Crew to Austin in 2019..(Maybe)

All of us go through our stages of grief in different ways.

 

Wow:

Dear Crew SC Season Ticket Member:
Precourt Sport Ventures released a statement (insert link) earlier today related to the future of Columbus Crew SC. We are reaching out to follow up on this announcement because you are a valued member of the club.

First, thank you for all you do for Crew SC. Simply put—your belief in our club forms the core of our existence. We are honored and grateful to have earned your passion and support.

We recognize today’s update may be difficult to process, but please know that we are attempting to be as transparent as possible, given the circumstances we presently face.

Although the club continues to address a series of historic challenges related to our ongoing business operations, we have specific concerns as we strive to realize our full ambition of becoming a standard-bearer in Major League Soccer. The facts and findings surrounding the health of the club dictate that we urgently expand and explore all options to preserve the long-term sustainability of the club—including remaining in Columbus.

Our ongoing exploration of options will coincide with the 2017 MLS Cup Playoffs, as well as the 2018 MLS Regular Season.

Our return to the playoffs has been made possible through a bounce-back season, including a club-record number of home wins in a regular season. We have high expectations as a club, including the opportunity to secure another MLS Cup for Columbus.

Looking ahead to 2018, with the composition of our roster we have faith and excitement about the prospects of the 2018 campaign at MAPFRE Stadium. The 2018 season will also mark the 10-year anniversary of the beloved 2008 MLS Cup team, and we look forward to honoring this milestone.

We recognize that no soccer club can achieve its full potential without passion from dedicated supporters like you. Your support of Crew SC, our upcoming playoff run and the 2018 season is greatly appreciated.



Respectfully,

Anthony Precourt
Chairman
Columbus Crew SC

 

What investments? He did a new logo and added SC to the end of Crew.

 

To be fair--a new scoreboard as the old one was (literally) toast.

 

Newcastle United is for sale

We just buy them, tell everyone we are not moving the team and then, come 2019, move them to Columbus.

Go from MLS to EPL like that!

 

In the old days I would have added " and ******** you, too"

So I've mellowed some .

 

I have not gotten this yet.

 

To the surprise of no one, MajorLeagueSoccerSoccerDotCom hasn't had one jot yet about this...

 

What is that pile of shit supposes to accomplish?

Die in fire, Precourt.

Don't bother trying to sell tix for 2018. Just leave. Now. No one is going to give you a ********ing dime.

As for your cheap, miserable evoking of the 2008 team, how dare you, you piece of shit. You weren't a part of that and it means nothing to you, you lowlife pile of garbage.

That team belongs to us. Not you. I'd bet a million dollars that you didn't even watch that game on TV.

How dare you. Asshole.

 

Real life:

I already have clinical depression and routinely loath life and all that crap.

Soccer has been a huge ray of sunshine and fun in my life.

This week has not been very positive for my mental health. Really not for any of ours, right?

 

I hope we have a home game. I want to go to the stadium in RED. Or should it be Green for money.
Or should I dress like The Monopoly guy.
I want to support our team (the guys on the team that is) but I really want to call and get my season ticket money back based on Precourt's fraud.

 

By the way anyone know how to change my alias on BigSoccer to SuckItPrecourt?

 

Right. Hang in there.

 

@MLS @thesoccerdon Columbus and the Hunts saved your pathetic league and this is how you repay us, you snake!

— Jordan Sampson (@CybrSlydr) October 17, 2017

 

Someone needs to .gif this and have him tearing up 2018 season tickets and put Precourt in.

 

Tifo at the next game needs to be Cousin Eddie looking at Precourt like he does at the end of this clip - or something with Precourt tied up in a bow.

 

I wish this team hadn't become such a central part of my daily existence, but it has, and I suspect that many of us feel this way. This is a level of personal betrayal that takes decades to get over.

And even though I'd like Columbus to maintain rights to the name and colors, that may just be for a NASL team, realistically. What's more, even if we get an MLS team back, if my experiences with Cleveland are any indication, once it's gone, it's gone. That collection of imbeciles in Cleveland may have the name and colors, but they aren't the Browns of my youth.

AP has cemented his legacy as one of the most contemptible figures in Ohio history, and I hope the misery he has sown comes back around.

 

This is ********ing surreal.

 

I think BoycotttheCrew has a nice ring.

 

I can’t process this. What is happening!

 

I can't believe he would bring up honoring the 2008 team next season. That is the biggest gut punch ever.

 

I am trying to think of some satirical analogy between a cheating spouse and you staying in the house for a year while the cheating spouse builds a new home with the other person.

Get the fvck out, man.

 

At this point, there's little reason to see this for anything other than what it is. This isn't a negotiating tactic. We'll all need to find our own way to deal with this. But for me it'll probably involve a cathartic process, burning the Crew gear I own, my copy of the Dispatch from Nov. '08, etc. We're being ********ed over. That's what I cannot accept. I get it that cities need to compete for franchises. And if we tried, but failed, to retain the club, that would have been hugely disappointing, but I could have accepted it. But Precourt's not even letting us try and retain our team. The ************************ is stealing it, as if its value, its history, its legitimacy is linked solely with his recent ownership. Personally, I'll need a clean break from my connection to the team and MLS in order to not feel as though I'm somehow supporting, enabling this kind of behavior. Strangely enough, the miserable state of the national team makes that a bit easier. I can just start ignoring US soccer altogether.