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VTHokie2000
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VTHokie2000

The number of clubs is not the reason MLS doesn't participate in promotion/

relegation. The reason MLS doesn't participate in it is because the MLS clubs are not independently owned. Instead, MLS is a single entity league. "What this means is that the league is registered as a single legal entity that owns all the clubs that are part of it as well as all player contracts. In turn, all the teams part of the single-entity structure have an investor-operator who are shareholders in the overall league. Besides the MLS, Major League Rugby (MLR), the only professional rugby league in North America, also follows the same model, while the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) had initially started as a single-entity structure as well."
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Posted: 07/28/2022 at 10:18 PM ET
(In response to this post by Maroon Baboon)

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Ideal for College Football
BBBDatVT • 07/28/22 05:18 PM ET
Like it! Note that Tennessee is not part of Deep South
tk225 • 07/30/22 09:17 PM ET
Are you kidding me? .....It makes too much sense to happen.**
DeputyD • 07/29/22 09:21 AM ET
I actually do feel the B1G, SEC, ESPN, and Fox are gonna make things happen
BBBDatVT • 07/29/22 10:23 AM ET
They don't see anything past "more money now"! They are all arrogant enough
wwhokie1 • 07/29/22 03:06 PM ET
I don’t know about all this realignment business, but your SEC East
GoJosieBen • 07/28/22 09:49 PM ET
Interesting. Arizona State should be in that group....
Old Line Hokie • 07/28/22 07:16 PM ET
i think the drawing board comes out and B1G, SEC, ESPN, and Fox go to work.
BBBDatVT • 07/29/22 10:29 AM ET
And Louisville and BYU
obguthr • 07/28/22 07:57 PM ET
Vegas is a nice market to get into. Louisville is a corrupt commuter colleg
BBBDatVT • 07/29/22 10:33 AM ET
The ideal for college football is relegation and promotion system
Maroon Baboon • 07/28/22 05:48 PM ET
Can't happen when 25% of the roster turns over every year, much of it
133743Hokie • 07/28/22 06:26 PM ET
Teams that reload, succeed. Those that are a flash in the pan, don't.**
Maroon Baboon • 07/28/22 06:32 PM ET
How do you know they've reloaded before the next season starts. Relegation
133743Hokie • 07/28/22 08:08 PM ET
You don't know until they play. Those at the bottom are relegated for the
Maroon Baboon • 07/28/22 10:30 PM ET
So, we're back to Ground Zero. Only a handful of teams compete.
BBBDatVT • 07/28/22 06:36 PM ET
What makes you think VT is entitled to be in the Top Tier every year?
Maroon Baboon • 07/28/22 06:42 PM ET
Well, the EPL is almost cast system. Promotion does very little to change
BNOMO • 07/28/22 06:52 PM ET
Fair points. But IMO, R-P gives longstanding teams the chance to compete
Maroon Baboon • 07/28/22 07:22 PM ET
The problem with using Leicester City as the example is the Foxes are
VTHokie2000 • 07/28/22 10:10 PM ET
There would need to be rules on transfers.
Maroon Baboon • 07/29/22 02:50 AM ET
It is probably too late to try to implement rules now that the horse has
VTHokie2000 • 07/29/22 09:33 PM ET
VT is certainly a top 40 producer. That's why.
BBBDatVT • 07/28/22 06:45 PM ET
The Top Tier of a R-P system wouldn't be 40 teams. Much less.
Maroon Baboon • 07/28/22 06:59 PM ET
Yep. You're hardly dealing with the same teams from year to year in college**
BBBDatVT • 07/28/22 06:29 PM ET
There's a ton of turnover on a professional roster over a four year span.
Maroon Baboon • 07/28/22 06:34 PM ET
Not 100% though. Its undoable due to the nature and makeup of college trams
133743Hokie • 07/28/22 08:15 PM ET
So Cincy would be up for one year, then down the next. No big deal.
Maroon Baboon • 07/28/22 10:57 PM ET
So Cincy moves up after playing in the playoffs. So now they field a
133743Hokie • 07/29/22 08:43 AM ET
So Cincinnati will have no one returning?
Maroon Baboon • 07/29/22 09:14 AM ET
not as much as College fball and bball. They're unique in that way. **
BBBDatVT • 07/28/22 06:43 PM ET
That ain't happening in bigtime American sports. Even MLS hasn't adopted it**
BBBDatVT • 07/28/22 05:51 PM ET
Neither is your graphic. But since you brought up the MLS
Maroon Baboon • 07/28/22 06:01 PM ET
The number of clubs is not the reason MLS doesn't participate in promotion/ ◄
VTHokie2000 • 07/28/22 10:18 PM ET
MLS actually has a two tiered set of developmental leagues
Marooned • 07/28/22 06:30 PM ET
If it evolves into a legit R-P system, that would be great.
Maroon Baboon • 07/28/22 07:03 PM ET
I think there's a very good chance something similar to my graphic works.
BBBDatVT • 07/28/22 06:24 PM ET
I never said R-P would be adopted. But if the SEC is REALLY about
Maroon Baboon • 07/28/22 06:31 PM ET
If it hasn't happened already, the B1G and SEC are gonna work together.
BBBDatVT • 07/28/22 06:42 PM ET
You think way too highly of SEC and B1G leadership.
Maroon Baboon • 07/28/22 07:07 PM ET
They gotta keep college sports relevant in major parts of the country.
BBBDatVT • 07/29/22 02:31 AM ET
I have followed conference realignment since the Metro days in the 70's..
DrHokie • 07/28/22 09:44 PM ET
I agree. I reject "Academics" and "Home" as reasons for staying in the ACC.
Maroon Baboon • 07/28/22 11:33 PM ET