Dixie
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And has anyone noticed how complicated the MLS transfer syatem seems to be?
The only complication is figuring out how much you need to pay to get what you want. 
I've ended up at Seattle on a game, they're terrible  and the transfer system confuses and infuriates me  Waivers, Superdraft, International players, Developmental, Generation Adidas, Designated Players, Senior Roster. It's madness I tell you...
The MLS seems to be a make it up as you go along kind of league. They're also stuck between developing/protecting their own decent players and improving the quality vs. selling them to make ends meet . . . . come to think of it, I guess they're all grown up and just like other leagues, just not as talented. As usual I have no point.
I've watched the Premier League for about 15 years and still don't know how transfer fees are calculated (if a word denoting 'intelligent system' can be used to describe that process).
BTW, hope Lincoln pulls its head out. Where do you go if you get relegated from League 2?
Transfer fees are calculated by the club that owns the player registration. They decide how much they want for the player and anyone who wants to buy has to pay that price. The fee can be a straight fee or involve various add-ons based on a few things. It's all based on money, if you've got the money then you can sign the players. Or if you're willing to take the risk of signing players banking on future success to pay the debts then the world is your oyster. Player registration is owned by the teams rather than the league and there's no draft, if you want the best young players then you have to pay for them or put the effort into developing a youth academy.
Plenty of smaller clubs use add-on fees when they sell players to a better team. There are rumours that the Watford (and England U-21) goalkeeper is going to be bought by Spurs, when Watford signed him from Lincoln there was a clause negotiated where Lincoln would 15% of any future fee that Watford receive. Other clauses can be based on a player making a number of appearances for the buying team or being selected for the national team.
It's a bit more complicated for young players and those whose contracts have run out due to the EU's insistance on running everything... Generally thiugh they're available to sign for free, or a tribunal set fee (young players, to compensate the original team for the cost of their early training) for any team when their contract runs out.
The European leagues are generally split into the top (buying) teams and everyone else (the teams who have to sell players to remain in business). Good young players can crop up in any team and generally move up the leagues whilst those who fail to make the grade move down. Lincoln have a fairly good academy and several young players have moved on up in the leagues recently, as well as a few players signed from elsewhere.
If Lincoln don't get themselves sorted then they'll end up in the Blue Square Premier Leage (formerly the Vauxhall Conference). They've been there before, in fact they were the first team to ever be relegated to the conference back in the 80's. It used to be a non-professional league, but there are now several full time teams there due to relegation from the Football League over the years. Apart from a spell of 5 years Lincoln have been a mediocre team as long as I can remember, they were pretty good years ago (the 70's) when Graham Taylor was their manager.
P.S. League 2 is a lie. It's the 4th tier of the English league system, the sponsorship money has led to a ridiculous naming system. 
< Message edited by Dixie -- 12/3/2009 4:17:32 PM >
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