I'm actually quite happy to see you flailing your arms wildly, gnashing your teeth, howling at the moon, and foaming at the mouth with...
- MLS deserves credit for massive improvements. I would agree that if you look at the season as a whole and in a vacuum only, it is tolerable....
Except the thread is littered with folks calling critics of the lines sensitive, whiners, snobs, etc. It's not a case of critics being sensitive....
There's no need to justify it...the lines suck, it impacts presentation, and detracts from the game. Everyone knows it. People who get upset...
Those criticizing NFL lines have been insulted quite a bit in this thread.
Indeed, it is all about your metric. If your metric of "success" is merely to have a team that is financially successful for the owners and not...
Except you only have one successful model to tout: Seattle. And for reasons already explained, we have every reason to think Seattle is an...
KC is an excellent SSS model to emulate. This should be the model for all expansion teams.
Grass, in the long run, is better than both. Whatever argument one might make that a torn up grass field may, in some isolated case, be worse...
Long term, grass is better than both. It's not lazy on my end b/c we have a dearth of apples to apples comparisons and are forced to come up...
It's quite lazy. We all make reasonable judgments about things that haven't actually occurred on a daily basis. If we didn't, we'd all play in...
Just because something is conjecture doesn't mean you can automatically dismiss it if it's reasonable nonetheless. Of course we don't know how...
Even assuming, which I don't, name is so drastically different, do you seriously you hold to the position that if you slapped a NFL grid iron on...
If the funds are not there for SSS's in a given market, I say stop league expansion until there is. Don't force a square peg through a round hole...
Most other US sports do not have to deal with the same level of intrusions on their sports that soccer does in the US. Seasons have less overlap...
When you're talking about coke, nike, or something so big that it is generically accepted, voicing consumers are the minority. When you're...
Except it does matter...as evidenced by the reaction. Arguing against consumer demand is like arguing against someone's color preference. Your...
I admire your dedication, but you are not a typical consumer. Most people do not buy a product no matter what its purveyors do to it. It's a...
People are "gnashing their teeth" for several reasons... - MLS has just invested enormous time/resources into making and selling a product to...
#1 rule of marketing...never arrogantly dismiss your consumers. Not caring about your consumers not consuming your product is a formula for...
Actually, I've seen Hull City and other BPL matches where the field is in poor condition and/or some other "visual" issue is a problem and it does...
There are a lot of practical reasons why field turf/NFL lines creep up to this day. I respect that. Still doesn't mean it's not a problem. It...
Chivas has not imposed an all-American rule. They have imposed an all-Hispanic rule, which is a problem here and in the EU. Your feelings that...
A lawsuit can be brought by anyone associated with Chivas. MLS's assessment of the risks are irrelevant. You also over-estimate the extent to...
Frankly, I don't know how MLS's and/or Chiva's general counsel has signed off on this. Chivas is an employer like any other in the US, subject to...