The ultra secret conspiracy is that an ownership group with no connection to the original rowdies bought the name and thought the legacy came with it.
No, it isn't. The Rowdies did not exist for 16 years. That's not the same thing as a team simply being sold(like Minnesota) or even Rangers being reformed under a new legal entity. There was no continuity.
Not a surprise, but WRONG AGAIN! The Rowdies folded after the 1993 APSL season, coincidentally for the same reason the Mutiny would later be contracted by MLS. No one would buy them! They folded. Ceased to exist. Went poof! However you can wrap your mind around the concept that they were no longer on this planet. The American Professional Soccer League existed until 1996 when it merged with the USL's top league at the time. So yes there was a league for them to play in, just no team. And how do I know all of this and you don't? Because I was there! I went to the last Rowdies game in 1993 and the first FC Tampa Bay game in 2010. Pretty sure I would have noticed a seventeen year hiatus. They aren't the same team. They weren't 'bought' in any context. So wrong. Just wrong.
WSW and NorthernWall should have to wear helmets while posting. I can't fathom two worse representatives of any entity and seeing them fight is watching homeless guys fight. It's funny at first, then it's sad, and finally it's irritating and you hope neither survives.
I support the new Rowdies for what they are: a brand new team. Because I like watching live soccer at a reasonably good level. They became a very good team to watch this season and I am very proud that they won the title. I just can't let people like you make factually incorrect statements. How about just for once admitting you are wrong and thanking someone else for enlightening you instead of just moving on to the next error? It isn't that hard.
I will always acknowledge being a nitpicker at heart. It is just so easy to get facts today. People should really start trying it. Once again. It just isn't in your nature to say 'thank you for setting me straight, I appreciate it'. And I think you are familiar with my nitpicking about lots of things. As I said previously, It is my nature. The funny thing about you is this idea of yours that you just blindly love your club no matter what. Everything your club does is right. Me not so much, but you don't get why. You keep thinking that it is because I hate the club, but that couldn't be further from the truth. I was one of the happiest cats in the state when I heard they were going to try to reincarnate the Rowdies. Unfortunately it has turned out to be a half assed, lets pretend we are the original Rowdies farce. I want this club to be the best and will always demand that. Maybe the hyper critical attitudes and the ferocity I dish it out is a cultural difference. The Scottish blood in my viens makes me want to argue about everything and anything. I will tear down my beloved institutions if I think it will make them better. A harsh critic keeps people honest. This club has done more in the last month than I have seen them do in three years, but that doesn't make me any less critical. I will still unload both barrels on them if needed.