Re: [nas] NASL II here we come.

  As Kevin says WORRY when the SALARY CAP is increased or doubled. Until 
then $$ controls who they can bring in from foreign countries. Usually one 
big name and some young kids from 2nd division teams.

  Pete Gratton

On Wed, 19 Dec 2007, Kevin Lindstrom wrote:

>  Remember, this won't significantly impact the number of Americans
  playing in the league.  Even the one more international slot is
  counterbalanced by the additional 20 Americans that will be playing
  because San Jose is in the league (assuming they use their entire 8 
international slots), and that ratio will continue.
>
>  Also remember, the salary cap isn't drastically changing, so it isn't 
as if teams can go out and get eight Beckhams.
>
>  Also remember that even in the later NASL days, there weren't a lot of
  good US players to be had.  Granted, US players still have room to
  improve, but the average US player now is significiantly better than the 
average US player in, say, 1980.
>
>  Also, note that a number of teams don't even use all of their slots now 
and that they will probably continue to not do so.
>
> MLS will remain a mostly based-on-US-players league.
>
>  Doug Swan <swansuite@comcast.net> wrote: I'm a little bit leery, too,
  but I also think it (expansion) opens the "professional" market
  domestically which, in turn, can/might/will motivate strong athletes to
  pursue a career in soccer as opposed to b-ball/f-ball, etc. So perhaps 
there's a bright side to this? Just a thought.
>
>  I'm not so big on the addition of an extra foreign player. At least not
  quite yet. It feels rushed and has the potential to become a debacle.
  Probably won't because of the current financial restraints inherent in 
our league, but the potential is there. Doug
>
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