MLS rejects P/R & $4 billion

[younothat]

MLS rejected $4 billion media rights deal requiring promotion/relegation

http://kwese.espn.com/football/majo...-deal-that-hinged-on-promotion-and-relegation

"Major League Soccer rejected a $4 billion global media rights deal from international media company MP & Silva, as reported by the Sports Business Journal.

The offer, which would have quadrupled the annual rate of MLS' current deal, came with the significant contingency that MLS would have to institute a system of promotion and relegation"

 

[outside!]

Everyone gets a trophy!

 

[espola]

MLS clubs know, just like local youth clubs, that promotion is good, but relegation is bad for the bottom line. It is better to play in a league where coaches and directors can claim to be the best, or at least "better".

 

[jpeter]

Promotion / regulation would improve the overall quality of pro teams. One look at the recent us open cup where a number of amateur, 2nd, or 3rd sides advanced all the way to 4th rounds.

Playing 5 million transfer for a midfielder from a foreign league or picking up a defender from the Netherlands league says a lot about how a MLS team like the Galaxy are doing developing all these "homegrown" player.

Clubs need incentives and compensation domestically otherwise MLS will always be buying foreign players who have better competition & skills partly do promotion/regulation where they develop better.

 

[NoGoal]

I was watching the British Open this past weekend. They cut to commerical, but split screened the golf...so, viewers didn't miss any shots. I wonder why soccer hasn't incorporated this into their games, this way.....the commercials are still seen in a non-stop 90 minute soccer game. It would definately raise the MLS revenue stream and increase the players pay.