Quote Originally Posted by portu View Post
Individual players generate transient buzz, teams and competition prestige maintain it.

The Insigne numbers are beyond ridiculous relative to whatever new revenue streams might come from media or stadium dollars. He either isn’t coming or MLSE is throwing the consideration of profitability out the window. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s the latter.

They’re losing money regardless so why not lose money in style and with an all out gamble, it’s not like they can’t absorb the losses anyway.
Yes. Agree. Beckham and Zlatan created buzz and did move the needle - but not to the extent required to get a massive TV audience. That requires a top level competition. Maybe the new thing with Mexico will do that. It at least gives MLS a shot at saying it’s big league.