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....NFL has no pro/rel system.

I am not saying that no entity who's goal is to have parity will ever work. I am saying that an entity with that goal is far less likely to compete as a dominate entity in its industry than one w/o that goal.

I was also pointing out how little it matters if there is a promotion/relegation system too.

It's hard to put a number to something like this, but I'd say 100 times more important might have underestimated the importance of giving clubs more freedoms.

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03-31-2014 , 07:07 PM

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Lmao

Angle shooting for a friendly. Sick life Mexico. EAFD

I guarantee you there's no team down there who's refusing to release a Mexican player. Such a **** move... but would you expect anything less?

Please Cruzin, explain to us again that it means the world to us to beat Mexico when you're the ones acting like scumbags to get any possible edge.

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04-01-2014 , 12:57 AM

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http://www.mlssoccer.com/worldcup/20...rofessional-sh

Is this news for us?

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04-01-2014 , 02:05 AM

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loosekanen

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Vazquez came in with... Mixed reviews at best. Though similar things were sad about JK so whatever. I kind of always thought they were a package deal. Something really odd this. It smells.

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04-01-2014 , 06:33 AM

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Pantoja

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Not even close to true. See, inter alia, the NFL.

While I like the NFL's revenue sharing, there's no competitor league of any importance. MLS has to compete with all the European leagues. If they can't pay like Madrid and Bayern and Manchester, they won't have those sorts of players.

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04-01-2014 , 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by nutshot2

Lmao

Puebla refused to release Beasley and Orozco for the match. Talk about shook, wow. Angle shooting for a friendly. Sick life Mexico. EAFD

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Originally Posted by CandyKreep

oh yes, Puebla did this to give Mexico an edge going into to Wednesday. c'mon now, don't be so dumb.Puebla is fighting to avoid relegation and if i were them, I wouldn't let them go either.

and you are wrong. there was a team who refused to let one of our players from going and it happens to be our best player, ORIBE PERALTA. i will forgive your ignorance because something this big would have been mentioned by now from me, i just didn't bother.

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04-01-2014 , 07:16 AM

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Oribe was left out because he requested to be left out. You are the one who is ignorant.

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04-01-2014 , 07:24 AM

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and you are the true ignorant person if you believe that. Oribe is obviously covering for Santos here. After Mexico's last friendly, Caixinha and Santos management were crying about how Oribe's duties with the Mexican team were becoming too much when at the same time, Santos is playing Liga MX and Libertadores.

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04-01-2014 , 07:30 AM

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lol, you're such a homer

Last edited by BigSoonerFan; 04-01-2014 at 07:30 AM. Reason: well, homer who actually has nothing to do with his "home"

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04-01-2014 , 09:06 AM

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cruizn, never change

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04-01-2014 , 09:39 AM

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Continuing on with our conversation about parity vs. club freedom it looks like Beckham is making it clear which side he is on.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer...061439717.html

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04-01-2014 , 04:50 PM

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thoughts on away kit?

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04-01-2014 , 05:19 PM

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__harmless

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Looks like a bomb pop.

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04-01-2014 , 05:20 PM

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thoughts on away kit?

Pretty ugly, but significantly better than the home kit.

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04-01-2014 , 07:09 PM

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What are some of ya'lls favorite kits?

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04-01-2014 , 08:06 PM

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thoughts on away kit?

Hate it... The horizontal stripe pattern of blue, white, red is pretty much the flag of Costa Rica. Makes zero sense to me. But whatever.

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04-01-2014 , 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Ray Horton

What are some of ya'lls favorite kits?

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04-01-2014 , 10:36 PM

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What are some of ya'lls favorite kits?

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04-01-2014 , 11:45 PM

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GEAUX UL

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I didn't like it until I saw this picture. Still not a fan of the bright blue but I think with the red shorts and socks they look really solid.

Hate the number font tho.

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04-02-2014 , 12:50 AM

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littlevictory

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Here's my favorite:

Spoiler:

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04-02-2014 , 01:55 AM

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BobboFitos

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why not just put 50 stars on the jersey

and an eagle

and maybe the rocky mountains

and perhaps a tank. or two.

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04-02-2014 , 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by BobboFitos

why not just put 50 stars on the jersey

and an eagle

and maybe the rocky mountains

and perhaps a tank. or two.

Would be better than that Dempsey picture. That doesn't even look like America. Looks like a Russian flag or something. Def needs some white starts on the blue shoulder parts.