You can apply this quote from Messi to about 4,829 dumb rules in MLS

If Real Madrid win the Champions League the same year I saw them play in the Champions League at the Bernebau, that’s going to make for some pretty great granddad lore for me one day.

Valuation is determined by..

1. How much money clubs make/lose. With salary caps and single entity, MLS clubs have much more financial stability and more guarantees. Not even Real Madrid can guarantee they'll be in La Liga every season. Even the slightest hint of instability…

5 of the top 20 most valuable clubs in the world are in MLS

A lot of that is un-realized and in real estate, but the fact remains that owning an MLS club is good business for these billionaires

From a business perspective, it's checks all boxes. NOW INVEST INTO THE PLAYERS

This would be a great precedent for the game around the world

Historic, 100+ year old clubs should not have to take out mountains of debt and risk extinction OR need some American billionaire / Oil-rich oligarch just to compete

Hard spending caps make for better leagues, imo

The full list of European teams set to compete in the Club World Cup in the USA next summer is officially finalized.

Pretty incredible that we're going to get to see some of the world's biggest teams play actual competitive games here next summer. I can't wait for this