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Best thing they have done yet is instill youth academies. We have the top league in other sports, we can get soccer too if we get the business side right.

The academies are a big step in the right direction. The hard part is going to be creating a product that people want to watch and therefore start getting the money to compete for players with the bigger leagues in Europe. MLS needs the quality to get people watching but can't yet afford the quality.

I will say it is getting better and I suspect it will continue to. Getting the MLS to be a world class league is going to take time though. La Liga, EPL, Bundasliga, Serie A all have been at this for much longer. They also have the premier club competition in the UEFA Champions League. For travel reasons alone the MLS will never be a part of it. We do have our own Champions League for our confederation though, but the Mexican teams are still the power there.

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May not be Lebron's, but I bet there are more Gasol's, Dirk's, Tony Parker's, etc.

Sure, and it's good for basketball. We've still got a much larger talent pool to pull from in a sport that is widely played.

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I've heard Hockey is awesome in person, but have never been.

Hockey is a great sport, but Royal Air is right. It's too expensive for widespread youth play and therefore will be a niche sport for the cold weather countries.