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USA - 16 November, 2006
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The off season for MLS will be one of the busiest as it makes changes to the structure and rules regarding the development, acquisition and payment of the players.
The new designated player rule, known as the "Beckham Exception", will allow clubs to sign high-priced players that are usually too expensive for the league to afford.
The rule allows a club to sign a player who may count toward the club's salary cap of USD 400,000, but the club must cover any salary over that cap. It also allows a club to trade for a designated player slot, giving it a maximum of two, with the second one counting toward the USD 350,000 cap.
This gives the clubs that have the finances to entice any player it wants as long as the player is willing to sign.
Clubs and owners that are more economical would need to build a club with less financing, and most likely will come in second to clubs that spend more freely.
In addition, MLS clubs now have the rights to players that are developed through its youth club programs, instead of any club being allowed to draft them.
This is very agreeable for the Red Bulls since it is only one of four clubs that is compliant under the league's guidelines concerning youth programs and will allow the Red Bulls to benefit in 2008 from its development of youths.
Clubs will be seriously investing into the youth programs so it will gain some top quality players and because of another change that was made.
MLS can now give transfer fees that were gained by the sale of players back to the clubs the players came from.
If a club develops star players in its youth programs, it can sign them to the senior club and also garner revenue from selling those players.
That type of system will help clubs be self-sustaining and will help the MLS stabilize financially.
The new designated player rule, known as the "Beckham Exception", will allow clubs to sign high-priced players that are usually too expensive for the league to afford.
The rule allows a club to sign a player who may count toward the club's salary cap of USD 400,000, but the club must cover any salary over that cap. It also allows a club to trade for a designated player slot, giving it a maximum of two, with the second one counting toward the USD 350,000 cap.
This gives the clubs that have the finances to entice any player it wants as long as the player is willing to sign.
Clubs and owners that are more economical would need to build a club with less financing, and most likely will come in second to clubs that spend more freely.
In addition, MLS clubs now have the rights to players that are developed through its youth club programs, instead of any club being allowed to draft them.
This is very agreeable for the Red Bulls since it is only one of four clubs that is compliant under the league's guidelines concerning youth programs and will allow the Red Bulls to benefit in 2008 from its development of youths.
Clubs will be seriously investing into the youth programs so it will gain some top quality players and because of another change that was made.
MLS can now give transfer fees that were gained by the sale of players back to the clubs the players came from.
If a club develops star players in its youth programs, it can sign them to the senior club and also garner revenue from selling those players.
That type of system will help clubs be self-sustaining and will help the MLS stabilize financially.
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