jeffk said:
Moving closer towards pro/rel?
Aston94 said:jeffk said:
Moving closer towards pro/rel?
Will never happen. The entry fee is too high, tv would never allow loss of the NY market (for example) if NYRB were demoted and Rochester was promoted. Just not going to happen here ever, unfortunately.
Smokedraw01 said:Aston94 said:jeffk said:
Moving closer towards pro/rel?
Will never happen. The entry fee is too high, tv would never allow loss of the NY market (for example) if NYRB were demoted and Rochester was promoted. Just not going to happen here ever, unfortunately.
How do they get around the FIFA laws?
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Since 2008, the Fdration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has mandated promotion and relegation to be implemented by every 211 member association around the world, in full compliance with FIFA statutes in order to give every affiliated club hundreds of thousands worldwide the opportunity and choice to enter the official FIFA International Promotion and Relegation Pyramid. The best clubs from the top division of each open national promotion and relegation pyramid get promoted to the continental championships (the AFC Champions League, CAF Champions League, CONCACAF Champions League, CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores, OFC Champions League, and UEFA Champions League) and the best from those tournaments in turn get promoted to the intercontinental championship (the FIFA Club World Cup) for a chance to become FIFA club world champions. For the past 10 years, the Football Federation Australia (FFA), the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA), and the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) have all been violating FIFA statutes, regulations, and decisions. Specifically, (a) Regulations Governing the Application of the Statutes Part IV. Sporting Integrity Article 9. Principle of Promotion and Relegation; (b) Definitions Part II. Membership Article 19. Independence of member associations and their bodies; and (c) Definitions Part II. Membership Article 14. Member Association's Obligations. By not having a national promotion and relegation system in place, the affiliated clubs in the three respective countries (Australia, Canada, and the USA) do not have a chance to enter and compete under merit of play in the only sanctioned pathway to the FIFA Club World Cup the world club championship of football / soccer within FIFA.
If our youth programs were setup like the rest of the world, I'd agree with you completely. And I'll concede that long-term it might be a good decision for domestic development, and if so, that's a win.joemeister said:
Long term, in a nation of this size, more teams means more professional academies and more opportunities = larger talent pool. That only holds if MLS is determined to invest in academies though.
joemeister said:
Long term, in a nation of this size, more teams means more professional academies and more opportunities = larger talent pool. That only holds if MLS is determined to invest in academies though.
joemeister said:
Long term, in a nation of this size, more teams means more professional academies and more opportunities = larger talent pool. That only holds if MLS is determined to invest in academies though.