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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
I agree. However, if the MLS can parallel the development of the NBA then it will work it out within ten years for everybody. The quality of play and players will improve to a level which fanaticos like you can somewhat enjoy, and yet the culture of MLS in America to fill up stadiums, claim a portion of the TV viewer-share, and sell some merchandise.
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I'm in no position to know how significant this is, but the unique problem facing MLS (compared with the NFL, MLB and NBA) is that everyone knows the best teams and players are all playing elsewhere. When you watch a Superbowl or the NBA finals, you know, probably without even thinking about it, that you're watching the very pinnacle of those sports. That has to have a major impact on their overall popularity. For all your optimism about the MLS, the problem is its very infrastructure (mostly in terms of salary caps) means it will never be able to attract the best players and its geographical distance means that it'll never be playing against them (at club level anyway). So the unique problem facing the MLS is how does it sell itself to a mainstream audience used to thinking of its team sports as representing the very highest level possible?