Raising the Salary Budget 4%

The juice: The league's board of governors has proposed raising each club's salary budget to $2.3 million, an increase of 4 percent, according to SportsBusiness Journal.

The judge: At first glance, MLS fans are bound to be angered and confused. After such a great year on the league's bottom line, with clubs seeing substantial increases in average attendance and increased interest in the league abroad, one would think that the increase would be a little more than a mere 4%.