RE: [nas] NEW RULES AND Chivas news

The key is "as long as we have 12 teams."  As long as
the league keeps expanding then there should be plenty
of opportunties for US players.  Of course if MLS can
not upgrade salaries for more of it's players then a
greater exodus to Norway and other places might
continue.  It certainly looks like some of the
so-called "lesser" leagues in Europe are starting to
figure out that there is good talent here at a
reasonable cost.  Whether players are better off there
for anything other than financial reasons is another
debate, but it is good to see US players having
chances to continue their careers no matter where.

Walt
--- Bill Faucett <bfaucett@comcast.net> wrote:

> After a couple of years, a few of the current group
> of MLS
> Spanish-speaking SI's should be able to apply for
> green cards. At that
> point, Chivas could keep the current ratio or even
> expand the number of
> foreign nationals on their team. The only thing that
> would keep them
> from fielding all green card and foreign players
> would be the salary
> cap. Of course every MLS team could do this, they
> just have not. I don't
> doubt that Chivas will be well supported, but I do
> not think we can
> afford a team in our top league that is almost
> exclusively foreign when
> we only have 12 teams.
> 
> What's the point of the YI slots? I know they wanted
> to take some hot
> young players young and sell them at some point, but
> I can't remember
> the last young foreign player the league sold. They
> seem to do better
> with the P-40 players who get sold than anything.
> Why not add an extra
> P-40 or roster-exempt young US player slot instead?
> 
> Bill
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nas-owner@americakicks.com
> [mailto:nas-owner@americakicks.com] On
> Behalf Of David Allan
> Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 7:22 AM
> To: 'AAA NAS'
> Subject: RE: [nas] NEW RULES AND Chivas news
> 
> > 
> > New RULES:
> > 
> > 4 Senior International players per team (age 25
> and up)
> > 3 Youth International (age 24 or younger)
> > 
> > ********************
> > But - RSL and the goats each get 2 EXTRA youth
> international 
> > spots for 2005 and 2006.
> 
> IOW, this is a temporary situation for their first 2
> years. After that,
> either the rules are changed (again) or their team
> make up must be
> changed
> to match the rest of the league.
> 
> David Allan
> ddallan@comcast.net
> 
> 
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