FC Tepper's Millions makes even an older NFL venue look good. I'm feeling pretty good about my recent guesstimate putting Las Vegas and Phoenix up...
Let me try this again, and then I should probably stop picking at it. I think I basically agree with where you're going. I think we're also...
I get that simple has its appeal. I'd honestly be pretty cool with it. I can't bring myself to believe that MLS will give up on inter-regional...
MLS and Liga MX are going to keep trying things until they succeed at driving enough interest to generate more money from each other's core...
No, you're right, I didn't math that correctly. I was unconsciously doing the math for a 32-team, 8x4 configuration, instead of a 36 team 9x4...
This feels like it's a pretty good fit. With 36 teams and 4 divisions (yes, spread into 2 conferences to organize playoffs), you get: 14 games...
Omigosh not Raleigh, I'm so off-kilter. I need to seriously think before I post. Tepper=Charlotte. I totally meant Charlotte and let myself get...
Who's next? Glory Glory Sacramento! After that? Prolly Raleigh. I think they want Tepper's money too badly. Phoenix will get Sacramento'd...
Sac Bee article on ownership search, with a surprise regarding a tie-in to the Crew relocation:...
Thanks for spotting that! There was an RSJ thread here that I remeber frequently when SJE was a dormant franchise and this forum was in the...
Yeah, maybe. I wonder if they really want to have to sift through a four-headed realignment headache every time they expand for the foreseeable...
This is how I think it's going to work out, too. I think that long-term the league wants to go to 24+ teams to corner as many of the bigger...
Re: 2011 conference alignment You know, I was looking for the other thread and still missed it. Some days it doesn't pay to get out of bed....
2011 conference alignment I've seen this foating around a few of the other forums, so I thought I'd ask you fine folks: Assuming that MLS...
It actually makes plenty of sense at 16 to 18 teams. However, the league isn't going to stop at 18. IMHO, they're shooting to grow to 22 or 24...
Must've missed that. Oh well. :o
After seeing a few pics from the game last night, I'm surprised that no one has commented on the virtually all-black kit trimmed out with blue...
I think I'm with SJAnfield here. According to Google, it's roughly the same distance in drive time to Commerce City (8h41m) as it is to Bridgeview...
Yeah, interesting math, no? Maybe multiple rivalry games, home and away? I dunno how Luis has it figured, but if they get bigger than 20, they'll...
IMHO, I don't think MLS will go to three divisions yet. I think they like determining the Cup finalists via the conference championships in the...
I'll be sad to see them leave Stockton. It's not as though the arena's making a ton of cash and can afford to turn them away. I hope they can...
It's not as though they couldn't lease a mid-size arena (like Stockton) for the weekend, but with those attendance numbers I'm not sure it'd be...
Sorry you had to be on the receiving end of that. ;) I hope my Aggies don't go completely in the tank next year after graduating 10 seniors....
Hehe, funny :D There's the understated profile-boosting effect that Hucks has for SJE in England. Who needs Boy Spice?
Yeah, you can tell it really took the wind out of their sails. I like that the photographer had the presence of mind to pan over to them. Ah,...