Loan Deal Effects on Bottom Lines

Discussion in 'MLS: General' started by Liverpool_SC, Jan 9, 2003.

  1. Liverpool_SC

    Liverpool_SC Member

    Jun 28, 2002
    Upstate, SC
    I wonder how much money MLS nets on these loan deals for players such as Graziani and McBride. I know that the players are reported to get more money for playing on the loan deals, but it stands to reason that the league is making a good bit more than the salary and incentives that they pay the players.

    I wonder if the league is going to start doing more of this in a calculated effort to keep quality players in MLS (as opposed to outright transfers) while at the same time subsidizing some of the more expensive salaries.

    I suppose it is just a drop in the bucket in the grand scheme of things, but the exposure does have the fringe benefit of establishing more of a baseline for transfer values, relative to the performance of players like McBride and all of the players who have gone over to train with Dutch teams.
     

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