Quote Originally Posted by SoccMan2 View Post
Too lazy to scroll through this thread to see if this was talked about. However, I would like to know why don’t they just play regular season games in Orlando rather than have this meaningless tournament? This tournament I think is a colossal waist of time and money. Just play regular season games in Orlando and go from there.
Quote Originally Posted by ensco View Post
It's about the home gates, which are the main source of revenue. If there is a way they can, somehow, get the season in by playing two games a week in the fall in the usual format, with home games, they will do that. That's why no refunds so far.

They are dreaming in technicolour, of course, but that is the thought process.
Plus it's proposed that games in the group stage will count towards the regular season standings.