NASL Files Federal Antitrust Lawsuit Against US Soccer

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  1. AndyMead

    AndyMead Homo Sapien

    Nov 2, 1999
    Seat 12A
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    I get Cosmos emails

     
  2. ElNaranja

    ElNaranja Member+

    Houston Dynamo
    United States
    Jul 16, 2017
    Unprecedented instability in the lower leagues? Who is their drug dealer?
     
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  3. AndyMead

    AndyMead Homo Sapien

    Nov 2, 1999
    Seat 12A
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    I'm really curious as to FC St. Pauli's position on how to fix lower division professional soccer in the United States.
     
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  4. Baysider

    Baysider Member+

    Jul 16, 2004
    Santa Monica
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    :) And you should go! We haven’t heard enough minor league craziness recently.
     
  5. PTFC in KCMO

    PTFC in KCMO Member+

    Aug 12, 2012
    Club:
    Portland Timbers
    I guess new teams joining every league, every year, is technically instability.


    Sure. We will go with that.
     
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  6. kenntomasch

    kenntomasch Member+

    Sep 2, 1999
    Out West
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You guessed it...

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  7. wolfp10

    wolfp10 Member

    Sep 25, 2005
    Nothing says grassroots like a press conference on Park Avenue in Midtown.
     
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  8. Darkwing McQuack

    Darkwing McQuack BigSoccer Supporter

    Nov 11, 2011
    Morrisville, PA
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Commisso has bought Fiorentina for $185M. Says he’s going to stay committed to the Cosmos, but I doubt it. I think this was his way of getting out of the American game.
     
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  9. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    Why was such a big club so cheap? Debt?
     
  10. FoxBoro 143

    FoxBoro 143 Member+

    Jan 18, 2004
    MA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Italian soccer is a mess.
     
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  11. kenntomasch

    kenntomasch Member+

    Sep 2, 1999
    Out West
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    So how did the panel discussion the other day go? I would imagine the Prawn News Network was live-tweeting it, right?
     
  12. Bill Archer

    Bill Archer BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 19, 2002
    Washington, NC
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Commisso invested in the Cosmos with the certainty that he could elbow his way into MLS.

    I suspect it has begun to dawn on him that there simply is no path for the Cosmos to play first division soccer in the US.. None. Zero chance. He tried bullying, he tried bribing and hes tried the courts.

    He is now facing up to the reality, and owning a minor legue side holds no interest for his ego.

    I suspect you could buy the Cosmos pretty cheaply right now. Unfortunately, omly a fool would buy them at any price.
     
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  13. Gamecock14

    Gamecock14 Member+

    May 27, 2010
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    The entire allure of the NASL was that you could get into MLS for cheap. They were basically trying to pull a Trump-USFL. It's too bad that the Cosmos were not as brash as they could be. It would have been funny to see them offer to destroy the league in an attempt to join MLS.
     
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  14. BalanceUT

    BalanceUT RSL and THFC!

    Oct 8, 2006
    Appalachia
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    He'll fit right in.
     
  15. TheJoeGreene

    TheJoeGreene Member+

    Aug 19, 2012
    The Lubbock Texas
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    Gives everyone another villain instead of just hating Juventus for valid reasons.
     
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  16. Baysider

    Baysider Member+

    Jul 16, 2004
    Santa Monica
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Wait, he didn’t buy a Serie B club and then get them promoted? I thought that was how it worked in real leagues.
     
  17. Baysider

    Baysider Member+

    Jul 16, 2004
    Santa Monica
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Looking at the Swiss ramble they didn’t seem to have much debt. Maybe 15m euros in losses per year. But not much upside and the usual problems of Italian soccer.
     
  18. BalanceUT

    BalanceUT RSL and THFC!

    Oct 8, 2006
    Appalachia
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Maybe he wants to experience the relegation fight for his life that improves the league, first.
     
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  19. Stuart95

    Stuart95 Member+

    Mar 11, 2012
    NoVA
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    How long do you think it will be until he sues Serie A?
     
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  20. falvo

    falvo Member+

    Mar 27, 2005
    San Jose & Florence
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    Having worked for them and knowing everything about their club, Fiorentina are not really a big club and are a complete mess. On the other hand, Italian soccer clubs in general though, are still a force to be reckoned with and shouldn't be discounted that much.

    Watching Rai Network from Italy this morning, Commisso is making a lot of noise but I have my doubts he will do much more than Della Valle or Cecchi -Gori did before him.
     
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  21. DanGerman

    DanGerman Member+

    Aug 28, 2014
    New York City
    Club:
    New York City FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    He better be careful with what he says. If he goes in talking all big and doesn't deliver the ultras will turn on him super fast. Fiorentina aren't the Cosmos you can't dick around and expect some Leeway.
     
  22. soccermilitant

    soccermilitant Member+

    Jan 14, 2009
    St.paul
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    he probably blame SUM/USSF somehow if he fails
     
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  23. falvo

    falvo Member+

    Mar 27, 2005
    San Jose & Florence
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    #3173 falvo, May 26, 2019
    Last edited: May 26, 2019
    Quakes GM Jesse Fioranelli's dad also got in trouble for some crooked dealings with Roma before the club was sold to Boston's James Pallotta. Not sure what happened there though. I'm pretty sure Jesse left Roma for San Jose because he will have never done anything substantial had he stayed.

    Giorgio Chinaglia was also found guilty of fraud when trying to buy Lazio. He passed away before anything happened but from what I recall he was about to be extradited to Italy for court hearings. I doubt he would have gone but that was the plan.
     
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  24. falvo

    falvo Member+

    Mar 27, 2005
    San Jose & Florence
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    #3174 falvo, May 26, 2019
    Last edited: May 26, 2019
    No one ever knows or counts how much Serie A, B & C clubs make or get under the table. There are a lot of wheeling's and dealings done behind the scenes and under the table that most of us in the USA would never hear, see or even begin to think about.
     
  25. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    So, a bit more than FCC’s expansion fee, but cheaper than that fee plus the stadium costs.

    One might conclude that MLS’ business plan is pretty damn good.
     

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