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by uhfraid 18 days ago
some good points such as lack of promotion/relegation but ultimately misses the root cause

Requirements to forming a division 1 league, as determined by the ‘US Soccer Professional League Standards’:

- minimum 12 teams (14 by year 3)

- each team’s principal owner has individual net worth of $40M

- 75% of teams located within major metro markets (at least 1M people)

- 15,000 seat stadium (and enclosed)

- teams located in each of the Eastern, Central and Pacific time zones

https://www.ussoccer.com/organization-members-directory/pro-...

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As for how these requirements were determined… no clue. Never received an answer. Jury’s still out on that…

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-soccer-must-face...

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-120/274688/2023...