Can someone explain this?

without it they might not win a game...

 

He was traded back to Chicago so he could retire a Chicago player.

 

f(__) this s(___).

Nowak was traded to Revs for whatever or whoever. He decided to retire. Revs got their whoever/whatever back..

Now the fire get someone?

"He was traded back to Chicago so he could retire a Chicago player."

and it didn't end.. if this was ANY OTHER team (exception LA, NY, DC) you'd hear the end of it...

This is known as the "Marquee Player Replacement Rule." If a "Marquee Player" leaves a team, the team gets an allocation.

Best example I can think of "JW Perez, Allocated to Columbus Crew in March 2000 for loss of Stern John."

Now because we insist on youth who are either cut, released, traded, or other players who go to England, we don't see a lot of this. It really doesn't help us when we don't get big name players. Teams like f*re who get big names left and right see this almost every year.


Columbus - Leads league in attendance and season tickets sold. First team with specific training grounds and currently only SSS in the league.

MLS - eff columbus, they can live without our help, let's help ************ teams like metrosucks, fire and dirty c___t united

 

Fixed your post.

You shouldn't speak the FULL nickname of that "team" from up north, Krypto.

MLS - Making up the rules as we go, since 1996.

 

i think it was on mlsnet.com, either there or here on BS... it compared MLS rules to "Calvinball".

 

Actually, Krypto, Calvinball has more structure to it

Next thing you know, Mathis will be out for the year, and the Pukes will get an allocation out of it

 

I think that when Chicago traded Nowak to New England, there was a clause stating Chicago would retain the rights to any allocation received in the event Nowak retired. I think that's worded correctly. If that's the case, don't be pissed at MLS; give credit to Chicago for slipping that into the trade.

 

It wasn't directed at you my fine hippie friend. It's more pre-emptive "strike" against the inevitable "We always get screwed" retort.

 

I don't think it will be that much of an issue....Chicago's going to be the doormat this year....we'll some em...

-PB20

 

It just seems wrong, that's all.

Props to Peter Wilt for pulling a fast one. Still hate the F*re though .....

 

"We always get screwed!!!!!!"


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Damn!! FF already had the pre-emptive strike against my retort!

 

I didn't take it as "we got screwed". I took it as seeing another example of the big market teams getting a bit more "love" than the others.

With that said, I hope that Ned Flanders (a.k.a. Crew GM Smith) can be just as creative in his trades and dealings.

 

It's that new P.E. license. Have the power, too, someday you will.

 

I thought the trade was voided when Nowak retired. NE got their draft pick back as if the trade never happened. Therefore, Nowak was still a F*re player when he retired and any allocation, deserved or undeserved, would have gone to Chicago.

I know we got Perez as an allocation for Stern John. Does anyone remember who we got for Caligiuri when he was re-allocated to LA, or for Friedel when he went to England?

 

I am STILL wondering what "future considerations" we got from New England for trading Juergen Sommer to them a few years ago.

 

I wanna say Sommer for Friedel. Don't know about who we got for Paul.

Andy, I wanna say we got a draft pick. Don't know for sure though.

 

didnt they get rid of the marquee replacement rule a while a go?

 

They did. I thought that rule took effect here. I was wrong.

Like previously said, Fire keep the allocation, because it was written into the trade.