2015-2016 Offseason for the SAS (NASL)

Billy Forbes FTW

 

It really all depends on what Gordon Hartman wants to do with the Scorpions. If it were me I would want to fire sale the franchise to the first person that comes on the lot. But perhaps it is more economically to just let the team go defunct. Did Hartman even renew his franchise with NASL?

Yet what is the monetary value of a stadium-less, manager-less NASL Franchise club?

I don't pretend to know the financial dynamics on this, but it seems to me there is no reason for Hartman to pour money into the scorpions to improve play on the pitch. Because there is very little up side if any. Even if scorpions field a team at all, it will probably be one of the poorest funded teams in the league and most likely end up at the bottom of the table again. Which is truly sad for the good fans of San Antonio.

Are revenues from ticket sales, broadcast agreements and other sources enough to offset the expenditures of running a competitive NASL franchise? Can someone show that it is anything other than break even situation at best for Hartman.

So why continue? Is there a possibility of selling the franchise to a willing buyer? and if so, who would want it. Where is the next NASL expansion city? Austin? And according to some NASL is at odds with US Soccer further diminishing the marketability of a home-less, somewhat dysfunctional club. There are very few cities that meet the new US Soccer criteria for an NASL city (2 million population and 15,000 seat arena). And those that do, like SSE, want direct ties to the MLS through a USL franchise.

I think the days of Scorpions are numbered and with less than two digit numbers.

One question I have is if you buy season tickets to a team becomes defunct will you get your money back? Or if the scorpions go back to Heroes Stadium, will prices be reduced? will anyone even attend the matches?

 

Chris Hockman‏@ChrisHSport
Hearing rumours that San Antonio are definitely out of 2016 NASL season draw, working on getting visual confirmation.

 

I'll always cherish what this club was to this city and me personally. Right there in the middle you can see the top of my head and that would be my oldest boy (turning 8 in Jan) on my shoulders holding up the T250, original Crocketteer scarf as we all marched in to the very first match ever.

 

http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2015/...ase-toyota-field-furthers-quest-land-mls-team

 

EVERYTHING MUST GO ! (even Cornfield)

 

Hartman isn't going anywhere ... no way he's still the owner if this franchise moves.

 

80% off, does that include the actual team?

 

So since it is official, should this forum get closed or moved to USL.

 

I'll be swinging by as there is a 10am-2pm final sale of everything .... hope I can at least get a couple kid's jerseys out of it or a shirt for the wife ...

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Just saw this posted; new season ticket prices for upcoming SA USL team. How do these prices compare with the Scorps last season?

 

So a couple of people have mentioned that this has to be the end of the Scorpions name, but why?

The Seattle Sounders, Portland Timbers, and Vancouver Whitecaps have all kept the same name through THREE different leagues (original NASL, A-League/USL, MLS).

Originally when the MLS ownership was starting out they wanted to get a fresh start and go with a new name, but the fans forced them to go back to being the Sounders. Couldn't SA fans do the same thing?

http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/sounders/mls-seattle-fans-can-write-in-vote-for-team-name/

Seattle’s Major League Soccer franchise that starts play next year could be known as one of three main options — or anything else. Even, perhaps, the Sounders.

That’s because the team elected to add a write-in choice as a fourth name option, giving the public the right to choose from the original three — the Seattle Alliance, Seattle FC and the Seattle Republic — or put in a different name.

Online voting at www.mlsinseattle.com starts tonight at midnight, so those who are awake late can log on and cast their votes. The process ends just before midnight next Monday, and the winning name will be revealed at a news conference that can be viewed live on the team site at 11 a.m. April 7.

“We received nearly 6,000 submissions for a total of 2,382 suggested team names,” MLS Seattle majority owner Joe Roth said in a statement from the club. “We are committed to build one of the fan-friendliest teams in the league.”

The Sounders name, which currently belongs to the minor-league soccer team in Seattle, was initially left out of the naming options as the team expressed its desire to go in a different direction.

 

Aren't they going to be the Quicksilvers? Who would be stopping the new club from taking the name Scorpions?

 

What about calling them San Antonio FC? Some of the European teams have no mascot.

 

Training in Minnesota

https://www.instagram.com/p/_-Ro8KNZ3H/

 

San Antonio SC is even better. There is no word(s) in the English (or Spanish) language, of which I know, that captures the essence and heart of San Antonio like the name "San Antonio".

 

BREAKING: Head Coach and @USL Franchise Announcement set for 2 p.m. tomorrow from @ToyotaField. pic.twitter.com/6frE0U1xdc

— San Antonio FC (@SanAntonioFC) January 6, 2016

Officially official tomorrow.