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>>129903 I'm not too familiar with it myself, but there are certain differences.
I think the main difference is that individual clubs have control / responsibility over their own well being. They are rewarded financially rewards for doing well / selling tickets. And if they go bankrupt, it's their fault, no-one's bailing them out. The league doesn't have much say in financial matters except for setting prize money / negotiating TV rights.
In practice: in the rest of the world, there's no such thing as a 'draft' that rewards, shitty teams. Secondly players are contracted to the clubs instead of to MLS. This basically means that the clubs own/have control over their players, and can sell them to other teams (including teams outside of MLS). Right now if a European team wants to buy an MLS player, they have to negotiate with MLS. I'm not even sure how much / if any of the transfer fee goes to the club.
Lastly and most importantly clubs have YOUTH TEAMS. The players are also owned by clubs and have some protection from getting poached by bigger clubs. This is crucial to developing a better players and involving the local community. This is also part of the whole: clubs control their own destiny thing. If you scout / develop young players you are rewarded. If not, there's no draft to save your ass.
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