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    Cut back fan, media voting

    By Marc Connolly
    ESPN Soccernet.com

    Thursday, June 30, 2005

    Here's an idea: Since the MLS All-Star Game has turned into an affair where the league's best take on a club from another country -- last year it was Chivas, this year it's Fulham -- rather than play a tired East versus West exhibition match, how about we all relinquish a portion of our voting powers to the players. Right now, the media gets 25 percent, the fans get 25 percent, the general managers and coaches get 25 percent, and the players get 25 percent. No one wants to hear from us writers ...

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