jpersing
02 Jul 2007, 08:59 PM
Couldn't they have done this after Copa America.
Bootsy Collins
02 Jul 2007, 09:11 PM
Scroll down -- there's already a thread about this.
The thread also answers your question re: "why now"?
Sundevil9
02 Jul 2007, 09:11 PM
There's another thread:
http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=561437
It starts in speculation, hits reality, and then dissolves into silliness (like most BS threads)
But in short, no. He wouldn't take the pay cut to go down to developmental status, and MLS contracts become guaranteed contracts as of Sunday. By letting Casal go on his way now, they aren't on the hook to pay him the rest of his $40,000 this year.