Lets say you call the shots at MLS and you are faced with the reality that unless a miracle happens this is the leagues last year. Sarcasm aside, what would be your "hail-mary" attempts in saving the league? Post yours and I'll finish with mine.
If I'm calling the shots then my name must be Philip Anshutz and if the league needs a miracle to survive my holdings in Qwest and in railroads, theaters, concert promotion and movie production must all have gone to crap. So other than worrying about how all those things fell apart I'd be asking Uncle Lamar for a loan and if I could stay in his guest house for awhile. But seriously I think MLS is to the point where we don't have to worry about it coming to a make/break point. It is here to stay...whether it becomes a major league or not, it's not going anywhere.
Affaliate with a major entertainment growth industry: porno. Instead of Honda and Pepsi on the back of jerseys, new shirt sponsers will be Vivid Video and the like. Ron Jeremy will be an honorary assistant coach for the LA Galaxy. We will have ball girls all around the field, most of whom are waiting for their big break in the industry. And of course, we will re-introduce the shootouts to break ties, only this time they will be called Money Shots.
Give Freddy Adu a big fat contract and give opposing defenders a $5 bonus everytime he scores a goal.
Bingo. And rename the league Jenna Jameson so SportsCenter could say: "The L.A. Galaxy are on top of Jenna Jameson ...."
I would hold a pay-per-view wrestling match between Zach Thorton and Tony Meola. Winner gets donughts for life.
Rename every team "Manchester United," sell 80,000 tickets to every game. You'll have the money to save the league before people notice that "that's not Beckham, that's Steve Ralston," realize that Eddie Pope is not Rio Ferdinand, and realize that they're watching Barthez and not Timmy Howard (assuming that this happens AFTER the two have switched clubs and Howard has assumed his rightful position in the nets at ManU).
But only after the hottest young porn starlet in the business gets Victoria Street as her screen name. Cross-market tie in, you know. Plus the Sportscenter guys would love to talk about how strong the Galaxy are in Victoria Street. Too bad Dick Trickle was a stock car racer.
Re: Re: So its MLS's last season... I don't. I'm sure whatever you did was worthy of a yellow card or worse.
No offsides. Smaller field. Bigger goals. And break the game up into four 25 minute quarters. Throw in some cheerleaders and somehow get Bill Walton to commentate.
Since Anschutz is a republican contributor get state department to threaten to deport any foreign born U.S. soccer fan who refuses to support an MLS team.
Segroves got a yellow? That's precious. If I were in charge and realized MLS was done, I'd extend the league by one year, and during that year, sell every player I could get a few bucks for to minimize my losses.
A new way to start the game! The referee puts the ball in the middle of the center circle, and each team selects one guy. Whe the ref blows the whistle, each of these guys run into the circle and try to get the ball first.