Comments on: The Daily Sweeper (August 4) http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/08/04/the-daily-sweeper-august-4/ Exploring football culture around the world. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:02:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: joejoejoe http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/08/04/the-daily-sweeper-august-4/#comment-5528 joejoejoe Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:43:52 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/08/04/the-daily-sweeper-august-4/#comment-5528 MLS commissioner Don Garber: "I would expect that our players would be playing for the pride of being the best team of eight teams in this tournament. I don't recall anybody ever talking about what the players' share of prize money is for winning the MLS Cup. ... They are playing for the trophy. ... I don't know how, all of a sudden, this became, whether through the media or the players, about the only thing that matters in this tournament is prize money. I don't ever hear that in MLS [for the MLS Cup]. I don't hear that at the World Cup. I don't hear that at Copa Libertadores. I don't hear that in the Champions League, do you? ... The players [in SuperLiga] are getting a pretty darn good payday for five games." Does this mean all the MLS teams will try in the US Open Cup now? Probably not. MLS commissioner Don Garber: “I would expect that our players would be playing for the pride of being the best team of eight teams in this tournament. I don’t recall anybody ever talking about what the players’ share of prize money is for winning the MLS Cup. … They are playing for the trophy. … I don’t know how, all of a sudden, this became, whether through the media or the players, about the only thing that matters in this tournament is prize money. I don’t ever hear that in MLS [for the MLS Cup]. I don’t hear that at the World Cup. I don’t hear that at Copa Libertadores. I don’t hear that in the Champions League, do you? … The players [in SuperLiga] are getting a pretty darn good payday for five games.”

Does this mean all the MLS teams will try in the US Open Cup now? Probably not.

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