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My name is Taylor Rockwell, and this week we are recording as the 2024 MLS season kicks off which

means we're doing some MLS centric episodes and Graham Ruffin is here the designated player of

all of our hearts to talk the designated player role. Hello Graham. Hello Taylor

Rockwell I hadn't actually noticed that the MLS season starts this week. Had you noticed that? I don't

know if you've

done any extensive preview episodes, episodes that have pushed you to the limits of your research

time recently, but it's true. The new seasons kicks off this week. You are correct, though.

Between this and my toddler's school not yet being open, so she's home, the eight-week-old is home. It's been a lot, Graham Ruthven. Who needs sleep? It's fine. I'm just losing my mind reading about, uh, you know, Azeo Jackson and all that good stuff. But we don't need to talk MLS regular season because we're going to talk designated player rule. We have met many designated players in the league, but we need to figure out what that actually is when it was first

introduced, how it's evolved over time, what the future might look like for those spots.

Graham, first off, what is a designated player? Let's do that first. So, first of all, as a very

quick precursor, it's a little bit wild. We've not done this as a 101 episode so far.

You messaged and said, hey, I don't think we've done this yet. I've checked everywhere. And I was like, no, we have to. We have to have done that. And I'm assuming it's one of those episodes that we plan to do. But then it feels very like, oh, yeah, it's just a surface level like 10 minute chat and then it gets really nuanced with young dPs and the evolution of

dps and buying down dps and all that stuff and i think maybe it's one a surface level like 10 minute chat. And then it gets really nuanced with young DPs and the evolution of DPs and buying down DPs and all that stuff.

And I think maybe it's one that we're just like, you know what, we'll leave that for Paulton Oreo or Joe Lowry or somebody.

But you know what?

We're undertaking it now.

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