So DRC ruled that "Crossfire was entitled to the solidarity payment"
However, the DRC ultimately rejected Crossfire's claim against Tottenham on the grounds that Spurs had already paid the full amount of the transfer fee -- reported to be $4 million -- to MLS"
MLS / Sum appears to be a racket thats anti- competitive. Maybe somebody needs to take them to court so they stop taking all the $$$ there not entitled to and clubs get the compensation there righfuly due.
Some more background info for yahoo article:
https://sports.yahoo.com/fifa-rejects-yedlin-youth-club-training-compensation-234757883--mls.html
Tottenham refused to pay and provided the FIFA panel an email the U.S. Soccer Federation sent to MLS representatives stating ''US Soccer cannot impose, implement or enforce, in any way, those rules, statutes or regulations adopted by FIFA relating to the payment of training and development fees.''
Tottenham said Crossfire's claim should be rejected because it paid the entire transfer fee to MLS, because Crossfire's pay-to-play business model meant the club was not entitled to a development payment and because it failed to prove it was entitled to any payment,
The panel rejected Tottenham's business model argument but said Spurs were not liable in this case because of what the USSF said. Crossfire could appeal the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport or attempt to seek money from MLS in another forum.
''FIFA will honor these claims in the future but for this one said it was a one-off,'' said Lance Reich, a lawyer for Crossfire.
So USSF is in on the scam it appears and they seem to pick and choose what FIFA mandates to enforce like the sanctioning which they were taking to court recently.
I'm calling BS that USSF maintained a neutral position. First it was "fears that RSTP violates child labor laws or would result in litigation on anti-trust grounds by various stakeholders" now they have reserved themselves and said RSTP is ok but just for MLS. BS pure and simple. Now it comes out them also concluded with MLS and told Tottenham to give all the RSTP to that organization. Anti-trust lawsuit waiting to happen I suppose.
From the ESPN article:
"The USSF contends that at a meeting of stakeholders in 2015, opposing viewpoints among youth clubs, professional leagues, and players' unions left it caught in the middle.
"Since that time, U.S. Soccer has maintained a position of neutrality on the issue of training compensation and solidarity payments and, accordingly, will not be a party to enforcement of those regulations," the USSF spokesperson told ESPN FC back in April."
"Lance Reich, Crossfire's attorney in the case called it "a great day for American youth soccer."
"The claims are viable. The arguments against pay-to-play clubs are gone in the eyes of FIFA," Reich told ESPN FC. "Crossfire has prevailed. It's just that the source of the funds isn't going to be Tottenham."