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While I think it’s fair to have some concerns there, any manager would struggle when faced with directing less valuable talent."},{"_id":"6FDOKBHI6RFSRF3NXSWD4MLI2Y","type":"header","level":2,"additional_properties":{"_id":1684995895327,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"Breaking down the spending"},{"_id":"U56P7Z7GMJGX5PX4YUYWG3MGLE","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1684995895328,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"So why aren’t RSL’s players worth as much as other teams’?"},{"_id":"5HTVZ6FWQBG7DIWYXB26VBE3RM","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1685023717658,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"To consider this, it’s worth talking about Major League Soccer’s salary structure. Technically, the MLS salary cap sits at $5.2 million. But so many exceptions exist to push teams above that number that every team pays at least twice that in salaries. Teams don’t have to count most of the cost of three top-paid players (called Designated Players), nor do they count the bottom roster spots 21-30 against the budget. 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Because of how they’re using those salary cap exceptions. First, through the Designated Player rule, they’re paying much less in salaries to those top three players than most teams."},{"_id":"T4E45LNDUNG3RL2IGWR6KEWBWI","type":"raw_html","additional_properties":{"_id":"J3MIU6AZW5DYVMLQ67PCXV4GEY","comments":[]},"content":"<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation/13884520\"><script src=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://public.flourish.studio/resources/embed.js/">"},{"_id":"4IOIODYPLRGFRB3LJ7PCWU3UNQ","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1684995895330,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"As you can see, spending a ton on your three best players does not guarantee success: Toronto and the L.A. Galaxy are actually at the bottom of their respective conference standings. But spending next to nothing on your Designated Players’ salaries isn’t brilliant either: Montreal and the Colorado Rapids are at the bottom of their conferences too. RSL, again, is near the bottom."},{"_id":"DNFBVCREHZBI3MTBUSF3HPMSAM","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1684995895331,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"Salaries aren’t the only way to spend on your roster, though. Thanks to soccer’s transfer market structure, transfer fees are a significant part of a team’s budget. Sometimes, it’s the most significant part."},{"_id":"7LJRQJWN6FFW7PYK2RTHMKM7PA","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1685023717665,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"Here’s Transfermarkt’s reporting on the transfer fees spent across MLS in the last three transfer windows in the last 18 months — in other words, the transfer windows since <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/rsl/2022/01/05/report-group-led-by-david//" target=\"_blank\">the David Blitzer and Ryan Smith group bought RSL</a>."},{"_id":"GOIUIRV5GVGYZF7BSWSD6O2MEU","type":"raw_html","additional_properties":{"_id":"SH7YATUBHNAVVO3PLN5TGFAGAM","comments":[]},"content":"<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation/13884896\"><script src=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://public.flourish.studio/resources/embed.js/">"},{"_id":"W3Q4IZ657ZD5BICRZAGML2CKN4","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1684995895332,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"To be sure, RSL has made two significant money transfers in that time period. The club spent nearly $2.5 million to bring Jefferson Savarino back in the 2022 season, and then spent a club-record $3.75 million on 20-year-old Andres Gomez this winter. The two are definitely among RSL’s best players. But it still pales in comparison to what some of the larger teams have paid for players over that same time."},{"_id":"LXB2MGZV4BBTNGDMEHSASIK4L4","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1685023717668,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"What’s interesting about the transfer market generally is that teams can sell these players for big payouts, too: the Chicago Fire are up there in transfer expenditures in the graph above, but they bought Colombian forward Jhon Duran for under $2 million and then sold him for $22 million to Aston Villa in England. That’s a good piece of business."},{"_id":"MX5NYH6V7RD6RIAALFIMKBPCAI","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1685023717669,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"RSL hasn’t been that selling club. In fact, according to Transfermarkt, they’ve only been able to garner about $780,000 in transfer sales over the last three transfer windows. In the club’s history, RSL hasn’t gotten transfer sell fees that reach $22 million in sum."},{"_id":"NTPHPEG47BGKDFCG6LSIKWXCUE","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1685023717670,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"Some of these bets have been attempted, but they haven’t worked out. Some were also scuffled by former owner Dell Loy Hansen, according to former RSL scout Andy Williams. One such example was Polish forward Krzysztof Piątek, who signed with Genoa for a price of 4.5 million euros in 2018 after RSL turned him down. 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Remember: Their players overall — not just the big-money Designated Players alone — are currently viewed as less valuable than every other team in MLS’s players."