Younger people, especially women, shorten the vowel. I was wrong with Lay'in though, it's more like Lay'en. Lay'un is older or more rural. At least that's my observation. Maybe I should ask one of my linguist friends for a ruling. Some of them are rather cunning. (I'll show myself out.)
You lost me at Highlanders. I always hated that name. I'd rather go with Phoenix. At least the uppity parents with nothing better to do will get riled up about it.
Oh goodie! We haven't argued meaninglessly over what to name the team in months. Let's also revive where we should build the stadium.
If they've got a lawsuit either way, may as well fight the lawsuit that will engender the least amount of ill will among fans around the nation.
Yeah, unfortunately Columbus has a lot going against it with Cincinnati more than likely to come in and Austin looking to be a strong emerging destination (demographically speaking). I'm 100% #savethecrew, but if they are relocated the whole fiasco will be forgotten in a few years.
If every team that is 'more than likely to come in' comes in, the league will be looking 40 teams dead in the eye. Miami, Sacramento, Phoenix, Las Vegas, St. Louis, San Antonio, Nashville, Indianapolis, Charlotte, Raleigh/Durham, Cincinnati, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Tampa/St. Pete, San Diego. 22 + 15 = 37 When I look at that list practically, I don't see Cincinnati edging out Miami, Nashville, Sacramento, St. Louis, nor Phoenix/Las Vegas. If Columbus goes, its chances go up. But, Columbus staying virtually sinks Cincinnati's chances.
Well, despite the owner telling the county that the $200MM+ stadium would be 100% privately financed and they were looking for up to $75MM in public support for infrastructure. I don't know how realistic the 75 number is. I only just started really paying attention to their situation last week. But Hamilton County basically said they didn't need a SSS and could just play in Paul Brown Stadium (which Hamilton County agreed to the worst ever stadium deal in history on). So now, there's supposed to be a joint call between FCC, Hamilton County, and MLS to iron it all out. And there's no guarantees that Newport or Covington would agree to the request either, or if they did, if MLS would allow them to play in KY. It's going to get VERY interesting down there over the next 3-4 weeks. And Cincy and Columbus can coexist. That rivalry would be amazing. It already started with the USOC game which was famously dubbed "#HellisReal" on the twitters.
Andrew Erickson @AEricksonCD 17h17 hours ago Ohio AG Mike DeWine statement: "Should ownership of the Columbus Crew initiate a move of the team without complying with Ohio law, I am prepared to take the necessary legal action under this law to protect the interests of the State of Ohio..." #CrewSCpic.twitter.com/noQhKZRG3Q
I was wondering when some government entity would get involved and say "You are leaving? Not before you pay your bill".
So what exactly does the law stipulate? They have to repay everything? They can't reloacte for a specified amount of time?
Just found this So the law is very untested and says "opportunity", but that doesn't necessarily mean the current owner has to sell. Interesting to see where this goes.
I'm certain Garber made that a condition of the interview, because last time he was "stuck in traffic" for a couple of hours during a playoff game in order to avoid the interview.
Twellman tweeted out that his interview occurred before the Ohio Attorney General's letter regarding the untested Art Modell law was issued. Twellman would've brought that up if he had the info.
I don't think the Art Model law is going to work out in this case. Precourt is giving Cbus more than a year's notice and if they offer to pay back the state for any lease on the fairgrounds land, I don't see it holding up in court. As a former constituent of Mike DeWine, I personally find him telling a private corporation that it can't relocate a bit...hypocritical. New San Antonio may have a case. I'm for saving the Crew. I've been a fan my whole life but I'm also very cynical as to the ability to save the franchise. Some of the claims made by SaveTheCrew supporters don't necessarily hold up to some scrutiny while others do. I don't think Precourt has purposely tried to tank the team until he made up his mind to move it this season. As for the Cincinnati bid, I think they're in. Of the four finalists, they're the most ready to go and MLS has approved Nippert as a temporary venue. Part of me does think that the rise of FC Cincinnati might have hastened Precourt's decision to leave. He saw that the Cincinnati market (that the Crew ignored for 20 years) was a lost cause and fans in Dayton would do like they've done with NFL and MLB, that is align with the Cincinnati teams. Crew SC played some lip-service to being "Ohio's Team" last year but after it became obvious that FCC had Cincy locked down and with the demographic and business realities of the Queen City, PSV decided to leave town.
My read is pretty similar. Precourt had Austin on his mind from the word "go," but didn't decide on a move until sometime during the 2016 season. He'd definitely made the call before making plans for the 2017 season. And I also think the Modell Law won't work in forcing a sale based on my own reading of the law, but a court finding in favor of greater state powers would hardly shock me.
I agree that Precourt had Austin on his mind (sounds like a cheesy 70's soft rock song) but I think he was always planning on moving from the start. I don't believe you put a stipulation in a contract stating that you can, if you want, look into moving the Crew to Austin unless you were already planning on doing it before buying the team.
Yeah, he's given much more than 6 months warning that he's moving/planning on moving but whether he lives up to the spirit of the law by allowing another Columbus entity to purchase the Crew, that remains to be seen. I think he could argue that since new MLS franchises are going for 200 million a pop, the Crew should be worth that much money and if he doesn't get something along those lines, he can still move. Unfortunately in this situation, short of going to court to sort the whole mess out, it looks like the Crew is going to Austin, unless Austin throws up enough roadblocks (no stadium, no stadium funding) that MLS steps in and tells him he has to stay in Columbus. I think the stadium deal would be a deal breaker for MLS.