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[QUOTE="DarthGrumpy, post: 2808547, member: 2141"]
The two biggest money problems in my opinion with MLS is that 1) the league is living on Expansion fees, and 2) transfer fees are not use to help play for youth development programs such as they are in Europe, i.e. pay to play.

A couple of fixes -First, require that a % of any external transfer fee must must go back to the teams that helped develop said player.  Second, if MLS wants to keep expanding, fine; but, cap the league to 24 teams and let the new owners start a team at a lower level and then earn their way up to the top flight like the rest of the world does, i.e. regulation.   It adds incentives to owners to spend money on players and adds excitement to games at the end-of-the season involving bottom tier teams (nothing like watching a top flight Premiership team trying to rest in advance of a CL or Europa match having to deal with a desperate team trying to stave-off regulation).

As for stadiums, both NYC and New England needs stadiums now.  If their owners are now willing to figure it out, i.e. invest their own money, then get new owners.
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