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None of what said speaks to the point that is being made. MLS will NEVER be the same level as the European counterparts but having MLS be culturally relevant is all that matters. You can enjoy it for what it is and not turn your nose up at it. I mean I’m pretty sure most of your kids soccer games are all crap but you root and you care nonetheless. [/quote]

Again, why is that the customer should suck it up and deal with the product MLS is providing?  How about if MLS improve their soccer, and then the customers will come.[/quote]

Don’t but don’t complain about the league either and don’t complain about our national team when the one small thing you can do is turn a tv channel to a MLS game. You don’t even have to watch, just give it a click. I’m not disputing the league quality versus Europe but you simply fail to acknowledge the simple symbiotic relationship at play here. The more league revenue, the more money clubs can invest in development. The higher salaries that can be payed the more attractive the league is to talent. MLS still has to compete in a brutal landscape of huge leagues and huge clubs. You could buy the Columbus Crew for less than half of Ronaldo’s transfer fee. So no shit MLS lacks the quality of other leagues but being a pompous snob is only widening the gap.

Yes, we will fill a stadium to watch to European powerhouses play their second string in a scrimmage but until we can fill a USL stadium we will likely continue to suck on the international stage because culturally it demonstrates we are not as passionate about the sport as successful nations. [/quote]

No, no.  Go back and Pulisic's comments on player's tribune, he said the 17-20 yo don't get enough playing time in MLS.  The issue is the playing time.  The issue is the owners going for the safety of South American trained players and has been's of Europe.  MLS clubs currently don't see a way into a profitable path, so they're phoning it in as well.  Give an American kid with no European passport a chance to play in MLS, and I think the spectators will come to see a homegrown kid, the salaries won't be so high, and clubs and MLS will be able to recoup a portion of transfer fee if a superstar in MLS comes out and is able to be a solid player in a European club.

[b]More money for MLS and clubs mean's more money for the owners, not more $ for development.[/b]  Are you that naive?  In UK, a USL stadium is equivalent to a Championship stadium, and if the team is promoted, everybody wins.  More money for players, club, and the fans will get to see their team play at home vs United, City, Arsenal, Chelsea.  There is no similar scenario here, and frankly there might never be one.  Why would we, as Americans who do believe going first is required in any competition, be content with watching a league play in the second tier that will never have a chance to play as a first tier team.  It's a pipe dream, it will never happen.[/quote]

No, I'm not that naive and earlier in the thread I posted the following 5 roadblocks that MLS also must also contend with. I'll repeat them:

1. All of our sports rely on a player draft. Which means players rights are managed by leagues versus clubs. 
2. [b]The ability for clubs to recoup costs on player development via transfer fees. I don't see how we can overcome this legal barrier in the current legal and league structure. [/b]
3. The lack of tiered professional leagues for players to develop within. 
4. College soccer and amateur rules. Kids have to make a decision to either get an education at a greatly reduced cost or try and go pro. With so few leagues to develop within most DA quality players choose College and College is where development goes to die. And players have to do college first because if they make one cent as a pro they are ineligible to even play in college much less receive a scholarship. Most players choose the safer path and play in college without ever following through on what a couple of years as pro might do to elevate their game in the prime years of 18-22 years old. 
5. Work visas which greatly hinder truly elite players the ability to train and play in Europe at younger ages without European passports.

While "homegrown" contracts help as an incentive to develop players it does not make "development" a lucrative bi-product.  If Man U losses a young prospect they at least recoup their investment in developing the player. Nobody walks for free in Europe, but in the States? The only incentive to developing kids is that you HOPE you can sign them as a homegrown player so they don't get exposed to the draft and walk out of your building for free. That is a HUGE difference in our models.

We are so used to college being the development league for the NFL and NBA that we believe College Sports are always the answer. 
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