(12-22-2017 02:54 PM)AllTideUp Wrote:  At this point, can we be certain that Miami will join at all?

It shouldn't have taken this long for them to get their house in order. It's a good market and Beckham brings star power, but something has to be fundamentally wrong with the plan because we don't have news of any real progress.

What's wrong is that Beckham's group wants to build in downtown Miami where their presumed fan base wants the stadium to be, and not out in the 'burbs like where the Dolphins stadium is. But land's expensive, people living near the desired sites don't want a soccer stadium there, etc., etc.

A lot of newer MLS owners resent the fact that Beckham got a long-ago deal, in 2007, to buy an MLS franchise for $25 million. (Whomever made that deal for MLS made a huge mistake in not putting an expiration date on Beckham's opportunity to buy in for that low fee.) Nashville and other new franchises will pay a $150 million expansion fee. So, if Team Beckham eventually gives up and another city and ownership gets an MLS franchise instead, the league makes an extra $125 million.