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World Soccer XXIII - "Pay" Up Pompey?

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Jimjamesak said:
Why? It's another team in a 20 team league. Just a different ownership among many. If they become successful it'll be within the rules like everyone else.
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On of my first thoughts on this move was that the Yankees and ManCity both play in uneven payroll leagues...I presume they foresee some eventuality that will allow them to do same here...might be remote chance but I can't see them not wishing for it.
 
pirate said:
On of my first thoughts on this move was that the Yankees and ManCity both play in uneven payroll leagues...I presume they foresee some eventuality that will allow them to do same here...might be remote chance but I can't see them not wishing for it.
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I'd say its very remote. No way you convince teams like SKC, RSL, or Columbus to give up the salary cap.
 
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Flash win another one, 2-1! Zerboni with the GWG, I don't think I need to tell you who scored the Flash's other goal.
 
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Jimjamesak said:
I'd say its very remote. No way you convince teams like SKC, RSL, or Columbus to give up the salary cap.
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Right. It would be a good thing for NYC to have 2 MLS squads, but the League to turn a profit, they have to at least get close to breaking even at most of their locations. If the league stacks the deck to allow a major player in a major market to go balls out in spending, the teams in KC, Columbus and others are going to have a hard time convincing their fans to show up every time they get their teeth kicked in. Attendance will go down and revenue will dry up, and then teams will start folding.

However, if the league was able to expand some, and absorbed some of the NASL squads with the idea of setting things up that there would be promotion/relegation between the two leagues, then maybe you might just be able to get away with loosening up the salary cap.
 
Jimjamesak said:
I'd say its very remote. No way you convince teams like SKC, RSL, or Columbus to give up the salary cap.
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Not saying there aren't reasons why it wouldn't happen, but why would Mancity do this? So they can be part owner of a team ranked 200 in the world that plays in a league with average attendance of 17k?

My thought was that they have a grander vision than that.

If they wanted to expand the Mancity name they could do it without the hassle of owning a team.

Why does apple buy 20% of 5 small firms? Because they figure one of them will hit the big time. I'm just speculating that city has an agenda beyond being part owners of a MLS team.
 
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bigmrg74 said:
Right. It would be a good thing for NYC to have 2 MLS squads, but the League to turn a profit, they have to at least get close to breaking even at most of their locations. If the league stacks the deck to allow a major player in a major market to go balls out in spending, the teams in KC, Columbus and others are going to have a hard time convincing their fans to show up every time they get their teeth kicked in. Attendance will go down and revenue will dry up, and then teams will start folding.

However, if the league was able to expand some, and absorbed some of the NASL squads with the idea of setting things up that there would be promotion/relegation between the two leagues, then maybe you might just be able to get away with loosening up the salary cap.
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all this says to me is that things are moving too fast... too much chaos throws people off (see the Div1 board)
 
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I would've loved to see some of the old NASL absorbed or some of the nicknames revived. The problem was that MLS didn't want anything to do with the old league due its failure, but it wasn't an important part of the American soccer past. That's why the Cosmos didn't want to part with the name because MLS wasn't going to honor it.
 
MountieBoyOz said:
I would've loved to see some of the old NASL absorbed or some of the nicknames revived. The problem was that MLS didn't want anything to do with the old league due its failure, but it wasn't an important part of the American soccer past. That's why the Cosmos didn't want to part with the name because MLS wasn't going to honor it.
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The NASL failed, IMO, because it overexpanded. MLS needs to heed that lesson.
 
MountieBoyOz said:
I would've loved to see some of the old NASL absorbed or some of the nicknames revived. The problem was that MLS didn't want anything to do with the old league due its failure, but it wasn't an important part of the American soccer past. That's why the Cosmos didn't want to part with the name because MLS wasn't going to honor it.
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Are you that dull?

The Cosmos didn't part with the name because MLS didn't want to pay Peppe Pinton's overinflated price. He finally found some suckers who did and those folks didn't get an MLS team because they didn't want to play by MLS' rules.

It was never about "not wanting to honor history" but always about $$$.
 
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The UEFA championship should be 4-3 Dortmund. But great goalkeeping is keeping this 1-0 Bayern. (65')

EDIT: The referee has awarded a penalty for Dortmund and we're tied!!!! (70')

(89') Robben!!! Nifty
 
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Crystal Palace win promotion to the Premier League with a 1-0 extra time win over Watford. It was a good game with ex-Arsenal keeper Almunia making some huge saves to keep Watford in the game.
 
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