The league announced the move today, with an eye toward increased investment in "middle-of-the-roster players."
These aren't the "Money Trees" that Kendrick Lamar rapped about, but it's something.
This afternoon, Major League Soccer announced a $37 million investment in player salaries over the next two years. Todd Durbin, MLS Executive VP for Players and Competition, stated that each franchise will be permitted to drop around $2 million under the proposal.
"We believe that the best way to achieve our strategic goal [to become one of the top leagues in the world by 2022] is to make sure the money is targeted and spent in this area of the roster which we believe, in the short term, is our biggest area of need and allows for the biggest improvement of the product on the field.