Play sports owner?  Why would anyone want to own a team if all it does is hemorrhage money and operate in the red?  While there are teams that fit that bill, there are many others out there that have a long history and a solid ownership group that is investing in their team, the infrastructure and the community as well.  It's not just a toy for rich folks to think that they own something.

Why stop talking about player conditions?  Why is it unreasonable for the players to expect to have working showers with hot water, a field that is not falling apart, etc.  In regards to MiLB, MLB stepped in and has created new standards that teams must adhere to in order to keep their affiliations.  That was one of the huge drivers for a new facility to be constructed in Richmond for their AA team.  The old stadium, while it worked as a venue, didn't meet the new standards that MLB had imposed.

To call USL a better organized adult soccer league is pretty shortsighted.  Knowing folks that are current players and coaches, past players and coaches, it's really a nonsensical comment.

Yeah, I saw some of the business after the latest USL-C victory in terms of the locker room celebration or lack there of, but I think USL as a whole is moving in the right direction.  LU has a much longer way to go since it seems that whatever they were doing wasn't working and really need to reboot.   But to sell the entire USL short is really not fair or warranted.

I think the model they are pushing is exciting if they can get traction.  [/quote]

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