DING DONG THE NASL IS DEAD

DING DONG THE NASL IS DEAD

nasl.com/news/2018/02/27/north-american-soccer-league-announces-cancellation-of-2018-season

>soccer is growing in the US, they said

>B-b-but we are changing our schedule to the European calendar, that will surely save our league 1!1!1!!

Good riddance, glad the San Diego NASL team is joining USL

Wtf is "NASL"?

Finally, now the USL can fucking take over

something that was only relevant because of (of all things) a team in indianapolis

You mean Minnesota lol

Good, we don't need two division 2 leagues. Best of luck filling their shoes, NISA.

>no promotion/relegation

failed second-tier league

Why would anyone put money into a team that is relegated and essentially loses a whole season?

The only way we're getting pro-rel is if one of the Top Four league collapses entirely and soccer fills the void. So probably never.

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What? This existed? What the fuck.

Sucks because it would fix the tanking problems in every sport.

you don't lose a whole season, you play in a lower league because you're shit and don't deserve to be playing with the big guys.

It forces shitty teams to actually play instead of relying on muh draft picks.

It's the most capitalistic and meritocratic way to run a league. Franchising is gommunism.

Soccer Terrorist

Why would anyone put money into a team for a second tier league when they can't get promoted? Promotion and relegation is the only thing that keeps lower leagues alive. A team could dominate this NASL garbage every year and never go to the MLS because they can't pay the price some guys in suits are asking.

Franchises work by the team owners sharing profits as beneficiaries of the league, rather than operating their teams as independent corporations. So even if your team sucks ass, you still make money from the league's overall profits and your team gets rewarded for its failure by getting first pick of the draft to "keep things competitive."
USL has a lower buy-in than MLS, but if the league is profitable, you get a slice of those profits no matter how your team does.

>muh franchise
you keep talking about business men, what do fans get?
their team is still in a shitty second tier league, why would they buy their merch or support them at all knowing that they won't get out of this shitty second division?

>misunderstood

But isn't Detroit going for an MLS spot?

>Detoilet

What do fans get even if their team is in the top division? In the end, you're still cheering for a team to do well in their league.

Yeah, Northern Guard are just cancerous hipster ultra-wannabes. They are right in being butthurt about the lack of pro-rel, even if Detroit City wouldn't make it to the top flight either way.

Why are many teams very much against joining USL?

Most have apart from Cosmos (unwanted), JAX (owner wants to do his own thing) & Miami

Maybe because of the conference split? or because MLS2 teams play in USL?

Amazing how the Cosmos killed the NASL twice