We take the NFL team put them in futbol uniforms and they do their best at soccer to see who is better at the sport best 3 out of 5. Then we take the soccer team put them in football (NFL) gear and play the best the states got in the NFL? That way we can finally put to rest which is the better sport. Plus this would attract a shitload of fans of each sport and each team only gets 1 month to train. Whoever comes out best the the US will concede soccer is the hardest and best sport. If the soccer team win then it will truley show which is real football

  • rumschlumpel@feddit.org
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    4 days ago

    Roster rules would mean an MLS club would quickly get ground into dirt in that English second division, but matchday 1 might be pretty competitive.

    Interesting, what are those roster rules?

    • wjrii@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      There are so many. Some highlights though:

      • There’s a salary cap of $6.5M, which is actually more “League One” than Championship, but there are loopholes to exploit (Beckham rule and its offspring most prominent among them), and MLS is full of Americans and Western Hemisphere players who are good but would never get UK work permits so their wages are a bit depressed compared to second and third tier British players.
      • Maximum senior roster of 30 players, of which 10 are (nominally) supposed to be on the equivalent of 1800 pounds/week. Exceptions here as well, but in broad strokes the bottom of the roster is WAAAY cheaper than even the middle.
      • Several of them are supposed to be 24 or younger, further limiting the pool.
      • There is an internal market to trade them around, but teams can only have an average of 8 non-domestic players. Rules slightly vary for the US teams versus Canadian.
      • The league is legally one business, and holds all contracts. The “owners” are investors in the league who have a contractual agreement to manage a team. It happens much less often than it used to, but you occasionally see things that appear to be league office meddling in player movement.