SOMETIMES THE TRUTH HURTS
Lionel Messi is being paid a LOT of money to play in – and, presumably, promote – Major League Soccer. That didn’t keep the eight-times (and reigning) world futbol player of the year to tell it like it is, Howard Cosell , referring to MLS as “minor league” in a recent interview dealing with his plans for 2024. What he meant, of course, was … in comparison to such venerable circuits as the English Premier League and La Liga, etc., and no one who knows anything about the planet’s favorite sport is about to disagree. Messi’s arrived this summer from Paris St. Germaine and immediately made it look easy, scoring 11 goals in 14 games before spending the rest of the season nursing assorted injuries. Now, the 39-year-old from Argentina says his plans include helping his native country prepare for the next World Cup as well as returning to Inter Miami which already has a sellout of season tickets at outrageous pr...