Whenever the topic of promotion and relegation gets brought up in the American soccer community, a long and heated debate takes place.
The latest addition to the conversation comes from a Deloitte study commissioned by Silva International Investments.
"What we’re hoping is that the report and the analysis become part of the debate straight away," Deloitte's head of Sport Business Group Dan Jones said in a phone conversation with Bleacher Report. "And that debate needs to take place on the philosophical and strategic level of: Is promotion/relegation something that is felt to be desirable for soccer in the United States.