2015 MLS Thread: Major League Soccer enters 20th season

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Augen said:

Ka-pi96 said:

That's not quite true. Those kinds of teams have a great chance of winning a lower division championship, that and getting promoted to the top league is a great thing to celebrate for the fans. Besides that they always have a chance in the cups which can make those pretty interesting at times.

Besides, most of what you are talking about is the different youth/transfer/wage structures. There is no reason they couldn't keep that stuff the same as it is as well as have promotion/relegation.

That mentality is in large part the tiered system of having clubs every where.  Essentially profesisonal club in England are like professional/minor/collegiate/high school system of US all in one. 

Americans and Canadians have not been conditioned to cheer for winning the second or third division in professional sports.  I think relegation would be devastating for clubs far outweighs beenfits promotion would offer another. In fact promotion could be as deadly as sides are not equipped for new financial demands.  Honestly if promotion and relegation were introduced next year MLS would lose millions and could send the league into a death spiral.

distance is clearly important.  im pretty sure im faster in dortmund than some LA fans from LA nee from home to stadium, and i my hometown isnt that close to dortmund, but 100km on the autobahn is  hour at max and the most stadiums are realy close to autobahn exits.

so it doesnt realy matter if i get tired of division 3 or not.