Well that's simple. I assume high schools and colleges can't receive TC due to amateurism rules and pay to play academies have already been compensated. If it turns out p2p academies can be compensated then it could lead to a lot of free scholarships, as they could make a tidy profit.
I was really referring to how a player like say an Andrew Gutman, who was a Fire Academy product, but then went to college for several years (while perhaps still training with the Fire in the off-season). I think you would have to adjust the compensation to take into account that Indiana covered much of his training costs for the years he was in school.
That's not true at all. At least those team names are actual nouns with some kind of easy to visualize representation... UNION: REVOLUTION: IMPACT: DYNAMO: SOUNDERS: But when I do a quick Google image search for "Sporting", "Inter" or "ReAL" the only things that pop up are other soccer teams.
Not only is it a reference to people that live in the Puget Sound area, but a sounder is also a group of wild boars, so even easier to draw!
Yeah, I remember that. There was also a survey among GMs where they asked which other GM they least liked to deal with, and Mike Burns had more than double the votes of the next highest mention. Of course the Kool-Aid Drinkers* in the Revs forum argued that it's because he is, in fact, the sharpest tool in the shed (I did admit that they're part right, he certainly is a tool), and the other teams just don't like to get hoodwinked. The thing about Burns is the criteria we, as fans, use to measure him is very, very different than how his bosses see him. Fans want a GM who has overseas contacts and can find a way to sign good players, who is a cap-ologist who can figure out the maximum use of TAM/GAM/Salary cap and whatever else may be at his disposal. All with the goal of putting the best team on the field as possible. By contrast, his bosses worship the God of The Almighty Budget, and that's all that matters. He got promoted for noticing that he can put in a "discovery" claim on a player someone else was just about to sign, and pocket $50,000. He did this twice. The Krafts are thrilled with a guy who can do this, even though most Rev fans believe the only employment he is suitable for is filling a shopping cart with empties or serving as a bridge abutment on the Southeast Expressway. * There are only 2 types of Revs fans: Kool-Aid Drinkers and Nattering Nabobs of Negativity. Guess which group I belong to.
Considering he earned the nickname "Near Post Mike Burns", is he really all that qualified to serve as a bridge abutment? I would think he'd stand too far away to be effective.