Beyond The 90'

Beyond The 90'

The USL Premier Application Fee: A Scam of a Fee That Could be Repurposed to End Labor Difficulties

USL HQ could have solved this without further burdening the clubs

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Kartik Krishnaiyer
Mar 11, 2026
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The optics of the USL asking established Championship owners for a $100,000 “vetting fee” (which is what we have previously reported) while simultaneously pleading poverty in CBA negotiations is, to put it mildly, a bit rich.

And the fact that USL continues to put ALL THE BURDEN AND ALL THE RISK on its clubs, who perhaps against its own interests have st…

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