VinatieriDefinesClutch
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Well in a move that every other club in La Liga is up in arms against, Barca has been allowed to register both players. This one might get ugly.
2021-22-23-24 News Thread
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It SHOULD get ugly. What good are league rules when they only apply to some of the teams?
VinatieriDefinesClutch
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And now it's being reported that they can't be registered. Who knows at this point. It's an absolute clusterfuck.
The United Soccer League has applied to US Soccer to create a new first division in 2028. Along with the creation of the division, they’ll implement promotion/relegation through all 3 levels of the league pyramid.
Getting approval from USSF could be a challenge. They have strict requirements for professional club standards at each tier, with the top tier needing 12 teams across more than one time zone and stadiums above 15,000. 75% of clubs must also be located within a city with over 1,000,000 people. Only 4 of the 24 teams in the 2nd tier Championship have a stadium that meets the capacity requirement. With no other pro/rel leagues, what would happen if a team with a sub-15,000 seat stadium is promoted? Or is that a first year requirement? If those standards were applied in The UK, Luton and Bournemouth would be blocked from promotion to the Premier League.
Getting approval from USSF could be a challenge. They have strict requirements for professional club standards at each tier, with the top tier needing 12 teams across more than one time zone and stadiums above 15,000. 75% of clubs must also be located within a city with over 1,000,000 people. Only 4 of the 24 teams in the 2nd tier Championship have a stadium that meets the capacity requirement. With no other pro/rel leagues, what would happen if a team with a sub-15,000 seat stadium is promoted? Or is that a first year requirement? If those standards were applied in The UK, Luton and Bournemouth would be blocked from promotion to the Premier League.
So, based on the constant drumbeat online for pro/rel in the US, we can safely assume that once this "one simple trick" is installed, the USL leagues will rapidly overcome the doddering MLS and dominate the US pro landscape. Right? If I've been told that pro/rel is the answer to all our pro league problems once, I've been told it a million times. And who am I to argue with the collective wisdom of randos on the internet?
My prediction is that US Soccer denies their application for Tier I status and the USL files suit. So it might be the next decade before it’s resolved.