You really have to look at both the losses and the valuations together IMO. When the owners are covering losses, they are putting more equity...
Good morning all, it's been awhile. Thanks to the OP for this. There is a lot of interesting information here, but it is a bit tricky to unpack....
Ah, a familiar theme . . . Let's refresh what we have learned over the years: In an October, 2016 story entitled “MLS math doesn't always add...
I agree that MLS doesn't really need ESPN to be seen -- although over time I think ESPN and other channels like it may help introduce the league...
It's just been insanely busy at work, so I apologize for my absence here. Some of the year end cord cutting numbers for ESPN are really sobering...
Those predictions aren't hard to find. The problem remains coming to grips with where the money is going to come from. Two days ago, Disney...
That's correct -- in the 18 to 25 demographic, more men watch e sports than traditional sports. Some of the numbers are eye popping: "In 2017,...
Sure, but remember, MLS potentially has a problem because the sports channels like ESPN have a problem. Even if all of this is true, will the...
I've done the math in other threads and given not all information is public we have to make some educated guesses, but for what I call league...
For the players as a group, that's true, but for individual players of quality they will always have options to personally make more. They may...
The methodology Forbes uses (and how it factors SUM) has never been all that clear, but assuming they are consistent in how they have made these...
I'd take a step back further. Here is my argument: 1. I think the audience for all sports -- not just soccer -- is fragmenting. 2. Thanks to...
Sorry, I've been busy at work and just getting back to some of these replies. This was an interesting study -- it's unclear to me what exactly...
Here's the list of the largest digital companies: https://www.forbes.com/top-digital-companies/list/#tab:rank To pick one, Netflix began sending...
Bluntly, I don't think MLS can. Let me see if I can re-set the core proposition: Digital creates huge regional -- if not global -- markets, and...
You are correct, part of that thread was that Garber had claimed MLS' ambition was to be one of the top ten leagues in the world by 2022:...
Look, I will fully stipulate I was right on some, and I was wrong on some, but if you just look in the rear view mirror you are missing the point....
I would not get too hung up on the details just yet. Clearly, much will have to be negotiated before 2022. Because they have the largest...
With voters all over the United States heading to the polls today to cast votes in the mid term elections, I am wading into this topic carefully,...
That's not far from the truth. In the Global Digital Benchmark data I posted above, Olympique de Marseille has the fewest followers of the 16...
Let's swing this back to MLS now. If the European Super League is three years away, does a joint Liga MX/MLS league make more sense? Yes, it is...
You linked to the thread -- he's the link to the article you provided:...
Here is the more detailed report -- a 16 team league with 11 founders that could not be relegated for 20 years joined by 5 others:...
I appreciate the effort that went in to this, but I think you are missing the forest through the trees. The point of the original thread, which...
Now the UK: "Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United could be warned their players face bans from international...