Review: Internal Transfer Market

Discussion in 'MLS: General' started by NYC_COSMOS, Dec 21, 2008.

  1. NYC_COSMOS

    NYC_COSMOS BigSoccer Supporter

    Jan 13, 2007
    Queens, NY
    Club:
    CA Vélez Sársfield
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    Why isn't the internal transfer market stronger? I know about single entity and so on but why isn't there a concerted effort to increase this market and make it viable?

    Shouldn't the teams, at least in this regard, have WAY MORE autonomy? Maybe this could be a way to help keep American players in MLS for longer.

    Thoughts?
     
  2. AndyMead

    AndyMead Homo Sapien

    Nov 2, 1999
    Seat 12A
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    This is the United States. They're called trades.
     
  3. Stan Collins

    Stan Collins Member+

    Feb 26, 1999
    Silver Spring, MD
    Yes, whenever you hear about a player traded for "allocation money" that's what everyone else in the world would call a transfer.
     
  4. Scott e Dio93

    Scott e Dio93 New Member

    Jul 1, 2006
    Montevideo, URU
    I heard that Honduran Costley might be come to L.A or Kansas, if Morelia deal isn't done.
     
  5. NYC_COSMOS

    NYC_COSMOS BigSoccer Supporter

    Jan 13, 2007
    Queens, NY
    Club:
    CA Vélez Sársfield
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    Maybe for baseball, basketball, or hockey, but trades in soccer are rare. The proper terms are transfers or loans. Anything else is extremely unusual.
     
  6. MannieG

    MannieG Member+

    Nov 30, 2006
    Houston
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Please, don't do the whole "proper term" bull crap. When a trade is done for allocation money, it's the same as a transfer...except the contract still belongs to MLS.
     
  7. NYC_COSMOS

    NYC_COSMOS BigSoccer Supporter

    Jan 13, 2007
    Queens, NY
    Club:
    CA Vélez Sársfield
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    Yes it's the same but, and I know you know the difference, that a transfer involves the purchasing of a player. Whereas a trade is more of a this for that type of transaction where no money is involved. Technically everything is a trade/transfee.

    Where's my cd? lol :D
     
  8. BVgolski07

    BVgolski07 Member

    Aug 8, 2007
    Milwaukee
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    yea i wish there was a bit more trading between teams. it's pretty rare that a team has too much talent in a certain area, but it does happen. chicago is loaded with forwards, columbus has ekpo and noonan on the bench.
     
  9. NYC_COSMOS

    NYC_COSMOS BigSoccer Supporter

    Jan 13, 2007
    Queens, NY
    Club:
    CA Vélez Sársfield
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    A more aggressive internal market would (imo):

    1. Help with that almight parity
    2. Help with keeping domestic players at home and raising certain ones to a type of "star" status. This in turn would help to market the league.
    3. Definitely make the offseason bearable. lol
    4. Create a competition for AMERICAN/MLS players on the international transfer market. This alone would help to increase revenue for the league. (if only the MLS would see that there is NO SHAME in being a feeder league.
    5. Create a bigger buzz, maybe some of the media will catch along and help to promot the league. This is a stretch but it could work.
     
  10. Ceres

    Ceres Member+

    Jan 18, 2004
    Aarhus, Denmark
    Club:
    AGF Aarhus
    Nat'l Team:
    Denmark
    In Europe transfer season is like Christmas... Ther are plenty of exciting rumours going on and supporters have big hopes and are excited about which players they may get... It doesnt really matter if you support a big or a small team, it's always great fun...
    .
     
  11. mcontento

    mcontento Member

    Jun 26, 2000
    Catalina Wine Mixer
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    When the contracts are owned by the same entity even after the player changes teams it is hard to "purchase" the player.

    Let me give you a scenario. Let's say you are married and you and your spouse both put all of your money into one single account as household financial partners for paying for everything (meals, bills, discretionary spending etc). Each of you has a budget of what you can spend on discretionary items each month of let's say $1000, but everything is still owned by the household.

    You have an iPod that you purchased with the combined account money a while back so it is owned by the household but possessed by you. You decide you no longer want it so you "sell" it to your spouse for $50 of her discreationary budget so you now have $1050 this month and she has only $950, which she takes from the single account to give to you. While possession of the actual device may go to her the overall ownership (in this case your combined household) hasn't really changed because the device is still owned within the single household, although you did get a little bump on your discreationary spending for the next month.

    Replace that sceanrio with the owners being the financial partners, the product being transferred as the players, the overall operating budget for the league replacing the bank account, and the salary cap as the discretionary spending and you have MLS.
     
  12. DoctorD

    DoctorD Member+

    Sep 29, 2002
    MidAtlantic
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Just be patient. The first round of player movement went to Seattle for expansion. Now teams are setting up budgets and planning. They have until March for pete's sake. Things will heat up.
     

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