},{"_id":"KSV366DI4NG2FKQ2G6Q4NZUUWA","type":"header","level":2,"additional_properties":{"_id":1685023717673,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"Comparing known income and expenditures"},{"_id":"7WOD56ORKREWNH7ZKLPXYND5KI","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1685023717674,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"In my opinion, RSL’s biggest problem is not so much that they’re doing things differently than they did in 2013, but that the rest of MLS has become much larger and more ambitious in the decade since. Of the league’s top-100 highest-ever transfer fees, only two came before that 2013 season."},{"_id":"NTD5NLTPHFGPTNJEPXJK46YLWA","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1685023717675,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"That’s because teams, frankly, are worth more money and making more money than they did 10 years ago. In 2013, RSL was worth about $85 million, <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmith/2013/11/20/major-league-soccers-most-valuable-teams/?sh=2ae403c019a6\%22 target=\"_blank\">according to Forbes</a>. The Blitzer group bought the club <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://sports.yahoo.com/blitzer-deal-buy-real-salt-173650564.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADcaW03DqkMMflVTfN7hB_AC89uT8LwbLu8twxLLvW49RIBUm3oEfschnGD1Ad2q4rCQYqTgxfBdNKLXv8qLOIwWd_9DP5Xrn62_wMAYQ5UDy199od3e9aX6FqA1fbDqONm0xASI6txfgOLppHPImuBv2ReXpvlFfqzkPCOJKOAL#:~:text=A%20group%20led%20by%20David,people%20familiar%20with%20the%20talks.\" target=\"_blank\">before the 2022 season</a> for “nearly $400 million.”"},{"_id":"HZSENAHNXREOXD3VPSFIOOEE7I","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1685023717676,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"Why are the teams worth more? In part, because those dollars are rolling in at a higher level than before. RSL’s balance sheet this year reportedly includes:"},{"_id":"4QAUDBFTIJEC7II73BWDBWM3E4","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1685023717677,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"• Funds from Apple TV’s 10-year, $2.5 billion agreement with MLS, which gives each team <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://theathletic.com/3365616/2022/06/14/mls-media-rights-deal-facts//" target=\"_blank\">an estimated $7.5 million</a> in annual revenue."},{"_id":"OKMJ6QTS4JB4FN6VU36QN42XD4","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1685023717678,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"• Funds from the recent stadium naming rights agreement with America First Credit Union, a 15-year, $100 million deal that <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sportico.com/business/sponsorship/2022/real-salt-lake-inks-near-100m-naming-rights-deal-among-tops-in-mls-1234688139//" target=\"_blank\">reportedly gives RSL</a> $6 million per season."},{"_id":"IRKUHVP62BEIPOWMVK53IXVK5Q","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1685023717679,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"• Funds from the LifeVantage jersey sponsorship, which was worth <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.rslsoapbox.com/2013/10/28/5038406/lifevantage-new-30m-rsl-kit-sponsor-according-to-reports/" target=\"_blank\">$30 million over the course of 10 years</a> when signed in 2014, or about $3 million per season."},{"_id":"V463WRQCFJD7FKQ3NNESOJD2LE","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1685023717680,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"• Funds from RSL season ticket holders. I’m told there are about 11,500 season ticket holders, and the club sells season tickets for anywhere from $182 to $3,120. At a conservative $300 per ticket, RSL’s making about $3.5 million on those sales."},{"_id":"YJK6K3HXVRAUFAZCLY2YNWIOEU","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1685023717681,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"Right there, that’s $20 million this season. The club’s spent $4 million on transfers so far in 2023 and is currently on track to spend $12.1 million on salaries for a total of $16.1 million — in other words, RSL’s budget spent for this season is more than taken care of by those four income sources alone. And we haven’t gotten into the millions they make from other ticket purchases, other corporate sponsorships, merchandise sales, concessions, and so on, which we know less about."},{"_id":"D7TCETSF6ZFBPPWCPAOLSMTXXA","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1685023717682,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"To be fair, we also haven’t considered other expenses. Still, you can see why MLS teams are spending more than ever these days with bedrock revenue sources like the bullet points above."},{"_id":"J2XFKZKIDRCPRKIGAXKB44AG6U","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1685023717683,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"In order for RSL to catch up to the true championship contenders on the field, they simply need to start by spending more than they currently are. To be sure, this won’t be a panacea — MLS history is littered with teams who thought money spent would be enough, only to find it wasn’t. But languishing at or near the bottom in all aspects of player expenditure and value simply won’t allow RSL to be championship competitive in the new ambitious MLS."},{"_id":"WHAX4WWR6NBZJNAX5I6YASEA4I","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1685023717684,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"With what appears to be a new surplus in revenue, there appears to be opportunity to do exactly that. 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Teams don’t have to count most of the cost of three top-paid players (called Designated Players), nor do they count the bottom roster spots 21-30 against the budget. 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The club spent nearly $2.5 million to bring Jefferson Savarino back in the 2022 season, and then spent a club-record $3.75 million on 20-year-old Andres Gomez this winter. The two are definitely among RSL’s best players. But it still pales in comparison to what some of the larger teams have paid for players over that same time."