Quote: LifeLongHKRFan "You can have P&R and licensing. A license can be awarded based upon performance on the field(along with other factors if required).'"
Surely the reasoning behind licensing was to give stability and allow the game to expand, originally with Paris and then with Catalan.
If these clubs are up for relegation, then, we may as well have 1 up/ 1 down etc.
This can be done with minimum criteria but, why would you need to grant a licence, we may as well stay as we are, which doesnt solve the problem of allowing new high spending clubs joining at the bottom of the pile and thrashing all and sundry, until they are able to gain promotion (twice).
Toronto, would have been better served, joining a "protected" top flight, just as Catalan did and developing from there, which may allow the game to properly establish itself in North America.
As others have said, what is taking place now, in league 1, isn't doing anyone any good whatsoever.
Even the Toronto fans wont want to shell out their hard earned dollar to watch a procession every other week.
Instead of "spreading the word", it's sending the game backwards.