10/13 Couldn't get a job as a phy ed teacher

Discussion in 'MLS: News & Analysis' started by kpaulson, Oct 13, 2003.

  1. sanariot

    sanariot Member

    Nov 19, 2001
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  2. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
  3. mpruitt

    mpruitt Member

    Feb 11, 2002
    E. Somerville
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Re: Re: 10/13 Couldn't get a job as a phy ed teacher

    Nike's looking to edge out Adidas for world soccer brand superiority. In exchange for covering the entire thing in swooshes, let's talk Phil Knight into building a local state-of-the-art, soccer-only stadium, like the facility outside L.A. that was selected to host the Cup final.

    hmm. That's thinking pretty optimistically, and this too.

    Soccer now has some cool cache in my Gen-X, which grew up playing the game,

    Great to see the spirit but this guy just seems to be a little ill informed.
     
  4. Sandon Mibut

    Sandon Mibut Member+

    Feb 13, 2001
    Man, that Newsday article is the ultimate tough-love story about the WUSA. I'm sure it hurts for the players, officials and fans of WUSA to read, but they are foolish to ignore what is written in that piece.

    Oh, and a certain Foudy reference in the story just might spark some dialogue here on BS.
     
  5. kpaulson

    kpaulson New Member

    Jun 16, 2000
    Washington DC
    Re: Re: 10/13 Couldn't get a job as a phy ed teacher

    I dunno.
    I think the writer's probably guilty of basing this assumption that the entrance of foreign players in the NBA and MLB means the sports are more popular abroad.

    But I think he's probably right. Basketball is doing ok in many parts of Europe and, even here, where the professional league doesn't really exist, it seems like I see more hoops and more kids playing it. South America is obviously producing better basketball players too :( It's not like it's anywhere near soccer, but I think it probably outshines more regional "global" games like cricket, rugby and baseball...
     
  6. Davids26

    Davids26 Member

    May 31, 2000
  7. mpruitt

    mpruitt Member

    Feb 11, 2002
    E. Somerville
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    You're right on about that. I'm sure some of us MLS fans like these types of articles because we can say, 'oh that won't happen to us.' I think the good news out of that is that MLS isn't involved in any revival plans. It's amazign to me that there seems that there was this sense of arrogance with the people running the leauge when really what you need is exactly the opposite.
     
  8. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Re: Re: Re: 10/13 Couldn't get a job as a phy ed teacher

    Actually, I was just "Ooookaying" the baseball part. It's undeniable that basketball's a global sport now (and not a "regional global sport" -- good distinction, there), with still more potential for growth. But baseball? It's my favorite sport after soccer (well, tied with rugby union), but I don't see it growing anywhere it's not already established. We might get a few more Australian pitchers, but they'll essentially be cricket players who don't like the running that bowling requires (a joke that Graham Lloyd made once, IIRC).

    Surprisingly, there are more baseball players in Brazil than one might expect, but that's largely because of a fairly sizeable Japanese population.
     
  9. Northside Rovers

    Jan 28, 2000
    Austin TX
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    We're those people idiots??? They turned down an offer from ESPN and then opted out 2 years early on their TNT deal?? To go to PAX?

    Those are mind-numbingly moronic decisions.

    Its always great when Quaker Oats execs or Gatorade execs try and run a sport. Fabulous results.

    What was Doug Logan;s background? Don Garber wasn't heading up a pizza chain when he got the MLS job and he has done a fine job overall, to date.
     
  10. HalaMadrid

    HalaMadrid Member

    Apr 9, 1999
    When Hendricks, the Discovery cable TV executive whom the players affectionately call "St. John" for his devotion to their cause, asked the MLS to devise a start-up business plan for a women's league - only to say no thanks - it wasn't forgotten by MLS. Neither was Foudy's comment that the women's players didn't want MLS "riding on our coattails."

    Boy, did she ever pull a Foudy.

    Oh, wait...
     
  11. mpruitt

    mpruitt Member

    Feb 11, 2002
    E. Somerville
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Rovers was that last part about Logan a joke?
    Does anyone know anything more about the WUSA tv deal, what was the circumstance where they 'opted' out of the TNT deal, it would seem that there would have to be more to it than that. One would hope at least. It is interesting that the writer metions that they didn't like their time slot so chose to go head to head with MLS. I find it ironic that the more informationa that has come out about how the WUSA handled its buisness the more feul has been thrown on the fire for all these people who are Anti-Foudy types.
     
  12. sachinag

    sachinag New Member

    Jun 19, 2001
    Saint Louis, MO
    I may be entirely off base here, but I think WUSA was forced to "opt out" of their TNT deal by TNT due to piss poor ratings.
     
  13. mpruitt

    mpruitt Member

    Feb 11, 2002
    E. Somerville
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    yeah that would seem the more likely scenerio wouldnt it, but the author of the article doesn't seem to indicate thats what happend.
     
  14. Northside Rovers

    Jan 28, 2000
    Austin TX
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Not really - I forget what he did before he became commissioner, besides the fact that he likes Rugby.

    My point was that Garber got derided early on because of his NFL background but its pretty clear that he has done a very good job and that a lot of that success is due to his professional sports background experience, moreso than being a Quaker Oats exec helps you run a league.
     
  15. mpruitt

    mpruitt Member

    Feb 11, 2002
    E. Somerville
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    well... i don't know if this has been posted before, but.

    http://rugbymag.com/archive/2001/august/interview.htm

    Doug Logan is an international sports and entertainment executive who recently reached an agreement with USA Rugby to create a professional rugby league in the United States, tentatively planned to start in 2003.
     
  16. mpruitt

    mpruitt Member

    Feb 11, 2002
    E. Somerville
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    This former Commissioner, who had lived in Cuba as a youngster, started a business that handles cultural exchanges of people from the U.S. to Cuba. Doug has taken these tour groups about five times a year, first starting with soccer teams. He is also partners with Alan Bloom, former Ringling executive, in a new traveling attraction, geared to Hispanic audiences. ... I dunno. Theres a small resume thing there at the bottom but...?

    http://www.teamworkonline.com/fa_show.cfm?fname=20010531_settings.txt
     
  17. dcc134

    dcc134 Member+

    Liverpool FC
    May 15, 2000
    Hummelstown, PA
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The women can't really be blamed for having big heads when they kicked off the WUSA, but I have absolutely no sympathy for them now that they have squandered the kitty.
     

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