Well, I'm a St. Pauli fan, and I actually contributed to their fundraiser -- as in, actually giving them cash money, son -- so "the romance of...
I'm not a "plastic bandwagon fan". Matter of fact, I even bought a couple of shares in Eibar -- because they were selling them as a fundraiser in...
*shakes head* *blinks* Clearly, we're talking past each other here. So let me repeat myself: promotion and relegation has nothing to do with the...
I hold no brief for owners. No one's worried about them making money; I'm certainly not. What I am interested in is teams becoming established....
Damn, don't I feel like a fool. That's what I get for posting off the cuff. Thanks for the links -- saving now.
Not only has it not happened, it's exceedingly unlikely that it would happen. None of the Big Four leagues' constitutions are public, but I'd be...
It's also got the advantage of having a plausible theory of change, as well as creating a grassroots movement that's not just limited to how a...
That's a nice foil hat you're wearing. Have you finally cracked the code, and figured out these shadow organizations? Seriously, though, you...
Wish I could "rep" this, but I don't know how. Anyway, this is all good stuff.
Sorry, @Yoshou! Anyway: a "pure" free market would kill La Liga because the vast majority of the teams are economically propped up by the...
It's a little of both. The league bought out the Vergaras, so in that sense, they're leaving on their own, but it's not like MLS is bidding them a...
Actually, no. I'm me. And you're still a pedant, banging away on a keyboard. ("Thou art Tommasch"? Really? Ooooh, you really told me there.)...
Yeah, you know what? You're right. On reflection, where I'd see OASA coming into play is through a fairly convoluted litigation process. You could...
It's not impossible that I'll wake up Sunday morning having won the lottery, but I wouldn't base any kind of planning or strategy around it. You...
In theory, yes. In theory, I could also be dating Anna Kendrick. In the real world, that would be a gigantic cluster******** that would see all...
Well, that's informative. Who is organizing? What are they doing -- other than just tweeting and posting on boards? Because if that's all they're...
Sure. The act is an amendment of the Amateur Sports Act of 1978. That law gave a federal charter to the U.S. Olympic Committee, and it also...
I just find it hilarious that in a 22-page thread about promotion and relegation, no one's mentioned the Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act of...