I'm not convinced because it hasn't happened in soccer. The best players go to Europe. It's different because there are a ton of leagues (England, Italy, France, Spain, Holland, Germany - I think these are the principles) with their own seasons and then champions leagues and the FA cup and such, not to mention the equally great players in the connecting leagues (Scotland, Serbia, Greece, Turkey) that are not quite as good, but are nearly as good (and better than anything in the US), and still play the teams from the top leagues.
Soccer has more true international layers of competition than any other sport. Brazilian soccer, despite all the talent, pretty much stinks. US soccer, despite all the money, pretty much stinks. And so forth. Everywhere else is a training ground for "The Show" - Europe.
True international competition would be fun. I'd love to see the Red Sox play the winners of the Mexican league and the Japanese league. I enjoyed the World Baseball Championship (or whatever it was called), even though most of the best players from the Major Leagues either didn't play or weren't in game shape, but I suspect they can work that out. It probably won't change the fact that the best players in the world come to "the show" - (North) American Major League Baseball - if they can.
A Japanese reporter just said, via translator, that seeing Dice-K face Kaz Matsui today is a bigger story than their own national championship game.
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Date: 2007-10-28 01:48 am (UTC)Soccer has more true international layers of competition than any other sport. Brazilian soccer, despite all the talent, pretty much stinks. US soccer, despite all the money, pretty much stinks. And so forth. Everywhere else is a training ground for "The Show" - Europe.
True international competition would be fun. I'd love to see the Red Sox play the winners of the Mexican league and the Japanese league. I enjoyed the World Baseball Championship (or whatever it was called), even though most of the best players from the Major Leagues either didn't play or weren't in game shape, but I suspect they can work that out. It probably won't change the fact that the best players in the world come to "the show" - (North) American Major League Baseball - if they can.
A Japanese reporter just said, via translator, that seeing Dice-K face Kaz Matsui today is a bigger story than their own national championship game.