Thanks Linda P. for the e-mail about this article. http://chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/4335141.html Wow, just, wow.
Two paragraphs down it says Lieweekly announce he WOULD meet with potential local buyers this week. Figure that one out. Luck is just hoping they don't sell. He wouldn't have a job with Club America. These guys are bastards just trying to extort a stadium out of Houston.
I hope AEG stays in control. Then, after another year of this crap, most of our guys will probably want to come back to SJ to play!
After what AEG did to San Jose fans I don't trust them with our Dynamo. I hope this is just posturing. Then again -- who can ever tell with their track record?
The only thing you can trust about AEG is that they will be looking out for themselves. They will lie and posture to extort your city into building them a stadium. Sure, they've got the money, but they would rather your city pony up so they can sell the team and keep the new venue(some times knows as an SSS) in thier control for concerts. I hope for your(and other fan's) sake that they do sell the team to an ownership group with local roots who really care about your community. FAEG!!!
I just have to bring attention to Albany's sig. I love this quote. Did he say this on a broadcast of some kind? "And they still have got the soul of San Jose Earthquakes. I'm sorry, but...No, I'm not sorry; I'm proud to say it: They were a crackin' team in San Jose; It was a tragedy how they were ripped away from the Bay Area--and they've taken it to Houston and given them a beautiful present." -- Ray Hudson, 8 Nov. 2006
If you read the Houston thread, they are realistic and realize that AEG is all about concert stadiums (I.e. entertainment) and are just using SSS as a smoke screen. A few AEG apologists still use the "well at least they started MLS" (which I'm still thankful, but doesn't cover up their past actions in the SJ market). I'm hoping that the Quakes fan can look back 5-10 years from know and say that we have a team and local ownership and it was the best thing getting rid of AEG. However, 2-4 years of not going to games with my kids will never be made up... FUAEG!
I feel your pain. Expect AEG to sell to Club America, or if you're really lucky, local investors. There's no chance that AEG will keep the club in the long run. FIFA insists that they get down to one team. That one team will be the filthy, evil, league-favored, water-stealing, smog-breathing, satan-worshipping galactowankers. Your lot will be dumped to whoever provides AEG with a venue and the most cash. Count on it. It's going to suck. Especially if that turns out to be CA, because they will tear your team apart and bring in their own guys. I'm hoping that you get CA at the same time that we get an expansion Quakes. That way we'll at least have a chance to get some of "our guys" back. Not that I'm wishing ill on you great fans in Houston. I'm just looking for a silver lining to what I expect to be a sale to CA. Good luck. QUAKES FOREVER!! GO SSV!! GO WOLFF!! fuaeg! fumls! - Mark
They aren't for Sale, says Phil. But a very good offer will still be considered. I am sure all the Money AEG claims they lost on the Quakes will suddenly come out as money earned.
AEG lied (or weaselled) about the money they "lost" in San Jose. Which in any case, wasn't a drop in the bucket compared to what they lost in Lost Angesleaze on the filthy, cheating, evil, league-favored, water-stealing, smog-breathing galactofilth. Nor as much as they lost in NYJ, Chitcago, DCU, or even Colorado. They are a bunch of lying vermin. They do know how to make money, but mostly it involves spending other people's money to create venue's where they then charge exhorbitant amounts for concerts and other events. And they are lying about Houston being for sale. Of course it's for sale! That's why they moved the team! They may not sell it right now, but I'll bet they sell it before the end of the 2007 season. Of course, they want to keep it in case their favorite franchise continues to suck. Then they can just steal the best players and maybe improve their crappy franchise. Bastards!! And watch. They'll screw Houston too. I feel badly for those fans. Just wait. QUAKES FOREVER!! GO WOLFF!! GO SSV!! fuaeg! fumls! - Mark
Ooops! I meant to write may want to keep it! Darn! No, it didn't work out for the Kraftholes, but they had a really terrible coach when they owned us. It wasn't until later that they got good. I bet they'd know how to raid another team's roster today! QUAKES FOREVER!! GO WOLFF!! GO SSV!! fuaeg! fumls! - Mark