MLS doesn't need to bail out USL and its failed business model, not to mention helping out an opposing sponsor (Nike) which competes against MLS's largest sponsor and business partner (Adidas).

MLS has already picked off all of USL's best markets (Toronto, Seattle, Vancouver, Portland) and is well on its way to picking off the last one in a couple years (Montreal).  On the other side of the table is Nike, a world wide soccer sponsor and global business concern and the very USL investment partner that's trying to sell the league, or what's left of it.

So in this writer's opinion, there is no need for MLS to catch a falling knife when it can pick it up for free without getting cut. Walking away is a smart move by a league that has a growing list of large market franchises, growing sponsorship dollars, an established TV rights contracts worth millions of dollars to its investors and an increasing number of unique soccer venues to support the game.

What MLS does need to do in order to grow even more is to focus on investing more into their own academies and youth systems in order to create the bench strength needed to increase the American soccer talent pool, free of the restrictions and pitfalls of the traditional American college/feeder system.

Good call MLS, stay focused.