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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce_ma gooshvili" data-source="post: 1089089" data-attributes="member: 74121"><p>That's a bit harsh. I've not watched full games but my take is that there are two ways to build leagues from scratch in Tier2 territory. </p><p></p><p>Either with a very small amount of teams with all the best players crammed together (e.g. Sudamerica, focussing on developing players for the national team) OR with a larger amount of teams to increase the footprint of the league nationally, but with all the best players spread out thinly. MLR is the latter and it means the quality is at a low base until teams start producing their own youths (which they are financially incentivised to do as it increases their salary cap). The continued regular expansion of the MLR will keep the talent spread thin but will likely increase the overall value of the league in terms of TV money (at which point they may be able to increase the quality of overseas player). </p><p></p><p>The standard in the MLR is understandably lower than Sudamerica and likely Russia, but it's got a far more stable long term base and can only continue to improve.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce_ma gooshvili, post: 1089089, member: 74121"] That's a bit harsh. I've not watched full games but my take is that there are two ways to build leagues from scratch in Tier2 territory. Either with a very small amount of teams with all the best players crammed together (e.g. Sudamerica, focussing on developing players for the national team) OR with a larger amount of teams to increase the footprint of the league nationally, but with all the best players spread out thinly. MLR is the latter and it means the quality is at a low base until teams start producing their own youths (which they are financially incentivised to do as it increases their salary cap). The continued regular expansion of the MLR will keep the talent spread thin but will likely increase the overall value of the league in terms of TV money (at which point they may be able to increase the quality of overseas player). The standard in the MLR is understandably lower than Sudamerica and likely Russia, but it's got a far more stable long term base and can only continue to improve. [/QUOTE]
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