As an Oklahoma HS teacher, I have done my best to stem this tide, with limited success.

She worked on the road with a company that helps stock and remodel retail stores (O'Reilly's, Auto Zone, Ace, etc.). One week, her crew was 800 miles away and staying in a hotel. We texted each other goodnight.
Two minutes later, she sent a pic of herself, in lingerie, to me, followed by the following:
"I'm done talking…

Calling Goodell "The NFL's Barney Fife" is some fantastic Baby Boomer smack.

I agree we could be years ahead now, but building that kind of infrastructure at that point was a risky and money-draining proposition. MLS had to be a top-down structure at the launch, because minor league soccer was as unstable as, well, minor league everything.

Shouldn't you be using the "Fights and/or Boobs" tag?

There was only on opening weekend.

...and behind the ball - you cannot be offsides if you are behind the ball when it is played.

Better than not having any games to play because of free spending clubs causing the league as a whole to implode.
Or, if you don't remember the first time we had a league:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Ame…

Dempsey was behind the ball on the final pass.

...score hat-tricks against teams that wouldn't make the playoffs in MLS.

When people say how wonder EPL or La Liga are, they're sure as hell not talking about the Getafes and Boltons that are in an endless loop of promotion and relegation at the bottom. The only thing Pro/Rel really does is change up who the bottom feeders are.

+1

Deadspin doesn't believe in Pro/Rel, evidently.

Gawker Vendettas, Ranked:
1. Drew Magary against Gregg Easterbrook
2. Kitchenette Contributors against Dumb Customers
3. Tom Ley against Anti-Bear things
4. Getting Hit by a Car
5. Billy Haisley against MLS
...
255. Hamilton Nolan against Chobani Yogurt

Dempsey was behind the ball when it was played.

Careful, Billy - the American Society of Soccer Haughty Opinions Leading to Eurosnob Superiority will kick you out of their club if you keep being objective.

*whoosh*

So it WASN'T an idle threat when Schiano told them they'd wind up losing to a bunch of girls...

Cool Guys don't look at Three Pointers

Sting: (Watches Video)
(Shakes Head)
"I told them all 30 years ago that if they loved their children, then this would be an ignorant thing to do."