MLS rules can be difficult to navigate on even the best of days, and this year is no real exception.
A 6pm Eastern Friday news dump — an MLS tradition — of the 2016 Roster Rules and Regulations gives us plenty to look at, and we're starting with rules regarding homegrown players.
This is particularly relevant to Real Salt Lake fans, as the club and the academy have produced a fair number of these players.
On a high level, the biggest difference in the rules is that the rules are actually there in some form.