League 3 Send Them Here To USA

One of the many benefits of the communications revolution in the past quarter century has been the ability of football fans in the US to watch the greatest league in the world, the Barclays EPL. The pace, the drama and the excitement has spawned millions of fans across the pond. BT's Ian Darke is now a cult hero in the US and is considered the voice of football here. (Let's skip Piers Morgan doing analysis for an Arsenal FA quarterfinal on Fox. Yikes)

I try to keep up with all aspects of the game and recently read the proposal by Greg Dyke about the creation of a League 3. Basically a farm system of younger players. It got me to thinking. Instead of tinkering with and destroying traditions that go back generations, why not look across the pond and try to do an affiliation deal with MLS?

There are already a few dual ownerships between the leagues. Each Premiere league club could send out 3 players each and have them subject to recall. That would be 60, young English players getting match time. They would guaranteed playing time and their wages should be supplied by the parent teams.

While MLS may at first be hesitant, the influx of talent and a visiting summer friendly by the parent club would go along way to making this possible. It would also go about increasing the visibility of the BPL in the largest sports media market in the world.

I certainly don't mean to impose my views on anyone but one of the reasons I love English football is the history of the clubs both big and small. Plus the fact that small clubs have their most die hard supporters. Leave them alone.