In terms of NISA, Wilt clarified: “ NISA expects teams to play in stadia with a minimum of 3,000 seats and have no other sports lines exposed. USL D3 requires incoming teams to have a stadium (or plan for a stadium) with a capacity of at least 3,500 (higher than the USSF D3 requirement for D3 stadiums: a capacity of 1,000 and natural grass or turf). The NISA performance bond “will be higher than the U.S. There is also a performance security fee of $250K for USL D3 - a USSF-identified minimum. As a comparison, Wilt revealed that the he expects team budgets to be between $1.5-$3 million annually, and a “low to mid six figures per team league startup fee.” The annual USL D3 fee is $75K, while the initial expansion fee is $500K. ![]() USL D3 expects team expenses to be between $1.2-$1.9 million annually this includes salaries (staff and players) of $750K-$1.2 million annually. Looking ahead, USL D3 expects to expand to 16-20 teams by 2021, while NISA plans to be at 24 teams by that time. In this regard, NISA appears to be very similar. MoneyĪs things stand, USL D3 aims to run from March to October and plans on starting with 8-12 teams. All the data obtained in this article about NISA has been provided by Peter Wilt, member of Club 9 sports and the public face of NISA. A request to USL D3 personnel for an interview was not answered at the time of publishing. While the financial and structural expectations of each league are similar, there are certain unique features differentiating each league.Īll the data included in this article about USL D3 relies on information given to Soc Takes by a source about an internal webinar for potential USL D3 owners. Identities aside, it’s interesting to compare the initial expectations of both leagues. It remains unknown how many NISA-committed NPSL clubs currently qualify for the USSF D3 requirement of having a principal owner with a net worth of $10 million. While it is rumored that clubs joining NISA will include mostly NPSL clubs, the exact identity of these teams remains a mystery. ![]() Meanwhile, as Soc Takes and Midfield Press’ Chris Kivlehan have revealed, a D3 league aligned with the other side of the soccer pyramid is poised to begin in 2018. ![]() Visits to Lexington, Des Moines, Lansing, Fort Wayne, etc., have occurred in the public domain. USL has been very transparent with its expansion process so far. In March, Brian Straus of Sports Illustrated revealed that 2019 would see the formation of a new league - a yet-to-be-named USL Division 3 league.
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