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Originally Posted by LSPaul

All "major" leagues have their issues but MLS has been getting a lot of bad press lately, probably only second to the NFL. There are many calling them a "Ponzi scheme" mostly interesting in extracting expansion related fees from cities desperate for a team in what they perceive is the "up and coming" American sport. If you read the many stories about the PR battles being waged for the next round of expansion teams, you'd think that winning an expansion franchise is more valuable than finding a gold mine under your house. Truth is American pro soccer is highly fragmented with three leagues all vying for attention. The MLS just turned down a multi-billion dollar TV deal because the deal, it is rumored, would have included the institution of a "Promotion and relegation" system that included both the USL (San Antonio FC's league) and NASL, which is similar to the way the European soccer leagues work. Also, the MLS is getting blamed, in part, for the poor performance of the US Mens National Soccer team which failed to qualify for the World Cup 2018 tournament.

Here are a couple of articles related to this:

https://deadspin.com/is-mls-a-ponzi-scheme-1797509617

https://mlsmultiplex.com/2017/07/26/...-look-like-us/

BOO MLS!!!!!!!
Do we really want MLS here???

BOOOOOO!!!!!