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Re: Making MLS More Decentralized

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Post by throawayonthe »

kjellsbells wrote: post #3

Save you all a click: this is about message layer security eg for instant messages, not MLS the American soccer league nor MLS the real estate listing service much loved by American real estate agents.

tbh that's the only MLS i've heard of

on second thought there was also the Mozilla Location Service

and about 15 more things i suppose :p https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MLS_(disambiguation)

Re: Making MLS More Decentralized

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Post by tomjakubowski »

xeromal wrote: post #2

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Funny thing about this digression is that MLS is quite centralized, to an extent unparalleled in American major sports. Teams are all owned by MLS; "team owners" own shares of MLS with a license to operate their team; players sign contracts with MLS, not the team they play for. Revenue is shared and teams are allocated money to spend from that shared revenue by byzantine rules (look up "GAM" or "allocation money" in relation to MLS for more info).

This ownership structure was subject to a significant antitrust case in Federal court: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraser_v._Major_League_Soccer

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Post by theultdev »

kjellsbells wrote: post #3

Save you all a click: this is about message layer security eg for instant messages, not MLS the American soccer league nor MLS the real estate listing service much loved by American real estate agents.

I immediately thought message layer security.

Had never heard of the MLS soccer league until just now.

This is a tech forum.

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