What? lol I asked for your stat that you used in your argument. I didn't use any stats in mine, just simple common knowledge. If you use a stat like 20 percent be ready to show it if someone asks.
Just trying to show you that your sources will be as good as mine, links to articles and hearsays. None concrete with official documentation. That's why simple common knowledge is that every year players cancel their contracts due to non payment of wages. Every single year that happens
I guess we're so used to the wage situation in Brazil some of us don't see that as a big deal. Every time i see a player ending his contract in the court system and the fan response is... He shouldn't have been paid to begin with he's horrible! i shudder and it scares me a bit.
Just to add to my comment. Fabregas is really the only one that makes "sense" to go. Barca has it's defensive problems, but this year, the problems up front have also increased. It's clear they need a change up front as well. Messi and Neymar, Iniesta are obviously not going anywhere. Xavi probably feels like he can still play most games and Barca won't push him out because of history, at least not for now. That leaves Alexis, Pedro, and Fabregas. Neither are positions that Fabregas plays in. Alexis at least defends very well. If you get rid of Pedro, you're just theoretically getting rid of a player who will warm the bench more and more if Neymar's potential is realized. So you're not really changing anything. That leaves Fabregas.
I think Riquelme is the most dramatic player in World Football. He literally has a novela every year of his career.
The MLS's two biggest problems are the lack of tradition and media coverage. It's tough to overcome the fact that the league is so new and most adult fans were probably already fans of some other team before. I have the Dynamo in my hometown, and I've been to several games, but it's almost like watching a game between friends in a neighborhood field. It seems like there's no passion, rivalries, etc. It's entertaining for the kids, and hopefully they will someday grow to become die-hard fans, but as much as I try to get into it, I have a hard time. I think one way of expediting the process would be for MLS teams to play in the Libertadores. A few group stage games at places like La Bombonera, Defensores del Chaco, Maracanã, will get the US teams a sense of what tough competition is like. Most South American teams have a big enough fan base in the US to make the home games in the US a success as well, so everybody wins. The MLS players get some real experience, the Libertadores gains exposure to the American market (which totally ignores the competition today), the South American teams try to get some fans that today are probably watching the Premier League, or Spanish League. Travel would be complicated, due to the long distances, but nowadays most teams already put so much emphasis on the Libertadores, that domestic games end up being played by a secondary squad anyways.
Idk about domestic SA lgs taking a back seat. I mean a small club like Arsenal Sarandi will play reserves while in the libertadores but the trend this year was the opposite of what you suggested in Argentina, Brazil, and Ecuador. MLS teams consistently lose to reserve mexican sides so shouldn't they at least win a concacaf champions lg before being thrown in the libertadores?
I don't like the idea of combining Concacaf CL with Libertadores.. too many teams would end up being included. But for the sake of Libertadores... coming to the US would really do wonders for the tournament and for the SA leagues.
The value of the MLS teams in the Libertadores in my opinion is not to increase the quality of play, but to bring it into the American Market. I may be wrong about use of reserves in domestic leagues, but the feeling I get, at least in Brazil, is that with the Libertadores being mostly played in the first semester, before the national league begins, most of teams are fielding reserves in the state championships.
We don't have to change the format of the 32-team field of the Libertadores. Just add more "pre-Libertadores" qualifiers. The UEFA Champions League starts with 77 teams that knock themselves around until they reach 32. So by taking some MLS teams, we don't have to take away any spots currently being awarded.
Putting MLS teams in the Copa Libertadores is a waste of time!! It would be like putting high school teams in the NBA playoffs
They already added the mexican teams for the American market. Liga mx has higher tv ratings in the USa than MLS by a pretty decent margin iirc. People always get sucked into drinking the kool aid during the wc because they see espn cover it. MLS tv ratings are shockingly low, Espn isn't going to cover or get exited about Velez x Dc united. State Championships are a complete outlier, I love them but they are pretty much preseason.
Speaking of the MLS and Brasileiros, this is awesome on a few different levels: http://screamer.deadspin.com/teammates-fight-over-free-kick-winner-blasts-it-in-1597445280
Now it's official. Judas to Chelsea. Agreement reached with Atletico Madrid for the transfer of Diego Costa: http://t.co/y1QwupqQGC #CFC pic.twitter.com/xRG5TkwuoF— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) July 1, 2014
Manchester City ofereceu €35 milhões por Benatia, um dos melhores zagueiros da última temporada. Roma quer €30 milhões + Nastasic. Castan has to be praying this move doesn't go through....
That move makes zero tactical sense. Neymar, Messi and Suarez are going to get in each others way, and Neymar and Suarez are much better on the counter than against the packed defenses they're going to see in La Liga every week.
Poor Neymar, he went into the Titanic when it was already half way across the Atlantic, he'll only get to see it sinking.. barcelona hasn't even addressed their defensive problems.. Masch is still their center defender
Sure, they were still recovering from the post Figo fiasco (Giovanni! lol) and they still have a crazy amount of talent. But they have surprisingly few younger players ready to contribute and I don't really see how their talent is going to gel on the pitch. All that said, they should finish second in the league by force of talent alone, of course. I don't see Atletico maintaining this form - too many things went right for them last season.