this is a pretty good article, with some good info i thought. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/mls/2002/mls_cup/news/2002/10/18/mls_garber/
my oh my has MLS come a long way. Sports Illustrated wrote that. Remember that when you are reading it.
sorry, had to highlight that one nice for the fire... and shouldn't the crew have been added to that list? but then again, i guess they need a stadium
If you look here, you will note that it was already posted.... https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=19840 Maybe a moderator can combine the threads....
those are different articles, the thread you linked to has a grant wahl article... this one has a reuters article
I think they meant that the Revs and Rapids are owned by the same people who control the stadium and are a priorty even if only a secondary tenant. The Crew are the primary tenant as mentioned earlier in the article. They were divding the teams into the own, rents with good deals, and the rest.
I think in 2 years Columbus will be one of the teams that own their own home too. Not sure why you think that's a funny comment...
"The New York franchise was incompetently managed, with close to 200 players and six coaches passing through in just seven seasons[.]" Was? ....
because the way it was written makes me think that the author meant that they don't currently have their own stadium and to the guy above... the rapids are owned by aeg... not whomever owns the broncos (not sure who that is... but it ain't anschutz) kc and new england have owners that have mls and nfl teams... hunt has the chiefs and the wizards, kraft has the revs and pats -jim
All he said was, "In 2 years it is likely that 4 MLS teams will own their own homes or be in the process of building their own homes"
Excellent article! This is the type of mainstream press flattery that soccer needs. Personally, I agree with every bit of it too. Yes Hunt's health is disturbing, but realistically, people with enough money to buy professional sports teams tend to be in their 60's and he's owned the KC Chiefs for quite a while before he helped found MLS. If MLS can get to a point where it consistently breaks even (or makes even a little money) then there will be many more investors interested. SSS are the key. Let's face it, our league is really two devoted guys, Anschutz who is suffering along with the telco meltdown, and Hunt, who is older. What we need is shovels in the dirt in Harrison, NJ and somewhere in the Dallas metropolitan area. With Columbus, Los Angeles, New York, Dallas, New England and Kansas City essentially owning the stadium and revenue flows, they'll all be hot properties and probably not hard to find an investor. That's 6 out of 10 right there, and given the strong local support for DC, Chicago and Colorado I think those could find owners as well. That would ensure the league continues even if real life forces our saints out of their MLS committments. The Bay Area has the people, but I just don't think San Jose has shown the devotion to the sport at Spartan Stadium. I wouldn't be surprised to see them move closer in to either San Francisco or Oakland. -Tron
If Lamar Hunt is in poor health, then he's sure as hell hiding it pretty damned well. He's at every Chiefs game, and was at a number of the Wizards games late in the season and looked fine. I talked to him at the 2nd to last home game of the regular season, and he seemed in perfect health.
Lamar's in ill health? Someone should have told him that when he went to the WC and saw every WC stadium throughout the month. I saw him at the KC v Cbus Open Cup match and spoke with him and he looked good to me.
Even if Lamar is in poor health (and I doubt he is), I wouldn't be worried that much. Some morons in KC complain that his sons care more about the Wizards than the Chiefs. Admittedly part of that is because all you have to do to make money in the NFL is to show up, but all accounts I hear they are committed to the Wizards regardless of their father's condition.