Wasn't your 14-year-old daughter who got killed, so I can appreciate your dismissal of it. Good for you.
1 fan death in 85 years is a pretty good record. We can't fall apart everytime someone dies in this country. According to a quick Google search approximately 155,000 people die every day from all kinds of reasons. Circle of life and all that.
Again, unless you're the one. Nice cavalier ********ing attitude from a parent. I don't recall us "falling apart." Hockey teams made their arenas safer. I don't know why that equates to "falling apart." Arenas are safer now. That's a bad thing, in your world? Or is it only until someone you care about dies a preventable death? I'll have to remember that for your next family tragedy: "circle of life and all that." That's awesome.
Spoiler alert! You and I are going to die, too. Where were you leading the charge when the fan fell and died in Texas trying to catch a Hamilton fly ball? You are far more likely to be injured by a foul baseball. There is no plexiglass around a ballpark and far more balls go into the stands. Why not spend $50 million or so to net all the stadiums? Or $100 million if it will possibly save one life.
I agree (yikes) with Syd on the nets thingy. I don't agree with his wording, but it was a freak accident in Columbus. Very sad yes, but an accident. We had a baseball incident here in Youngstown where a little boy got hit by a foul ball and was seriously hurt at a minor league game. Immediately people were talking about nets down the foul lines. No thanks. I feel horrible about what hppened, but it was an ACCIDENT, thats all. Back to the glass.........indoor soccer changes w/o glass on the corners. Might as well take down the walls. Boooooooooooooooo. Get some glass Bernie (buy some spray paint also) It looks like they used red duct take hash marks on the field. Classy![/quote]
Generally speaking, if the lines and goals are the same at both ends of the field (provided there are no potholes, ponds filled with gators, etc), we can have a game. As Mike Matkovich once said, "My U-19's could beat ANYBODY in a Jewel parking lot!"
Well, as I indicated in my commentary (praise for Allen Event Center doing the right thing), I very much dislike missing midfield glass, almost as much as I dislike multipoint scoring.
Actually, the banners look bigger than they really are in my photo, because they are hanging over the center line, not the opposite end. They're a standard size, the same size as those that the Mavericks (they had a division title before the pre-Cuban decade of suckage) and Stars had the few years all three teams played in Reunion. But thanks for the comment!
No. But I think she did get help from the team on her insurance deductibles...or maybe a free renewal on next year's season ticket. I can't remember which. Given that she stated emphatically that removing the midfield glass was still the greatest idea since sliced bread, I did at the time hold out hope that they would spring for a head trauma specialist, but, oh well...
Have you not seen the Ohio Vortex venue? The goals are 6' 4" tall max and the width is way to narrow. Can't see why the goals haven't been changed to meet the rules. Why no teams have complained yet, maybe because the are still winning there no matter what the size is. Cut to fit ad paint to match!!!!
You can't see why the goal size hasn't been changed in a private facility the team has only been playing in for two weeks?
You can't see why following league rules are important regardless of each team's individual circumstances?
I can't believe you agree with this or think that it is OK..................it's PRO soccer though, right? Well, kinda. At least for the 4 or 5 teams that draw above 400 per game.
I don't think it's OK, but it's not reasonable to expect Pinnacle to bust up their facility for the Vortex who are pretty much playing out the string. They are doing the Vortex a favor by housing them on short notice.
Fair enough. I didn't know Las Vegas was getting out of their house also. Look for Texas to be next. You will be down to 4 real arenas in no time. Time for some more expansion!
My question is why wouldn't the Vortex just fold now if they are playing out the string? Seems like it wouldn't make much sense to keep playing if you are unable to pay your dues and your "arena" is doing you a favor by letting you play there.
They can try to regroup in the offseason, but they've lost two venues and have not been competitive on the field. Things haven't gone according to plan, but there are still games to be played.
if they have lost 2 venues... who is going to let them in their building next year? why did they lose the building? was it sold? or were they kicked out for non-payment of rent?
Jackson there's a multitude of reasons for getting kicked out and playing out the string. Having hosted a bunch of pro teams in my time in a bunch of pro leagues, I kicked out the Socker's because Segota bad mouthed the facility, I almost kicked them out because they had a player with a permanent red card from our facilities, they knew it, and they allowed him at their practices. I kicked one Denver team out for non payment, another partially because their games kept going long and setting back our league games as well as having a player they knew was banned from our facilities and having him there. I kicked out Wichita for taking alcohol out of the snack bar and trashing the locker room. But I also let some teams in that were bumped from other facilities. I thought they got a raw deal at the other location, or it was advantageous to us for publicity purposes, or I thought about taking the team over and wanted to see what kind of problems I would have and or the quality of the people involved and in a couple instances let a team in, or back in, simply as a favor to the league so they wouldn't have to reschedule or cancel games. I'm also fairly comfortable I've forgotten probably twice as many reasons as I've listed.