designated-players Stories - RSL Soapbox
Salary Caps, Guarantees and Inflexibility Entering Secondary Window
When your local side is struggling, and the league changes the rules to allow up to 3 Designated Players per MLS team, people start to dream. Sounders fans look to DC United's signing of a M...
You knew this was coming, MLS adds a second DP slot and more
In a desperate attempt to help the major market teams, MLS has given a second DP slot to teams, and they can purchase a 3rd DP slot. Finally, news that I like as Landycakes will finally after ye...
So what is the price of getting Ruud?
Over the past couple years the rumors and talk about RSL trying to get Ruud van Nistelrooy as their DP has been an interesting topic but unlikely to happen. With Ruud suffering injuries last yea...
Financial Impact of the DP
With MLS having very closed finances, and Forbes only doing a report on the 2007 revenue streams, judging financial impact is rather difficult. The sole set of numbers that can be looked at are ...
2 DP's in MLS is fine with me, as long as everyone plays by the same rules
I get that many people think I am against the move by MLS to add a second DP slot to each team, I am not, but I think it is a silly move and unless it is done where every team has to follow the same r...
Designated Players - worth their weight in meh
Once upon a time I critiqued the man who is now the manager of SBNation's soccer network and his stance on the DP. I ran some with or without you numbers and titled it really poorly. I was learni...
Scrapping the Designated Player Rule
Yes, I am suggesting exactly that. My complaints are different than most though. It isn't that I don't like the idea of 1, 2 or 3 great players residing on a given MLS side. It isn't because I think t...
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