The Capitalism of Soccer - Why Europe's favorite sport is more American than baseball. By Daniel?Gross

What an outstanding article this is. If you follow American sports, I recommend you read this. I was familiar with one aspect of soccer thanks to a guy that used to host Sports Dawgs on WFHB. In any given season, 3 teams from the minors move up and 3 teams in the majors move down. That rewards success and punishes incompetence. In America, as we fight for parity, we punish successful teams with low draft picks and reward poor teams with high draft picks! Crazy, huh? Check it out.