Truth hurts. NASL to this point has been a dysfunctional mess. He has every right to be happy he's out.
oh sure I understand that aspect...but a part of me wants only what is best for the game...kicking a dying dog ain't much fun unless you a sadist...
Not really an apt analogy since the NASL and USL are both "dogs". But running with it you would remove a dead dog that was blocking your path so you could proceed. In this case the dead dog being NASL.
The Cosmos owner is tangible good news but the rest, I don't know. A good business plan would have specific and public strategies for reaching reasonable goals such as an additional four teams in the next three years. Talking about 18 teams in two years seems like they're just saying anything so that they don't get relegated.
That or they're serious about going to 18 but are going to take the "throw excrement at the wall and see what sticks" approach to adding teams. Which as we've seen far too many times before only works for a very short period of time. However USSF hasn't had an issue with it in the past. Perhaps NASL is hoping they won't this time too.
The butthurt is strong with this one. Still waiting for all the NASL fanbois hereabouts to say what (if any) part of Bill's tirade ain't true. One thing's for sure - any league that puts out capital calls to its franchise owners to prop up other franchises ain't much of a league.
You do know that Capital calls were standard for MLS until perhaps a few years back. right? Now they were different, it was a contract and every operator knew how much it would be each year. It was not the emergency call of RayoKC can't make payroll, gives us a few hundred thousand dollars type calls.
Public? This isn't a publicly traded company, they have no responsibility to make anything public. For a business plan to be good it doesn't have to be public, most companies do not make business plans public unless there is a law or court order requiring them to make it public.
Yes and no. After all, they're not revealing no information now. The leaked information is an effort to persuade people (cities, potential owners, fans, the soccer establishment, the media) that the NASL is a viable operation. They could have chosen to say "we're only going to give out information privately and you'll just have to trust us". But they don't have a lot of credibility here. One way to build credibility is being public with realistic plans. Since the best they seem to be able to do is rumors of unrealistic plans, it raises doubts. MLS isn't publicly traded but they're pretty clear about their plans.
I'm sure they tell their potential business partner and the USSF, but there is no reason or need for them to release that information to the public. Being public with your business plan is irrelevant to it being a good business plan or not, which was my point.
On the news front, it appears both NASL and USL will be giving their presentations until late afternoon. Also, Commiso/Cosmos update: As long as NASL gets D2, he will buy team, they'll play spring and fall season at MCU Park, staff and players get paid, some of whom are being offered their jobs back. Very good news
Here the article Commisso and the Cosmos, Seamus’ role, back pay and a future home at MCU http://www.empireofsoccer.com/commi...role-back-pay-and-a-future-home-at-mcu-56805/
I'm glad the Comos hopefully won't fold but they really need to change things wholesale if they expect to survive more then a few years. The direction of the club should be strictly a local focus first and foremost, get people going to the games and try to keep them coming back. Don't just plop yourself down in Coney Island and say "come see the Cosmos take over the world!!", F'n work on surviving first!!
Columbia Lions average about 4,000. Just introduce local and business parking permits and make people travel there by train.
What I don't understand is shouldn't an owner finance or partially finance his team? How can he complain about the NASL telling him that? Isn't that the leagues job to see if an owner can pay expenses?
I'm an advocate for Prog/Rel. The D1 team with the worst record goes down. The D2 champions get a copy of Peter Gabriel era Genesis album, "A Lamb Lies Down on Broadway".