[Jeff Chandler]

As the MLS becomes more popular, you can kiss the NBA goodbye.

I thought his reasoning was sound.

[dfwgator]

The problem is the MLS will never be a top-tiered professional soccer league. Just like European basketball leagues, the best players are going to want to play in the NBA, just like the best soccer players are going to want to play in Europe.

Even within Europe many domestic leagues suffer, because their countries’ best players want to play in England, Spain or Germany.

[Salvavida]

Here is the money shot that reveals he has never played the game, nor does he understand it:

"….the endless meandering back and forth a cross the soccer field looks less like strategy and more like random luck."

He collected and used data to support a premise based on his preference, not what is actually happening. And now he is dealing with the reality that there will come a day when people no longer care about his career in the NBA.

Funny he left out the data of football fields being converted to soccer fields in rural America (where I'm at). Funny how he leaves out the programs to "get" kids to play basketball, football, and baseball; but the soccer programs rise without any outside funding.

Lastly, his flawed logic is written from the point of view that America is contestant. It isn't. We are 47% nanny-state, and growing.

As we say is Spanish, "Jaquemate en dos jugadas." Checkmate in two moves.