[Sport Billy]

Continued from here: http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showt...8#post16475468

[opal347]

First page!

Welcome to Thread #7, folks. We've had more threads linked together without our own forum than probably any other city. That has to change. (I'm looking at you, mods )

Anyway, I'm getting really excited about the Women's NT game on Wednesday (it's less than a week away, can you believe it?). It's going to be an awesome time. Also, rumors are out there that the US-Mexico World Cup Qualifier won't be in Columbus, but rather in the West (Salt Lake/Seattle). Looks like the bar rather than the stadium for me. Regardless of where it's going to be, we will find out for sure by Monday.

[blazindw]

Originally Posted by opal347

Welcome to Thread #7, folks. We've had more threads linked together without our own forum than probably any other city. That has to change. (I'm looking at you, mods )

You said it, man!

[Sport Billy]

Originally Posted by opal347

Welcome to Thread #7, folks. We've had more threads linked together without our own forum than probably any other city. That has to change. (I'm looking at you, mods )

Get real consideration by MLS and it might just happen.

[opal347]

How about Cleveland? They were last mentioned about the same time we were. Milwaukee? Rochester? Phoenix? Really? Don't give me excuses about MLS consideration, because there are some cities up there that haven't been a contender in YEARS - just like us. How did we get left out?

[rms5555]

Originally Posted by opal347

How about Cleveland? They were last mentioned about the same time we were. Milwaukee? Rochester? Phoenix? Really? Don't give me excuses about MLS consideration, because there are some cities up there that haven't been a contender in YEARS - just like us. How did we get left out?

Oh let's not bring this back up again

[Sport Billy]

Originally Posted by opal347

How about Cleveland? They were last mentioned about the same time we were. Milwaukee? Rochester? Phoenix? Really? Don't give me excuses about MLS consideration, because there are some cities up there that haven't been a contender in YEARS - just like us. How did we get left out?

There are different rules to get added than there are to get removed.

To be added:
Expansion forum criteria:

* The city has had to be mentioned by MLS as one of the potential sites for expansion.
* There must be at least 10 regular posters to post in a thread requesting the forum on the Customer Service board and high traffic in the current thread(s) that are city specific in the MLS Expansion forum.


To be removed? I don't know if anyone actually knows those rules.

[blazindw]

Originally Posted by Sport Billy

There are different rules to get added than there are to get removed.

To be added:
Expansion forum criteria:

* The city has had to be mentioned by MLS as one of the potential sites for expansion.
* There must be at least 10 regular posters to post in a thread requesting the forum on the Customer Service board and high traffic in the current thread(s) that are city specific in the MLS Expansion forum.


To be removed? I don't know if anyone actually knows those rules.

Not to beat a dead horse, but why are there different rules? I mean, in the Rochester board, the most recent posts are asking why they still have a forum. If you look at the number of views and replies from all the forums in the expansion forum (not counting those with subforums), Detroit has far and away more posters. I mean, we're on Thread VII! I do think that the rules for subforums (both addition and deletion) need to be reexamined, but that's just me.

[Davids26]

I agree with this.

[Sport Billy]

Originally Posted by blazindw

Not to beat a dead horse, but why are there different rules? I mean, in the Rochester board, the most recent posts are asking why they still have a forum. If you look at the number of views and replies from all the forums in the expansion forum (not counting those with subforums), Detroit has far and away more posters. I mean, we're on Thread VII! I do think that the rules for subforums (both addition and deletion) need to be reexamined, but that's just me.

Because it's very difficult to figure out what to do with all of the posts.
Currently, there are 10 pages of threads in Cleveland, 8 in Milwaukee, 7 in Phoenix, and 5 in Rochester.

That's a hell lot of information to just throw away.

On a side note - why do people effing care?
Is it harming you in any way that there is still a Cleveland forum?
Do you wake up every morning and it ruins your day seeing Phoenix?

Let it go.

If MLS isn't concerned with a city, that's not the fault of BigSoccer.

It reminds me of the Elvis Costello song:

Or the lip-print on a half-filled cup of coffee
That you poured and didn't drink
But at least you thought you wanted it,
That's so much more than I can say for me