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Dodging the Designated Player Rule

Who Ate All The Cupcakes? found this 11/21/2007 on njmg.typepad.com

Amidst all the festivities of MLS Cup weekend, there were a few announcements that did not get the attention they deserved. The first was word from MLS that it was grandfathering the contracts of Landon Donovan, Eddie Johnson and Carlos Ruiz so that their teams would not need to make them Designated Players to keep them. I don't think I'm alone in believing that this decision was an ...