The issue with these kind of statements is that leagues are judged on the ability of their top teams. La Liga, for example, sports the likes of Barcelona, Valen

The issue with these kind of statements is that leagues are judged on the ability of their top teams. La Liga, for example, sports the likes of Barcelona, Valencia, Real Madrid, Athletico Madrid and co, but also contains a large number of small teams with no hope of continental competition. The Premier League is different in that it has a large number of strong teams who can fight for Europa League places. If anything, being compared to the Championship is a huge compliment, as the Championship is a fiercely competitive league that produces teams that have done extremely well in the past few years (Blackpool being the latest example). MLS will never be rated as good as European leagues because they're never in direct competition with European teams. However, I truly believe that all MLS needs is to bleed some youth into the league. If they set up a summer loan deal with the Premier League academies then great youth players will get their chances in MLS alongside their heroes, the future stars of the Premier League will be "seen first" in MLS and maybe some will stick around. On the subject of non-league teams, they could use all the money they can get. FCUM have decent backing, but the likes of Redditch United can no longer pay their team. I'm sure a basic YouTube deal where live matches would give the fans a great way to give them what little money they may need.