Crew to Austin in 2019..(Maybe)

You know I have no right to tell someone else how to post.

Though I would suggest that the next time you post a seventeen-year-old "I told you so," that you go balls to the goddamn wall. Find that thread. Necro-post/quote yourself saying the chant was in poor taste and a bad idea. You will win these boards, the internet, and life itself.

 

Now I know what you're talking about. It'll be interesting to see how it plays out.

 

Even if he was holding this against Columbus and used it as motivation for the Austin move/threat, he's only screwing himself at this point and looking like an idiot doing it.

 

As if Columbus is the only MLS city where Garber has been heckled. If the guy shut down every franchise in a city where fans have called him a jackass we'd have a three team league by now.

 

The "I told you so" part?


Listen, I am not looking to get into a bickering match on a Saturday afternoon, and I am not an authority on the Crew community circa 2001. See 2001 is part of my dark ages of soccer fandom. At one point in my life I was a weak teenage girl who let a good-for-nothing high school junior varsity soccer coach ruin my love of the game.


I do not know exactly whom you are blaming in your post. You did not name names for a reason I suppose. Though from my reading, your post reeked of a time that should have long been forgiven or forgotten. Why else would you bring it up as a factor for Garble's hatred of Columbus?


Maybe he just had a bad [insert whatever profane action you want] here.

 

Maybe you just made a very bad post. Unfortunately, you can't polish a turd.

 

Perhaps Nancy Drew is correct. Garble always seemed to be the type of guy to have a packet of sweets and a cheeky smile.

 

The reason Garber hates Cbus has been stated many times before. The biz leaders in the city didnt roll out a red carpet and splash cash his way. They had a biz summit here several years back that Garber was a part of. Nothing came of it, which Im going to assume means he didnt get his pockets lined.

Cbus businesses dont blow cash because someone asks. There is also more marketing talent based at the big dogs in cbus than MLS will ever hope to see. Wexner's empire didnt get to where it was because he sucks at spending money, and has bad marketing skills. Companies like his are not going to throw money at MLS unless they feel its in their interest and not the other way around. MLS needs Nationwide, LBrands, Cardinal Health, and other alot more then they will ever need MLS. Garber does not like that.

It has nothing to do with people calling him a JackAss. It has everything to do with Columbus as a collective seeing through the bullshit and not kissing his ring.

 

Which is fascinating since the majority of the top rated games last season on ESPN featured the Columbus Crew, and their audience metrics has Columbus, Dayton, and Cincy all in the top 10 for viewership by city.

But hey let’s not talk metrics or common sense when it comes to Major League Soccer

 

Well, to be fair then, it must also be true that those businesses don't think they can make enough money owning the team to get their investment back. If CP was really so desperate to buy the team because it will make them filthy stinking rich, they either 1) Would have bought the team already for around $150-$200 million or 2) Would have bought the team when they could have had it for around only $70 million in 2013.

Sure, if the team is marketed better, profits (or at least revenues) might increase.

Sure, if the team gets a new stadium, profits (or at least revenues) might increase (not taking into account the $200 million it would take to build the stadium).

It's not businesses sticking it to the man and seeing through Garber's bullshit, it's the team not making enough money. Sure, this could all change with new ownership and a new philosophy. It also might not change. I think if Cbus businesses thought they could do it, they would have already. I don't think they think they can, and ultimately, even if Austin does fall through, I think Precourt will just sell to another city that will pay more that $100 million CP is offering.

BTW, what a chicken shit offer they made, if true, to only get 49.5%. They talk all this big game about caring so much, blah blah blah. They care enough to buy half, that's it. Not exactly a ringing endorsement. For all the people saying CP and Cbus has Precourt right where they want him, I don't see it. Precourt still has options: move to Austin, sell to Detroit, sell to Sacrament, sell to San Antonio. This shit ain't Austin or bust.

 

San Jose's season starts March 3. They hate us, too. (But you knew that already.)

 

How is ML$ not a good investment? Even FratAss has doubled his money. He bought for $70M and is now turning down $150M offers. He’s “invested” minimal in the mean time. Anyone think the Krafts aren’t sitting back and counting the money?
The profit isn’t based in yearly revenue. It’s in overall club valuation. I’m surprised someone at the CP doesn’t see that.

 

Yes, yes it is.

 

Even if the Crew were worth $5, he'd STILL turn it down. The offers he turns down are irrelevant because he's not selling. They could offer a billion and he'd say no.

 

It wasn't at the time. Credit where credit is due, however. He saw something CP did not see. At the time.

 

They pulled the soccer resolution from the council agenda and told their parks department to further consider possible sites. They might do something in March.

 

So will values top off? Once expansion is wrapped up, will we see a stabilization?
The Crew are on the low side of the spectrum. I see them as a good investment. In another 5 years they could easily be worth $250M - $300M. That’s why he’s holding out. He’s not valuing it at today’s price, he’s looking down the road.

 

Maybe he was sold on the idea of Austin. It seems this move was planned for some time.

 

Yeah, neither of those situations involved huge piles of negative PR.

 

Loughnane claims Precourt has lost $30 million in 4 years. If, and that's a big if, it's true then MLS in Columbus doesn't sound like a good financial investment to me (at the current moment).

 

There is a rule that Precourt can't sell the team? That's news to me. Someone should have told that to Clark Hunt. Precourt can only move to Austin. If he sells, and that new owner wants to move to Detroit or Sacramento or Dan Diego, what is stopping Precourt and Garber?