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Sorry, Jon, for going off topic, but, basic question:

In the US, the FA (USSF) and top league (MLS) are separate entities, and our culture is so fun that at the slightest whiff of cooperation we get shouts of collusion! corruption!

As opposed to Mexico, where the people who control the top league are also exerting major influence over the FA, if not outright control.

My question is, how do those structures compare in the rest of Concacaf? (And Conmebol, if you know.) My guess is that more countries are closer to the Mexican model, but only because all the rest in Concacaf are way smaller than either and there is only so much pie to divvy up.

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