Oh, poppycock. And sexist poppycock at that. Mud wrestling doesn't get better ratings than the NFL. Sexploitation didn't save the XFL. Competition is just as tough in the sex entertainment business as it is in the sports entertainment business. "Women Should Play in Skirts" hasn't worked too well for field hockey. If somebody wants to sell sex, then they should just sell sex; open a strip club. Soccer only gets in the way.
2005 Re-Launch Los Angeles San Jose Dallas Portland Atlanta Boston Carolina Philadelphia Columbus Rochester Single Table, Home and Home, 18 Games, Regular Season Champ is League Champion...
Speaking of Dallas I'm really hoping that the Nov. 2 game w/ Mexico inspires Mr. Hunt to move a WUSA team to Big D.
i am sorry but you have to go to washington. you can't avoid a soccer market that big (and with plenty of money to spend on the sport).
Here is my take. WESTERN DIVISION Los Angeles San Jose Dallas or Chicago Portland Columbus EASTERN DIVISION Atlanta Boston Carolina Philadelphia or Washington Rochester or New York Play Teams In Divison, Home and Away Play Teams Out of Division, Once Total = 13 Games (save money on team's travel) For Championship, top three teams in the each division go to the playoffs. EAST Team 2 plays home with WEST Team 3 and WEST TEAM 2 plays home with EAST Team 3 in one game quarterfinal game in the first week. EAST Team 1 and WEST Team 1 get a bye. Winner of the first set of playoff games plays the Team 1 of each division, use a lottery to determined schedule (I think is the fairest way). Winner of the second week of semi-finals playoff games goes to Championship game. Got to remember, the playoff games brings more people to the stadium than regular league games and generate alot of more press and excitement about the league. Total= 5 Games for the series of the Playoffs Games and Championship Game 18 GAMES TOTAL for the ENTIRE LEAGUE
I like your setup for the league. I just hope that the league can develop investor interest so that they can expand. In my heart though, I think that WUSA in the future will probably be smaller. Of the original 8 teams, I think that the only teams that are safe from the axe if the league is reformed are Boston and Washington. Those soccer markets are just too big to ignore. I anticipate a 6 team league in some form but who knows. I really hope that Atlanta still has a team but it is just too early to say if we will or if the league will even exist. The loss of foreign players would really hurt the Beat as well. I have stated previously that we need to move in a different direction than Hooper for our scoring but losing Nonen, Sawa and Pohlers would be devastating. I guess every team would get hit in this way and we should just worry about having a league first and foremost. If the league were to use your format above, they might consider playing like oldstyle MLB and just play the teams in your division during the regular season. Everyone would play the teams in their division home and home twice for a total of a 16 game regular season. They may even want to expand this to home and home three times for a 24 game regular season in order to generate more gate receipts. Money could be saved by taking buses between venues instead of airfare for some matchups. Anyway, thanks for the food for thought.