I refuse to believe they turn a profit.
>>153254103It doesn't. The league will collapse a few years after Messi retires.
>>153254103It's an expansion fee Ponzi scheme
>>153254103sorry wrong image
>>153254142Sort of this. Expansion Fees and Investments are what keeps the league from completely tanking but overall, some of the teams in the league are legitimately profitable.
>>153254103They "lose" money the same way every league here "loses" money
Lmao Vancouver's MLS soccer ball team is ready to get out of Vancouver because they can't make any money in Vancouver
>>153254103I will never watch mlelsoy
>>153263378this but soccer trash full stop
>>153254103>>153254161Good news, they don't. A few specific teams might, but the league doesn't and the average team doesn't.
>>153254103Most teams don't turn a profitThe value for any professional sports team is in the resale value
>>153262465> every league here "loses" moneyyou’re mad about things you know nothing about and don’t even begin to understand
>>153264538Pretty much all rich people things don't turn a profit, they just increase in value
bunch of retards in here don’t understand how the relationship of revenue, expenses, and profit.
>>153264640yea yea we get it, the real target audience is (((shareholders)))
MLS is a ponzi scheme. The new owners buy in based on future values that will never exist. I know a previous owner through mutuals, Andrew Hauptman (who is genuinely retarded). He bought the Chicago Fire (junk) for like $20mil and sold it for $400mil. It's lowkey one of the best deals in American history - similar to some retail investors during the GME frenzy.
>>153264660Not generally how teams are run
>>153264732Every sports team in the US is like that anon
>>153265077Yes, but only to a degree. Look at the TV rights deals for the NFL, NBA - think about all the commercial/advertising revenue they generate. It's a massive money maker. MLS doesn't have any of that, not even a fraction. And yet it costs $500 mil to buy a new team? Even if soccer continues to grow at a steady rate in the US, it doesn't correlate to the current value of the teams in any meaningful way. Once the facade crumbles, which is possible looking at what's happening in Vancouver, the league will be in trouble.
just 2 more weeks
>>153265168>MLS doesn't have any of that, not even a fraction. And yet it costs $500 mil to buy a new team?The average NFL team is worth about $7 billion so it's no it's not astronomical for MLS teams to be worth $500 millionThe value for sports teams have basically skyrocketed. The Twins owners in 2001 were going to be offered $250 million ($454 million) to shut the team down and now the Twins are worth $2 billion despite being in a "dying" sport
Can't wait for the US, Mexico, and Canada to all flunk out early of the WC that they're hosting
>>153265557When does Italy play?
>>153265580No clue, our team's so shit this year I don't really care. We're going nowhere.
>>153265586ok, so you’re just angry and retarded
>>153265608awww did I get your little feefees hurt?
