re, I personally have not even watched an MLS match and I think the current prestige of MLS is no better than before Messi played in the league, even though Messi managed to beat Ronaldo in several awards, but Ronaldo prestige still seems to be stronger than Messi in terms of attracting interest audience for the current Saudi league, to be honest I am not a fan of these two players but I think that Ronaldo still has better commercial value to recruit football fans to watch the league.
Apart from that, American football is still a favorite broadcast for many television stations in Uncle Sam country, which ultimately cover the sale value of the current MLS league.
The only time I ever like MLS matches is when Messi around, anytime Inter Miami has a match and they reveal the face of the players that will available for that match and I notice that Messi is not available, I turn it off immediately because I don't get the interest again. This is how influencial Messi is and if not because of him, I might never in my life time ever hear of Inter Miami because in US, they don't call it football but soccer and that makes me see it as another sports.
Ronaldo is having time of his life in Saudi and that is because the team is in good shape before he went their and othe other hand, Inter Miami was a dead team before Messi was signed to the club, more like a reviver and that is why I give more credit to Messi in term of transfer. Ronaldo is not better, he is having good time because AL Nasr are not worse team in the Saudi Profession League. I think it was because of the relegation Messi hasn't been playing recently and Ronaldo is still busy but who are we to blame Messi for the club failure, he did everything he could and he didn't even come to the team on time, it was 3 months before the end of the season.