MLS Cup Should Be The Day Following Thanksgiving

Discussion in 'MLS: Commissioner - You be The Don' started by DaveBrett, Jan 4, 2015.

  1. Fighting Illini

    Fighting Illini Member+

    Feb 6, 2014
    Chicago
    I'd say if the MLS is willing to be distracted, it should be distracted by giant revenue producers like these big-name friendlies.

    Professional sports is a race for money. That is the north star. Having a team that never won anything to even get into the competition flying down to play Isidro Metapan in the thick of the playoff race for a game that won't be on TV in a tournament that won't be resolved until the next season is not a big revenue potential idea.

    The Champions Cup, when it was a brief, circumscribed tournament for teams that had actually won something, made more sense and was at least less harmful. The new format is based on the idea of "more teams and more games is better! We should be like the European Champions League!". That's wrong and in service of no one's interests, and MLS should not feel obligated to be a part of it.
     
  2. tab5g

    tab5g Member+

    May 17, 2002
    #77 tab5g, Feb 18, 2015
    Last edited: Feb 18, 2015
    Distractions (and money-making exhibitions, etc.) would seem to work better (for all involved) if they were solely placed in the off-season or pre-season (or mid-season break) periods.

    But yes, the "nastiness" and realities of business will always encroach on "purity" of real competition-focused concerns for MLS/SUM (and the clubs they'll host and with whom they'll want to do business).
     
  3. JoeTerp

    JoeTerp Member

    Jul 9, 2007
    USA
    not participating in the region's major club competition sounds like a great way to get decertified.
     
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  4. Achowat

    Achowat Member+

    Mar 21, 2011
    Revere, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Any post that starts "I don't have to back up my ideas" generally isn't worth reading.

     
  5. Achowat

    Achowat Member+

    Mar 21, 2011
    Revere, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Decertified? Like, the USSF take away our D1 Sanctioning? Not gonna happen, because the USSF needs MLS' money.

    Or like FIFA taking away the USSF's sanctioning power? Not going to happen, because FIFA needs USSF's money.

    Something else? Not currently possible under FIFA rules.
     
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