MLS In Trouble...?
Major League Soccer made a lot of progress over the past couple of years. Teams are moving into soccer specific stadiums. The league has a bit more visibility (on and off the pitch). More supporter driven areas have clubs. Even the level of play has picked up.
However, I think MLS is in serious trouble. The major force behind this trouble is the obscene pay discrepancies between top (designated) top players and the rank and file squad. You can't tell me that a team with players making $20,000/yr or less feel part of anything with the likes of Beckham, let alone a team. At the same time, the better players the league is luring to MLS with a lot of money are dropped into an immature league with odd behind-the-scene rules and players nowhere near the level of play they are used to.
Beckham is on loan and going out of his way to NOT be the MLS ambassador he proclaimed he was.
Donovan looks to be headed to Germany.
Blanco is on loan.
And now the essential player that flew mostly under the radar until him and his club won everything this year, Schelotto, has yet to finalize a deal with MLS and is already talking of returning to Argentina.
This is going to be a black-eye in the face of MLS and call for them to rethink their strategy.
Maybe Ruud Gullit has some suggestions.
However, I think MLS is in serious trouble. The major force behind this trouble is the obscene pay discrepancies between top (designated) top players and the rank and file squad. You can't tell me that a team with players making $20,000/yr or less feel part of anything with the likes of Beckham, let alone a team. At the same time, the better players the league is luring to MLS with a lot of money are dropped into an immature league with odd behind-the-scene rules and players nowhere near the level of play they are used to.
Beckham is on loan and going out of his way to NOT be the MLS ambassador he proclaimed he was.
Donovan looks to be headed to Germany.
Blanco is on loan.
And now the essential player that flew mostly under the radar until him and his club won everything this year, Schelotto, has yet to finalize a deal with MLS and is already talking of returning to Argentina.
This is going to be a black-eye in the face of MLS and call for them to rethink their strategy.
Maybe Ruud Gullit has some suggestions.
posted by shane at 12:13 AM
1 Comments:
I guess not:
http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1110/major-league-soccer/2008/12/03/993326/mvp-schelotto-to-stay-with-columbus
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