So I wonder what the future holds for Miami FC, more so than (maybe) than any NASL club, 2018 will be challenging. Some clubs will just fold or switch to USL if the NASL fails. But Miami between their location and their owners actions may have totally alienated the USL and MLS. Even more so than the Cosmos.
Sure it's a possibility, but also just as likely that MLS says no thanks. Silva has done quite a bit to burn bridges.
If anyone will jump to NISA if NASL folds I'd think it would be Miami FC. As you say, they've burned enough bridges I don't think USL would welcome them. But Silva may just fold them short term to bolster his lawsuit against MLS/USSF.
Even if he wins in FIFA court, I doubt Silva would be allowed in if MLS took it to the Supreme Court.
They have already tried implying that (seems they have tried about everything PR wise) with someone spreading false tweets about doing that a while back. There is nothing for Becks to gain by letting them in and thus having to split the profits with them. Nada. Would be a foolhardy move....especially with the way Silva has acted towards MLS. The owners would have to approve the ownership also, and just why the hell would they do that at this point? The PR FIFA gambit will go nowhere, and as you said, no way would MLS be forced to allow him in legally. Of course, you are knowledgeable enough to know this, it's been gone over hundreds of times....but yet you keep doing what you do. Why?
Not sure what you mean but I didn't realize or think about Silva fighting MLS when I first posted. I know Becks knows Maldini and Nesta very well and I see no reason why he wouldn't seek their advice in the future. Maybe not now but 5 years down the road when Silva is out of the picture. I already read Italian publications where they've spoken to Beckham and I'm sure many of the same soccer people in Miami will be used sooner or later. Don't see the big deal or issue.
Silva has tried to take over the media rights of MLS and is now essentially crying wolf to FIFA that USSF and MLS are doing something illegal. So yes there is every reason to believe the collective owners of MLS and USL would say no to his involvement. I would. Perfectly logical argument. But I like zoidberg's brick wall analogy better.
Didn't you both just post this in the Deltas thread? Today at 12:42 PM Today at 1:14 PM Who is to say things can't change? Again, not now but in 5 years or whenever Becks gets his team going....
Saputo no where near the level of Silva. And Saputo has since swallowed his pride and write a huge check. The problem remains, with possibly no NASL next year, Miami FC only survives by working something out with MLS/USL or switching to NISA. But wait, there's already a Miami team in NISA? Growing from within the very core of our communities, Miami United FC is confident @NISALeague has the right model... (1/3)— MIAMI UNITED F.C. (@miamiunitedfc) August 30, 2017
Who owns the NISA Miami team? And if you're right I suspect Silva will just use that as additional fodder in his lawsuit. That he was forced out of business by the "evil MLS/USSF cabal"
They probably think it'll foster some kind of rivalries... as though that'll solve the issue of market cannibalization.
Yes NISA and Lord High Commish Wilt has said that. Do you think Miami United wants to start a new league with intracity competition? Perhaps.
Oh, I agree, there's a downside to this. But I don't think anyone's going to be kept out because of it. Live by independence, die by independence.
match on Saturday is postponed: http://www.frontrowsoccer.com/2017/09/13/postponed-irma-nixes-miami-sf-game/
Just heard on Rai (Italian TV) that if Carlo Tavecchio , the president of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) steps aside, Paolo Maldini may be considered. Wonder who then will be in charge of Miami? Isn't he their current the co-owner/president?
Jeff RueterVerified account @jeffrueter 2h2 hours ago Sources telling me that Miami FC met with the #USL yesterday to discuss a potential switch from the #NASL. The USL declined to comment.
they won't ALL be coming. no way the Cosmos come, and I think PRFC just ends their fight due to hurricane recovery priorities ... JAX who knows. Highly doubt they "All come".
The oral argument was heard in mid-December, but the court of appeals hasn't ruled yet. It's not unusual for an appellate decision to take a month (or more), and of course it has to be remembered that there have been two major holidays since the argument. But, as I've written elsewhere, the court will be aware of the time-sensitive nature of the appeal; the longer the court takes to rule, the more convinced I am that the there will be an opinion perhaps correcting some legal positions that the district court took (there are questions here about the standard for granting a preliminary injunction as to which courts differ), but affirming the result that the district court reached--meaning that I expect the NASL to lose.