NASL Files Federal Antitrust Lawsuit Against US Soccer

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  1. Egbert Sousé

    Egbert Sousé Member

    NYCFC
    May 25, 2013
    nyc
    Club:
    New York City FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Too big.
     
  2. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The crazy thing is that the Cosmos brand means nothing to anyone under 50.
     
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  3. profiled

    profiled Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 7, 2000
    slightly north of a mile high
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    I don't think that's true.

    It means something different to people > 50 then it does to the people know who romanticize and hold it up as something it isn't now, and honestly never really was.
     
  4. PTFC in KCMO

    PTFC in KCMO Member+

    Aug 12, 2012
    Club:
    Portland Timbers
    Im 38. To me the Cosmos brand means ignorance, stupidity, incompetence, and delusions of grandeur.
     
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  5. jayd8888

    jayd8888 Member+

    Aug 22, 2006
    Denver CO
    39

    Trolling, caring about EA Sports more than soccer in the USA, and twitter rants about stuff beyond my comprehension.
     
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  6. profiled

    profiled Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 7, 2000
    slightly north of a mile high
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    38 here too, and to me, it is more, some "the good old days" fantasy, twisted so far from reality, and used for nefarious purposes that it's essentially a parody at this point.
     
  7. jaykoz3

    jaykoz3 Member+

    Dec 25, 2010
    Conshohocken, PA
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    39, and I couldn't put my thoughts on the Cosmos Brand to me any better then you fine gents already have.

    Honestly, The NY Cosmos, and their "Brand" are irrelevant to me. Always have been. The fact that their "Organization" blamed the refs for losing to the Union in the USOC back in 2014 says it all. They even tried to start a brawl late in extra time as well.

    Perhaps if they had focused all of their time and energy on building an actual club with actual infrastructure, today wouldn't have happened. But no, they spent all of their time and energy bloveating about the injustices of the USSF, the EVIL colluded partnership of SUM/MLS/USSF, hoe they were division 2 in name only (well actually.....they had that part right), how MLS couldn't thrive let alone survive without them, etc...

    The Cosmos and the NASL spent their time more concerned with the evil MLS and how Don Garber and company were holding them down. Never shying away from any opportunity to sling mud at MLS, and the USSF as well.....ll the while the USSF and MLS took the high road. Hell the USSF even gave them waivers for nearly 8 seasons!!!

    Anyways, this saga and this "brand" can't go away fast enough for me.
     
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  8. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Wish I had the skills to photoshop Commisso and Silva into this poster...

    [​IMG]
    (or: whoever loses, we win)
     
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  9. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It was Silva who persuaded him that the Cosmos would be a good investment.
     
  10. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  11. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  12. jaykoz3

    jaykoz3 Member+

    Dec 25, 2010
    Conshohocken, PA
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    His arrogance is truly impressive!

    New Drinking game: Take a drink everytime Rocco says "you know" during this conference call :ROFLMAO::sick::sleep:
     
  13. Revolusean

    Revolusean Member

    Aug 27, 2009
    Worcester, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Oh god, that audio is great, all riiiiiight. The first 10 minutes is Rocco's rambling intro thoughts, but then the Q&A is chaotic gold, okaaay
     
  14. TheJoeGreene

    TheJoeGreene Member+

    Aug 19, 2012
    The Lubbock Texas
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    42. I don't have anything to add about the Cosmos, but at least I still have about 6 more months of being the answer to life, the universe, and everything.
     
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  15. GunnerJacket

    GunnerJacket Moderator
    Staff Member

    Sep 18, 2003
    Gainesville, GA
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    47. For me the Cosmos haven't played since NASL 1.0
     
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  16. kenntomasch

    kenntomasch Member+

    Sep 2, 1999
    Out West
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    No, "Geographic Area FC" or "FC Geographic Area" shows you put zero thought into your team's identity.

    This involved thought. Messed-up thought, but more thought than Geographic Area FC.
     
  17. kenntomasch

    kenntomasch Member+

    Sep 2, 1999
    Out West
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You know both of those teams moved before the trend of moved teams rebranding took hold, right?

    With few exceptions (like the Kansas City Chiefs, for one and the Baltimore Orioles for another, though there was ample reason for that one), when teams prior to about....oh, I don't know, maybe when Modell decamped for Baltimore, it's late and I'm too lazy to check...they kept their nicknames. No one really thought about whether they should have picked a name that was less Minneapolis and more Los Angeles in 1960 or whether they should have picked a name that made sense for Utah instead of New Orleans in 1979.

    Brooklyn-Los Angeles Dodgers
    New York-San Francisco Giants
    Boston-Milwaukee-Atlanta Braves
    Philadelphia-Kansas City-Oakland Athletics
    Cincinnati-Kansas City-KC/Omaha-Sacramento Kings

    among others.

    Now we think of it as "Of course, if a team moves, they almost never keep the name." It's not even an issue. But that wasn't the case then.
     
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  18. JayRockers!

    JayRockers! Member+

    Aug 4, 2001
    The Syracuse Nationals did just so when they became the Philadelphia 76ers in 1963.

    Thx,

    Jay!
     
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  19. JasonMa

    JasonMa Member+

    Mar 20, 2000
    Arvada, CO
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I've got 8 days left of being the answer. :D
     
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  20. Red Card

    Red Card Member+

    Mar 3, 1999
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Rochester Royals-Cincinnati Royals-KC/Omaha Kings-KC Kings-Sacramento Kings
     
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  21. Papillon Soo Soo

    Jan 17, 2012
    Yes agreed. One of those shows some imagination. Problem is it's so bad that it's actually ********ing worse than Place FC.

    I live in SD. My coworkers are American sports fans who casually engage with me about my interest in domestic soccer. Having to tell them/explain our new local team's name to them the next day at the office was someone playing a cruel joke on me.
     
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  22. Elninho

    Elninho Member+

    Sacramento Republic FC
    United States
    Oct 30, 2000
    Sacramento, CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Note that Silva tried to force pro/rel, while Commisso filed a lawsuit that, if successful, would forever end the possibility of pro/rel.
     
  23. Green and BLue

    Green and BLue Member+

    Seattle Sounders FC
    Nov 3, 2003
    Republic of Cascadia
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Cosmos 2.0 was all about talking like you're the second coming of the Pele-era Cosmos while putting out a team that might not even be on par with pre-Pele Cosmos.

    It's like thinking you're still Cosmo Kramer when you're Michael Richards at the Laugh Factory and a group of minorities arrived late for your set.
     
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  24. AndyMead

    AndyMead Homo Sapien

    Nov 2, 1999
    Seat 12A
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City

    Cincinnati Royals became the Kansas City-Omaha Kings. Mainly because the Kansas City Royals already existed.

    Of course theme-wise Real Kansas City would've made more sense than Real Salt Lake. The American Royal is a livestock show that has taken place in Kansas City since around 1900. Throw in the (as far as I know) unrelated naming of the Kansas City Monarchs, then KC has a long history of names along that line for sports teams.

    The NBA team was originally the alliteratively named Rochester Royals before they became the Cincinnati Royals. The Kansas City-Omaha/Kansas City Kings became the Sacramento Kings.
     
  25. El-ahrairah

    El-ahrairah Member+

    Sep 20, 2004
    Wanker County
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Actually, many people did think that the team should have picked a name that was more suited to Utah, but they were so happy to get an NBA franchise after the Utah Stars were left out in the cold when the NBA-ABA merger happened that they kind of said "Who cares! We have an NBA team now!!".

    Personally, I thought they should have gone with the Utah Stars since the name was known and had some history behind it (they won the ABA title once).
     
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