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Originally Posted by AlwaysRedwood
Most teams can't afford to pay high salaries. When former Champion Columbus has horrible attendance for the playoffs while defending their crown, it's pretty obvious this league has a ways to go. It's not capable of competing with other leagues now.
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For now, I agree. They need to stick with the system that has made them financially solvent even though they're not pulling in nearly the money that other leagues here are.
Remember, for US sports leagues, television money far outweighs ticket money. The NFL receives $3.1 billion per season in television money for the domestic rights, whereas MLS receives just $23 million per season currently. Even a much smaller leagues like the NHL receives $170 million per season. So, still a ways to go for MLS to get that kind of money. Hopefully within the next 5-10 years this can happen.