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Must admit I am surprised how high MLS revenue it compared to other leagues, but not sure how it ties to salary control... Having more teams than other leagues also likely adds to revenue (but I...

Good find.

Replying to ensco because I had to pick one Seba comment, but does anyone have a good understanding as to how the allocation order actually works? Would a loan have to come back into the league...

I don't think the DP moniker carries more prestige than the money does, so I don't think it's about that. I think the league is probably still trying to figure out the details of the "swap" and how...

That’s not necessarily true though, is it? My understanding is that it depends on how much he would be making as a DP.

Just out of curiosity, is there a reason you think he is getting the maximum? He could be making less and it would still make sense to designate him under the U22 player status. For example, he...

I see we agree on one thing :)

Thanks - I think this is the article I was referring to above.

Agreed and I don't want to turn this into an MLS rules forum. However, the section you quoted from is specific to a Special Discovery Player. Under Designated Player, it states "A player's Salary...

I think this is incorrect. My understanding is that (for budget purposes) the whole contract (salary and transfer fee) is added and averaged over the contract length. So the transfer fee does not...