},{"_id":"LXB2MGZV4BBTNGDMEHSASIK4L4","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1685023717668,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"What’s interesting about the transfer market generally is that teams can sell these players for big payouts, too: the Chicago Fire are up there in transfer expenditures in the graph above, but they bought Colombian forward Jhon Duran for under $2 million and then sold him for $22 million to Aston Villa in England. That’s a good piece of business."},{"_id":"MX5NYH6V7RD6RIAALFIMKBPCAI","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1685023717669,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"RSL hasn’t been that selling club. In fact, according to Transfermarkt, they’ve only been able to garner about $780,000 in transfer sales over the last three transfer windows. In the club’s history, RSL hasn’t gotten transfer sell fees that reach $22 million in sum."},{"_id":"NTPHPEG47BGKDFCG6LSIKWXCUE","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1685023717670,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"Some of these bets have been attempted, but they haven’t worked out. Some were also scuffled by former owner Dell Loy Hansen, according to former RSL scout Andy Williams. One such example was Polish forward Krzysztof Piątek, who signed with Genoa for a price of 4.5 million euros in 2018 after RSL turned him down. 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Remember: Their players overall — not just the big-money Designated Players alone — are currently viewed as less valuable than every other team in MLS’s players."},{"_id":"KSV366DI4NG2FKQ2G6Q4NZUUWA","type":"header","level":2,"additional_properties":{"_id":1685023717673,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"Comparing known income and expenditures"},{"_id":"7WOD56ORKREWNH7ZKLPXYND5KI","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1685023717674,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"In my opinion, RSL’s biggest problem is not so much that they’re doing things differently than they did in 2013, but that the rest of MLS has become much larger and more ambitious in the decade since. Of the league’s top-100 highest-ever transfer fees, only two came before that 2013 season."},{"_id":"NTD5NLTPHFGPTNJEPXJK46YLWA","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1685023717675,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"That’s because teams, frankly, are worth more money and making more money than they did 10 years ago. In 2013, RSL was worth about $85 million, <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmith/2013/11/20/major-league-soccers-most-valuable-teams/?sh=2ae403c019a6\%22 target=\"_blank\">according to Forbes</a>. The Blitzer group bought the club <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://sports.yahoo.com/blitzer-deal-buy-real-salt-173650564.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADcaW03DqkMMflVTfN7hB_AC89uT8LwbLu8twxLLvW49RIBUm3oEfschnGD1Ad2q4rCQYqTgxfBdNKLXv8qLOIwWd_9DP5Xrn62_wMAYQ5UDy199od3e9aX6FqA1fbDqONm0xASI6txfgOLppHPImuBv2ReXpvlFfqzkPCOJKOAL#:~:text=A%20group%20led%20by%20David,people%20familiar%20with%20the%20talks.\" target=\"_blank\">before the 2022 season</a> for “nearly $400 million.”"},{"_id":"HZSENAHNXREOXD3VPSFIOOEE7I","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1685023717676,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"Why are the teams worth more? In part, because those dollars are rolling in at a higher level than before. RSL’s balance sheet this year reportedly includes:"},{"_id":"4QAUDBFTIJEC7II73BWDBWM3E4","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1685023717677,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"• Funds from Apple TV’s 10-year, $2.5 billion agreement with MLS, which gives each team <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://theathletic.com/3365616/2022/06/14/mls-media-rights-deal-facts//" target=\"_blank\">an estimated $7.5 million</a> in annual revenue."},{"_id":"OKMJ6QTS4JB4FN6VU36QN42XD4","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1685023717678,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"• Funds from the recent stadium naming rights agreement with America First Credit Union, a 15-year, $100 million deal that <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sportico.com/business/sponsorship/2022/real-salt-lake-inks-near-100m-naming-rights-deal-among-tops-in-mls-1234688139//" target=\"_blank\">reportedly gives RSL</a> $6 million per season."},{"_id":"IRKUHVP62BEIPOWMVK53IXVK5Q","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1685023717679,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"• Funds from the LifeVantage jersey sponsorship, which was worth <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.rslsoapbox.com/2013/10/28/5038406/lifevantage-new-30m-rsl-kit-sponsor-according-to-reports/" target=\"_blank\">$30 million over the course of 10 years</a> when signed in 2014, or about $3 million per season."},{"_id":"V463WRQCFJD7FKQ3NNESOJD2LE","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1685023717680,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"• Funds from RSL season ticket holders. I’m told there are about 11,500 season ticket holders, and the club sells season tickets for anywhere from $182 to $3,120. At a conservative $300 per ticket, RSL’s making about $3.5 million on those sales."},{"_id":"YJK6K3HXVRAUFAZCLY2YNWIOEU","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1685023717681,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"Right there, that’s $20 million this season. The club’s spent $4 million on transfers so far in 2023 and is currently on track to spend $12.1 million on salaries for a total of $16.1 million — in other words, RSL’s budget spent for this season is more than taken care of by those four income sources alone. 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