Boosting a core of 10 is probably a good plan. Sounds like they know what they need to improve. I think 10 returning is going to be one of the most returnees on one team out of all the other existing teams too.
Not understanding why moving up to USL-Championship results in "much higher costs?? The travel costs should be the same or less (since then it has only half the country to compete). Does he mean the USL-C franchise fee to move up?
Related, the expansion in seats at Breeze field make no sense until Forward Madison intends to move to the USL-C! The US Soccer pro standards is that Div. 1 women's team only needs to have 5K seats. My sense is that the USL-C will ultimately apply for Div. 1 sanctioning, which requires stadiums of 15K seats. So the increase in seats only makes sense for a near future move to USL-C, and then ultimately, when the league has are at least 12 financially strong clubs with 15K seat stadiums, a move for the USL-C league-wide to gain Div. 1 status.
"Caloia also reiterated that he has no interest in moving up to the USL Championship as the cost to maintain a team in that league are much higher than being in USL1 "
I understand that the USL-C players may command higher compensation relative to USL-L1, but maybe only 50% more? The CBA specifications for the minimum player salaries for USL-C is actually only about 10% more than for USL-L1! So let's say the average USL-C salary is more like 40K (due to some big signings) vs 30K for USL-L1, that would be only $200,000 more per team per year....
Otherwise, the admin staff should be the same? Unless you more stadium staffing due to having stadiums of 10K seats vs 5K seats? The revenues of the larger stadiums (e.g. $20 per car for parking, more concession sales, etc.) more than make up for the slightly higher stadium staffing....
Boosting a core of 10 is probably a good plan. Sounds like they know what they need to improve. I think 10 returning is going to be one of the most returnees on one team out of all the other existing teams too.
Not understanding why moving up to USL-Championship results in "much higher costs?? The travel costs should be the same or less (since then it has only half the country to compete). Does he mean the USL-C franchise fee to move up?
Related, the expansion in seats at Breeze field make no sense until Forward Madison intends to move to the USL-C! The US Soccer pro standards is that Div. 1 women's team only needs to have 5K seats. My sense is that the USL-C will ultimately apply for Div. 1 sanctioning, which requires stadiums of 15K seats. So the increase in seats only makes sense for a near future move to USL-C, and then ultimately, when the league has are at least 12 financially strong clubs with 15K seat stadiums, a move for the USL-C league-wide to gain Div. 1 status.
"Caloia also reiterated that he has no interest in moving up to the USL Championship as the cost to maintain a team in that league are much higher than being in USL1 "
Not only the franchise fee, but higher payroll and more staff.
I understand that the USL-C players may command higher compensation relative to USL-L1, but maybe only 50% more? The CBA specifications for the minimum player salaries for USL-C is actually only about 10% more than for USL-L1! So let's say the average USL-C salary is more like 40K (due to some big signings) vs 30K for USL-L1, that would be only $200,000 more per team per year....
Otherwise, the admin staff should be the same? Unless you more stadium staffing due to having stadiums of 10K seats vs 5K seats? The revenues of the larger stadiums (e.g. $20 per car for parking, more concession sales, etc.) more than make up for the slightly higher stadium staffing....
I just don’t think they want to entertain it at all. Some teams are happy in the third division, including Madison and Richmond.