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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]American soccer fed tried to make it their own. Not having pro/rel was a disaster. It create zero grass roots fanbase in the area of a promoted (or almost promoted) team. Next you'll cite "distances", which is a good point, and can easily be mitigated by regional conferences. Hockey does an almost perfect job of this. There's no easy fix, but trying to fit the NFL model into soccer was terrible idea. Now MLS is just the retirement ground for old used up Europeans. Sad.[/quote]

Cities aren't subsidizing $500 million stadiums for clubs who risk relegation. Ownership groups are not paying hundreds of millions for a club that can be relegated. If you want to see the effect risk of relegation has on franchise value, look at how much MLS clubs are worth relative to the status of the MLS https://www.forbes.com/lists/soccer-valuations/[/quote]

You really just added to my point of how US Soccer tried the NFL model. Of course no one wants $500M stadiums everywhere for a 2nd or 3rd division team. They don't have those in Europe either, outside clubs who've been in top flight for generations. I think Arsenal was last NOT in the top league in the 1930s or something. Small stadiums, easily used for many purposes, can be done. As teams win money from staying up (think the massive EPL money you get) and buying players. Soccer is meant for so many more than just pros and pros only. Soccer in USA could've been niche at first, unique... something other than MASSIVE contracts and massive stadiums that do nothing. See Chicago White Sox and seating about 17 'fans' for a game recently they're so bad.[/quote]

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