Canadians are domestic league wide in NASL

[Rheo]

2 minutes ago, Levi Oakey said:

Yeah, this isn't just about players too. Which is critical. This is about GM's, coaches, scouts. The whole thing. Right now most former Canadian players become technical directors at best for smaller clubs. Think Carlo Corrazin, Mark Rogers, Chris Pozniak. Chris Pozniak is a great example, he was coaching York University when KW United stepped in and asked him to join up. Led the team to a PDL championship and then won the CIS championship and thanks to those experiences, TFC asked him to join. We need way more opportunities for these kinds of people to remain in the game. 

And refs as well...

[Kent]

18 hours ago, Complete Homer said:

More economic demand for Canadians will always be a good thing. If Rollins last report was correct, the initial domestic quota won't even be particularly impressive, so I don't think it will hurt CPL quality much

Oh right. I had forgotten about that 3 or 4 player quota rumour. Good point. If that rumour turns out to be true, then yeah, this NASL news is 100% good.

That 3 or 4 player quota is pretty depressing in my opinion though.

[Kent]

2 hours ago, Levi Oakey said:

Yeah, this isn't just about players too. Which is critical. This is about GM's, coaches, scouts. The whole thing. Right now most former Canadian players become technical directors at best for smaller clubs. Think Carlo Corrazin, Mark Rogers, Chris Pozniak. Chris Pozniak is a great example, he was coaching York University when KW United stepped in and asked him to join up. Led the team to a PDL championship and then won the CIS championship and thanks to those experiences, TFC asked him to join. We need way more opportunities for these kinds of people to remain in the game. 

Not to mention fans. I think we have seen an improvement in CMNT crowds in Toronto and Vancouver since MLS came to town. The same could happen across the country if CPL can have that kind of impact.

[rob.notenboom]

4 hours ago, Levi Oakey said:

Yeah, this isn't just about players too. Which is critical. This is about GM's, coaches, scouts. The whole thing. Right now most former Canadian players become technical directors at best for smaller clubs. Think Carlo Corrazin, Mark Rogers, Chris Pozniak. Chris Pozniak is a great example, he was coaching York University when KW United stepped in and asked him to join up. Led the team to a PDL championship and then won the CIS championship and thanks to those experiences, TFC asked him to join. We need way more opportunities for these kinds of people to remain in the game. 

And fans. And culture. Bring soccer away from the periphery of sporting culture and the recreational mentality and have it occupy a more central place in sporting culture in Canada and be taken more seriously by our youth. 

[Mister215Guy]

Maybe Canada could import the NASL clubs and use them to launch the CPL. Since Canada knows how to run sports leagus better than the US, those clubs will have more stability and less chance of folding again.

[matty]

1 hour ago, Mister215Guy said:

Maybe Canada could import the NASL clubs and use them to launch the CPL. Since Canada knows how to run sports leagus better than the US, those clubs will have more stability and less chance of folding again.

Not a bad idea except what about Puerto Rico? Technically it isn't part of the States?

[CDNFootballer]

NASL Commissioner’s response to MLS: USSF is the one who makes domestic-import rules

 

Last week, MLS Commissioner Don Garber, during a visit to Vancouver, suggested that the NASL’s decision to follow the USL and make all Canadian players domestic —  no matter if they played for American teams or Canadian teams — was illegal under U.S. labour law.

On Friday, NASL Commissioner Rishi Sehgal issued the following response regarding his league’s new policy.

“The limitation on foreign players is a rule issued by U.S. Soccer, and one that we’re subject to as a league. We view our new policy to consider Canadian players as domestic as a change that increases opportunities for all players.” 

Basically, Sehgal’s response is that the entire concept of teams having only  a limited number of international slots is entirely based on a policy set by the federation — not lawmakers. For example, no NHL team is required to carry a set number of Canadian or Americans. If the Minnesota Wild wanted to have 20 Russians on its roster, it could. The Edmonton Oilers are free to have Connor McDavid surrounded by Slovaks, if the team’s brass so wished. Likewise, the Los Angeles Dodgers could field a team of Dominicans. The idea that a team is limited in the number of foreigners it can carry — therefore creating a “domestic” designation for some players and an “international” designation for others — is totally a construct of soccer politics.

 

 

https://the11.ca/nasl-commissioners-response-to-mls-ussf-is-the-one-who-makes-domestic-import-rules/

[-Hammer-]

On 2/18/2017 at 6:54 PM, CDNFootballer said:

NASL Commissioner’s response to MLS: USSF is the one who makes domestic-import rules

 

Last week, MLS Commissioner Don Garber, during a visit to Vancouver, suggested that the NASL’s decision to follow the USL and make all Canadian players domestic —  no matter if they played for American teams or Canadian teams — was illegal under U.S. labour law.

On Friday, NASL Commissioner Rishi Sehgal issued the following response regarding his league’s new policy.

“The limitation on foreign players is a rule issued by U.S. Soccer, and one that we’re subject to as a league. We view our new policy to consider Canadian players as domestic as a change that increases opportunities for all players.” 

Basically, Sehgal’s response is that the entire concept of teams having only  a limited number of international slots is entirely based on a policy set by the federation — not lawmakers. For example, no NHL team is required to carry a set number of Canadian or Americans. If the Minnesota Wild wanted to have 20 Russians on its roster, it could. The Edmonton Oilers are free to have Connor McDavid surrounded by Slovaks, if the team’s brass so wished. Likewise, the Los Angeles Dodgers could field a team of Dominicans. The idea that a team is limited in the number of foreigners it can carry — therefore creating a “domestic” designation for some players and an “international” designation for others — is totally a construct of soccer politics.

 

 

https://the11.ca/nasl-commissioners-response-to-mls-ussf-is-the-one-who-makes-domestic-import-rules/

I think I went into the legalities of this on a thread a while back, but once again I'm no lawyer.

What is basically amounted to was you need to prove that when you are a foreign worker (or in this case player) you need to prove that a non-US citizen couldn't do that job as well as you. However given how subjective athletic ability, teamwork skills, game skills, a coaches preference, contract length and pretty much anything and everything is in sports, it's next to impossible to prove that anyone can do that particular player "job" as well as you. It's pretty much a non-starter and to the degree that even the most diehard US labour protectionist authorities or organization don't want to touch with it a 20 foot pole. So long as you don't say "You are required to employ foreign workers" (which was the case in the CFL import rule) you are pretty much in the clear on this one from my understanding.