Researched Assignment
Some people believe soccer will never be able to compete with other major American sports. However, I believe that a change in the United States soccer league structure will give it a decent chance. The adoption of the open league system into U.S. soccer will increase the competitiveness in the sport which will create more interest in the sport, aide in the development of players, and ultimately increase the stature of the U.S. in the world of soccer.
The closed league system is a sports league system commonly used in North America and Australia. The league is created with fixed teams which are owned by the league. The league is in charge of the operations of these teams such as transfer dealings and player contracts. …show more content…
North American countries such as Mexico, panama and also run their sports leagues with the open league system. In this system, there is a fixed number of teams but no fixed teams. the system allows the movement between the different leagues of a sport through promotion and relegation. There is a hierarchy among leagues and a select number of teams drop down from leagues through relegation each season. There is also promotion which is the movement of the best performing teams from lower tier leagues to the league directly above theirs. Which teams drop down is decided by their season performance. Furthermore, the league does not own any of the teams. Rather, the teams are owned by either private owners, shareholders and in rare cases by the fans. In addition, there is also free entry into the league by any team which gets created. The team will enter into the nations league system through the bottom tier. Each team is responsible for their operational costs, transfer fees and player contracts. Open leagues have governing bodies such as the Royal Spanish Football Federation in Spain, and the English Football Association (FA) in England. These associations govern game officials’ new rules, controversies and other …show more content…
The league is in better financial condition than it’s ever been. I agree with Don Garber on the need to keep the league in its financial position, however I don’t believe that a switch to the Open league system will harm the league’s finances. This is because the league won’t own the soccer teams under this system. In addition, the system will help the U.S. club soccer in each other aspects where it lags behind other countries. There will be more competition among all U.S. soccer teams in all divisions as their owners make long term plans to bring success to their teams, there will better clubs with better players to compete on the continental and world stage. Furthermore, lower tiers of U.S. soccer are open to this decision. As Liviu Birby reports, “Nasl, U.S. soccer's second division isn’t as closed off to the proposition [of relegation and promotion], however. The league, whose teams have plenty to gain… maintains its stance of openness to promotion and relegation… “These comments show the stance of the lower divisions of U.S. soccer. These NASL teams will have more motivation to develop and so will other teams from lower divisions. The only obstacle to this progress is the MLS
Some people believe soccer will never be able to compete with other major American sports. However, I believe that a change in the United States soccer league structure will give it a decent chance. The adoption of the open league system into U.S. soccer will increase the competitiveness in the sport which will create more interest in the sport, aide in the development of players, and ultimately increase the stature of the U.S. in the world of soccer.
The closed league system is a sports league system commonly used in North America and Australia. The league is created with fixed teams which are owned by the league. The league is in charge of the operations of these teams such as transfer dealings and player contracts. …show more content…
North American countries such as Mexico, panama and also run their sports leagues with the open league system. In this system, there is a fixed number of teams but no fixed teams. the system allows the movement between the different leagues of a sport through promotion and relegation. There is a hierarchy among leagues and a select number of teams drop down from leagues through relegation each season. There is also promotion which is the movement of the best performing teams from lower tier leagues to the league directly above theirs. Which teams drop down is decided by their season performance. Furthermore, the league does not own any of the teams. Rather, the teams are owned by either private owners, shareholders and in rare cases by the fans. In addition, there is also free entry into the league by any team which gets created. The team will enter into the nations league system through the bottom tier. Each team is responsible for their operational costs, transfer fees and player contracts. Open leagues have governing bodies such as the Royal Spanish Football Federation in Spain, and the English Football Association (FA) in England. These associations govern game officials’ new rules, controversies and other …show more content…
The league is in better financial condition than it’s ever been. I agree with Don Garber on the need to keep the league in its financial position, however I don’t believe that a switch to the Open league system will harm the league’s finances. This is because the league won’t own the soccer teams under this system. In addition, the system will help the U.S. club soccer in each other aspects where it lags behind other countries. There will be more competition among all U.S. soccer teams in all divisions as their owners make long term plans to bring success to their teams, there will better clubs with better players to compete on the continental and world stage. Furthermore, lower tiers of U.S. soccer are open to this decision. As Liviu Birby reports, “Nasl, U.S. soccer's second division isn’t as closed off to the proposition [of relegation and promotion], however. The league, whose teams have plenty to gain… maintains its stance of openness to promotion and relegation… “These comments show the stance of the lower divisions of U.S. soccer. These NASL teams will have more motivation to develop and so will other teams from lower divisions. The only obstacle to this progress is the MLS