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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]RU has a pathway to Kickers pro and USL. They won’t go MLS Next because that pathway goes away. Go MLS Next and you lose the rights to the players. They wouldn’t be able to sign contracts unless the league approves. [/quote]

MLS Next does seem unlikely but why would the league have any say over the rights of a pay to play athlete? Is that an academy only policy?[/quote]

If your player was to be sold to a club or go overseas and sign then the league would collect the money not the club. Players signing USL contracts that then go on to other clubs would have to be “sold” which would result in a transfer fee and funds going back into the club. MLS Next clubs (non academies) will never see money go back into the club from transfers. [/quote]Slight FYI here.

MLS did come up with "development grants" to MLS Next teams that aren't academies about a year ago. So an MLSN Academy can grab a player from a basic MLSN (and pretty sure poaching to academies is encouraged) and then if they say sell the player to a European club for say $3 million, the basic MLSN team would get about $10,000 (and up to $30,000 in rare scenarios).

Yes, it is merely a token that wouldn't cover but a couple of years or so of the cost of a player at a basic MLSN. And agreed, this poaching of players and their rights could be a big reason for clubs and players to avoid the MLSN league.[/quote]

As a parent paying thousands of $$$ a year for my DC to play soccer, I would be very reluctant to play for an org that had any contractual language over what my kid can and cannot do. I can understand it for an academy where they are footing the bill but not where I am the customer.

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