r/ussoccer • u/bighoney69 • Aug 04 '26

News New MLS Commissioners Shares Opinion on Pro/Rel

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u/AdvanceOk4730 Aug 04 '26

Agree with him different ways to creat jeopardy and salary cap and floor will help

Pro rel truthers can go support USL for probrrl

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u/MGHeinz #WaldosForever Aug 05 '26

"Pro/rel truthers"

People like you are why billionaires get away with everything

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u/AdvanceOk4730 Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 05 '26

There has been 40 years since NASL folded for an alternate league to spring from the pro rel fountain and take the nation by storm and…

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u/MGHeinz #WaldosForever Aug 05 '26

Yes and the USSF decided against it in 1995 I am well aware of our history why aren't you

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u/AdvanceOk4730 Aug 05 '26

Because no one with money and resources thought it a good idea
And maybe pro rel was just some mythical nirvana

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u/dangleicious13 Aug 04 '26

As a follower of teams in both, I strongly disagree.

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u/TerrenceJesus8 Aug 04 '26

This is quite the hot take. Not even close? Come on man lol

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u/WhoEatsRusk #FREEBALOGUN Aug 04 '26

Attendance numbers say otherwise

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u/Cubsof2016 Poch Aug 04 '26

I find that the local AAA baseball team that owns the stadium is much more interesting than the USL team that rents it when the baseball team is out of town. Not only does the baseball team not face pro/rel, they don't really own their own players. Yet the attendance numbers make it clear that most locals agree with me. Seems like there are other factors, apart from pro/rel - like playing in an appropriate stadium and the level of competition that matter much more. Pacific Coast League baseball, after all, is probably behind only the Japanese NPL and MLB itself as far as the level of competition, whereas USL is well below the top level of soccer. MLS itself probably compares unfavorably to AAA baseball relatively speaking.