[St Charles Owl]

Yes, I agree that the NFL is somewhat different because as you say its a league with no rivals. Ultimately though, if the big money is ever to arrive in the MLS it will come from this side of the pond anyway, so again will be separate from anything that goes on in the rest o fthe world. US sports don't need a global audience, they have a ready made, aflluent, sport loving audience all to themselves already!!! If the MLS takes off, then the tv contracts it will be offered by the big channels over here will easily rival the Premier League deal, and if they stick to collective bargaining and revenue sharing then all teams will benefit from it. At that point you wll see the salary cap increase so dramatically that it would be able to compete with the European leagues eventually with wages and there would be no need for the "stars" to move anywhere else. But I do think they are many years away from that, if they even get there at all, so for now aging stars will end their career here, young players will start their careers here, but the true quality will move to Europe still.