I feel bad for you guys. I'm living in Vegas hoping for the Raiders because it's cool and that's falling apart right now, but also I love San Diego and consider it home, so I'm hoping for an MLS team there. But the Republic is an irresistible brand and y'all have invested so organically and authentically. I hope it works out for you.
He goes out of his way in that statement to present himself as apart from the Republic. Not a smooth move if he's trying to smooth things over. I mean isn't he part of the Republic's ownership?
"I don't give two shit about what the fans want or tradition. I'm making a play to have the whole thing for myself, get bent suckas!"
Republic is more than just a name. It is the essence of both why and how we built Sacramento Republic FC – for our fans, by our fans. 1/4— Warren Smith (@TheWarrenSmith) February 2, 2017 The principle that will guide us in our meeting tomorrow, as it has in prior meetings with Mr. Nagle and ... 2/4— Warren Smith (@TheWarrenSmith) February 2, 2017 .. Mayor Steinberg, respectively, is our commitment to make Sacramento a better place to live, work and play through the beautiful game. 3/4— Warren Smith (@TheWarrenSmith) February 2, 2017 We are Republic FC and Sacramento is our home. 4/4— Warren Smith (@TheWarrenSmith) February 2, 2017 Still on the ledge.
I think Sacramento Republic FC has one of the best brands (name, crest, colors) in all of American lower division soccer. Losing that and ending up with some generic "Team FC" name would be really really disappointing, and that's *even if* 100% of the fanbase did follow the new team to MLS. Same goes for Indy Eleven. I wouldn't feel nearly as strongly about it if it was some lazy brand like St Louis FC or worse, San Antonio FC.
I hear you. It's pretty amazing how out of Sacramento came together and embraced a new soccer club so quickly and the brand had a lot to do with it. Let's hope cool heads prevail and everything we've built up stays in tact.
As shared on another board: Sacramento should petition to come in before Miami and use that as a chance to help mend the wounds, as it were. - This does nothing to, nor is a statement about, the Miami bid. Merely a logistical arrangement based on the notion that any Miami franchise is still years from seeing anything on the pitch. - SRFC could begin play next season, coming in with LAFC and keeping the divisions balanced. This would assure SRFC stays as the product. - Since essentially the only reason Sacramento was pushed back into this window with the higher entry fee was due to MLS' leeway provided to Beckham, allowing them to come in early would let them begin recouping their money faster, which should appease Nagle and the heavy investors. - Of the "shovel ready" franchises theirs is the only one with their eventual stadium all but fully approved. That's a simplified view of matters, to be sure, and doesn't take into account whether a) MLS really wants Sacramento or b) whether Nagle and SRFC can indeed work together. But it seems a solution that would provide the most appeal for everybody. Says I, anyway.
Won't happen for 2018. For 2019??? You never know....... And all the brouhaha playing out in public? Unless armageddon hits, things will work out. That's what I've heard. Nagle and Smith need each other. Bottom line. They both know this.
That sounds like a recipe for disaster. We know you're ownership is a mess, but we're going to bring you in under the assumption that even greater pressure will force you all to play nice together. When did that ever work? The Sac ownership needs to get its shit together. End of story. And I hope they do.
ahh you a little late to the party - checkout this @Rahbiefowlah's post from earlier http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads...ion-superthread.1997361/page-95#post-35088824
Can somebody compress this down into a nutshell for me please? Was Nagle a part owner of SRFC and when the bid was due he tried to grab the whole pie for himself by submitting a separate application with a different investment group?
I think this is as close as you'll get to a synopsis: http://www.si.com/planet-futbol/2017/02/01/sacramento-republic-mls-expansion-bid-kevin-nagle-usl
Did Warren ever talk to the York's, other investors before Nagle did? Wonder if he could have put together his own group without Naggle? Maybe get the Maloofs involved or something? Wonder why Warren just did not summit a bid himself and worry about merging the two later on?
I really wonder what the details are. Is Nagle or Warren being to greedy? Sounds like Nagle is trying to lowball Warren for the rights, and Warren (justifiably) is holding on to the Republic being worth more than they think, and he knows the bid is weak without the Republic part of it. Never underestimate the power of multimillionaires to muck up what good there can be for the regular folk.
I dont get it. I thought nagle and warren were both part of the same ownership group but i guess not. I wonder why they split themselves into 2 separate entities from the beginning? They kinda set themselves up to compete with each other for $ and control later down the road.