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Bill Marth

Bill Marth

Bill Marth is General Secretary of the American Premier Soccer League (APSL), a US amateur soccer league executive, and General Secretary of the Cosmopolitan Soccer League.

Sep 9, 2026

30:39
What does that mean?
30:42
That's kind of our three pillars, which goes to what we call like the international model.
30:48
Affordable means we charge reasonable fees so that teams can stay in business, clubs can stay in business.
30:56
When we talk about the international model, it isn't just some little funny thing you're talking about over beers.
31:01
But when people look at high level amateur soccer throughout the world, you have to look at the fees that teams charge, that teams are charged, clubs are charged.
31:11
In Germany, there's the Oberliga system.
31:13
There's 14 Oberligas, which are the top amateur leagues.

30 MINS LATER

60:49
you can,
36:36
Okay
36:36
... uh, we don't have any type of franchise fees.
36:39
We don't have any- Clear territories, uh, we're open to any team that meets the standards, and we have, um, pro rel agreements with local leagues, and our price point is much different.
36:53
So it's really three things.
36:54
One, our price point is much different than other national leagues.
36:58
We charge on an average for the year, and I'll get to that, uh, we charge t- on the year somewhere between $1,500 and $2,500, which is very similar to what other high-level amateur leagues charge in Europe.
37:12
If you're playing in the Tercera in, which is the f- fifth tier, the highest amateur tier in Spain, in Madrid, your yearly fees is 1,400 euros and approximately m- 40 s- some odd euros a player.

9 MINS LATER

46:11
Uh, is APSL what you envisioned or are you at least on that path to what you originally set out to create?

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