Chewy Unikronik
12-07-2008, 12:22 PM
On a boring Sunday morning, I was thinking about the the whole single entity thing and how much I dislike it.
Not allowing a team to make their own roster moves, without having to go through the league, and being dictated as to when and where they can use any profits is silly.
I understand the need for fiscal responsibility, but if we sell Edu, WE should be able to benefit from it immediately!
Anyways, this was originally brought to mind when pondering the waste that is the expansion draft. What a piece of crap that is for all involved. I'm not a Eurosnob, but a soccer team being permitted to chose players off of other teams is nutso. Only possible of course due to the single entity structure.
The other item that becomes possible from all of this, are trades. Man, I dislike this more than anything else. Although they get paid (not that well, mind you) to play a game, you have to feel for players who are FORCED to play in places like Kansas City or Dallas, just because they are traded there.
It may be a regular thing in other sports, but it just does not work in the world of soccer. The overall world structure for player movement, does not fit this.
If I were one of the better players in the world, this is one thing that would DEFENITELY scare me away from this league. The knowledge that my rights can be moved, without my consent, doesn't jive so well.
To sum it all up... I personally cannot wait for the last rounds of expansion to take place, so that they can finally stop hand holding teams and do away with the single entity. No more expansion drafts. No more league input on player contracts and movements. No more trades. Hell, no more college draft either.
Not allowing a team to make their own roster moves, without having to go through the league, and being dictated as to when and where they can use any profits is silly.
I understand the need for fiscal responsibility, but if we sell Edu, WE should be able to benefit from it immediately!
Anyways, this was originally brought to mind when pondering the waste that is the expansion draft. What a piece of crap that is for all involved. I'm not a Eurosnob, but a soccer team being permitted to chose players off of other teams is nutso. Only possible of course due to the single entity structure.
The other item that becomes possible from all of this, are trades. Man, I dislike this more than anything else. Although they get paid (not that well, mind you) to play a game, you have to feel for players who are FORCED to play in places like Kansas City or Dallas, just because they are traded there.
It may be a regular thing in other sports, but it just does not work in the world of soccer. The overall world structure for player movement, does not fit this.
If I were one of the better players in the world, this is one thing that would DEFENITELY scare me away from this league. The knowledge that my rights can be moved, without my consent, doesn't jive so well.
To sum it all up... I personally cannot wait for the last rounds of expansion to take place, so that they can finally stop hand holding teams and do away with the single entity. No more expansion drafts. No more league input on player contracts and movements. No more trades. Hell, no more college draft either.