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[QUOTE="ZooCougar, post: 2337269, member: 296"]
[URL='http://www.espnfc.us/north-american-soccer-league/story/3208590/nasl-hits-us-soccer-with-antitrust-lawsuit-after-division-ii-status-is-revoked']NASL hits U.S. Soccer with antitrust lawsuit after Division II status revoked[/URL]

NASL taking the USSF to court. Alleges antitrust violations and collusion between the USSF and MLS.

Whatever you believe, it's irrefutable that the USSF is bending rules for the USL and not making the same accommodation for the NASL.

The NASL's complaint alleges that the USSF has violated federal antitrust laws through its anticompetitive "division" structure that splits men's professional soccer for U.S.-based leagues based on what the NASL describes as "arbitrary criteria that the USSF has manipulated to favor Major League Soccer (MLS), which is the commercial business partner of the USSF."

The release also said that the USSF's business arrangements "include multi-million dollar media and marketing contracts with Soccer United Marketing (SUM), MLS's marketing arm that also jointly sells and markets MLS rights combined with rights to U.S. national soccer teams operated by the USSF."
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