MLS’ desire to improve the quality of the league is complicated by its expansion efforts over the last decade. Growing a sports league and improving quality of the game are difficult objectives to achieve simultaneously. The four major U.S. sports leagues all...
European Football Explained I’m going to take a short amount of space here to give my best attempt at an explanation of the structure of the European football scene. The future of MLS is intertwined with the future of European football. MLS is (or will be)...
MLS Expansion Will Result in a European Super League I tried to explain the structure of European football leagues for two reasons. First, I don’t think that many American sports fans understand it and I believe that failure to understand it is an impediment to...
Read more about how MLS is poised to capitalize on the financial difficulties facing the Big Four sports leagues here. It doesn’t seem all that long ago that the World Series was canceled as a result of the MLB Players Association being on strike. In reality,...
NHL Faces Tough But Manageable Economic Situation Professional sports leagues have discovered that they are not immune to the current economic difficulties. Additional articles in this series on the current financial state of the major sports leagues in the United...
Read more about how MLS is poised to capitalize on the financial difficulties facing the Big Four sports leagues here. The NFL and its Player’s Association have had pretty good labor relations since the 1987 NFL players’ strike. The last NFL collective...
