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Originally Posted by I. J. Reilly
I assume you are using the major European soccer leagues as the alternative, where the free market in players is the rule, buy or sell anyone and the market determines the price. I don’t think that model would work well in a static league where there is only one trophy to play for. In soccer there are the domestic cups, there are the relegation battles and there are the European spots to try to qualify for. So while there are only a few teams in each league that are realistically playing for the league title (and it is no mystery who those teams will be even before the first game is played) virtually every team is playing for something late into the season.
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I think some European leagues are also reluctant to try and level the playing field because that would hurt their team's chances of success in continental competitions, something that US leagues don't have to worry about.