Quote Originally Posted by DudyDawg View Post
I think that 24 will be where the MLS stops, but that soccer will expand still here. I think once 24 is reached, we will continue to expand the NASL (North American Soccer League) to 24 as well, and after that we will see relegation/promotion. However, thats a slow process and you won't see it for ten years or so.

As far as transfers, yes, all of FIFA teams run on the same windows. July-end August and then again the month of January. So our rules are the same as far as transferring players.

Also, yes, we have a draft, but that is bc in Europe they have youth academies that the players' rights are team owned, so by the time they get old enough they are already under contract. Our draft is so that college players can graduate and get under contract from MLS teams.
I don't think this is ever going to happen. There's no incentive for MLS to do it, and it would threaten to kill a growing league. The reason it can work in England is because soccer is the most important thing, so it's not going to die, and because those teams have been around forever and have established fan bases.

What happens if the Atlanta MLS team is relegated and the Silverbacks are promoted? Are the MLS fans going to become Silverbacks fans? It just wouldn't work. The MLS needs to continue growing these fan bases. Instituting relegation would threaten to kill fan bases entirely. Just unnecessary and something that works in England but wouldn't here.