You're welcome.
http://www.sounderatheart.com/2014/1...cquisition-101
- Scott
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MLS Player Acquisition Flow Chart
You're welcome.
http://www.sounderatheart.com/2014/1...cquisition-101
- Scott
“Heroism breaks its heart, and idealism its back, on the intransigence of the credulous and the mediocre, manipulated by the cynical and the corrupt.” ~Christopher Hitchens
This was already posted in another thread lolOriginally Posted by Shakes McQueen
I thought this chart from hell was a joke from Union fans when I first saw it... But it isn't lol.
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Well crap. Probably still an important enough piece of information to warrant it's own thread - if only to discuss how byzantine and hilarious the MLS transfer rules are.
- Scott
“Heroism breaks its heart, and idealism its back, on the intransigence of the credulous and the mediocre, manipulated by the cynical and the corrupt.” ~Christopher Hitchens
This is why you want a guy like Bez as GM.
MLS is a tough, physical league, that emphasizes speed, and features plastic fields, grueling travel, extreme weather, and incompetent refs. - NK Toronto
My head hurts....
TIL - byzantine doesn't not necessarily refer to ancient Turkey.
Definition of BYZANTINE1
: of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient city of Byzantium
2
: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of architecture developed in the Byzantine Empire especially in the fifth and sixth centuries featuring the dome carried on pendentives over a square and incrustation with marble veneering and with colored mosaics on grounds of gold
3
: of or relating to the churches using a traditional Greek rite and subject to Eastern canon law
4
often not capitalized
a : of, relating to, or characterized by a devious and usually surreptitious manner of operation <a Byzantine power struggle>
b : intricately involved : labyrinthine <rules of Byzantine complexity>
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I was referring more to the 4b version of the word, but yes.
- Scott
“Heroism breaks its heart, and idealism its back, on the intransigence of the credulous and the mediocre, manipulated by the cynical and the corrupt.” ~Christopher Hitchens
haha, I thought you were referring to the dodgy, opaque MLS salary rules and how Garber bends them at will. But 4b works too
Leave it to Shakes, who, in a thread where everyone's head is already hurting, would opt to use a word for it's most obscure definition (4b!!). xD
Last edited by JuliquE; 01-16-2014 at 11:14 AM.
I think 4b is actually more often used. Not sure I've heard that word used as 4 a in about 20 years, outside of a Miss Marple murder mystery.
Could well be; normally, definitions are listed based frequency of use -- admittedly, this one's new to me.
MLS Office for player acquisitions.
Last edited by PopePouri; 01-16-2014 at 11:37 AM.
While this is true for the moment its detrimental to the league in the long run considering they want to be a top league. I can see quality managers from around the world never considering MLS because of ridiculous nature of these MLS "Rules".
With the leagues growth comes the responsibility to making the league more fan friendly as well, its why there isn't any MLS fan capologists like in other leagues.
Last edited by Richard; 01-16-2014 at 11:49 AM.
If "Rules" become just rules and full transparency is provided around it, it can be as convoluted as possible - as long as everyone gets a shot at it. It's when "Rules" are created that benefit a one or more teams that was not available to others that it becomes an issue.
+1!
I want to buy that soccer nerd like a million beer!
WE DID IT!
It makes sense that the rules become more flexible has the league grows. They're in place to maintain sustainability but with every passing year the requisites for sustainable growth change.
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