Sunday, November 27, 2016

MLS Cup should be on the day after Thanksgiving, every year

No, it should not, because reasons. 

Longer version: thanks to constant interruptions due to the FIFA calendar, it simply isn't possible to end the MLS season this early, especially with the interruptions that have come during the MLS playoffs (for instance BMO field this year had to schedule around both the CFL Grey Cup final and Toronto FC being in the MLS playoffs). And even if it were possible, playing the MLS Cup final on Black Friday isn't really going to increase its media exposure. 

(Maybe they could play the USSF Open Cup final on Black Friday; that might work.) 

I mean, if you're going to start the season earlier so as to finish with the MLS Cup final on Black Friday, you're going to have to start the season so early that you'll be playing games in February or March in Chicago, Toronto, Montreal, etc. 

Or maybe we could go with my idea of giving every cold weather MLS SSS an ETFE roof or dome and we could play a fall-spring season with a winter break, or other crazy ideas I have. Ask me; I got dozens. 

(Follow link for full article.)

http://www.blackandredunited.com/opinion/2016/11/25/13742912/mls-cup-black-friday

MLS Cup should be on the day after Thanksgiving, every year

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