MLS ruining the beauty of soccer on television

The MLS has announced the great idea of showing commercials during soccer matches in a split screen. They claim they'll also show the game with split screen, but this is a grab for commercial time.

If you've seen an MLS soccer game on television in the united states you know that we show the game full screen with a banner on top. The banner shows the score, the time of the game and a small icon for the sponsor.

Now they want to split the screen and show commercials.

What is that Paula Abdul song? Two steps forward and one step back?