The All-Encompassing Pro/Rel Thread on Soccer in the USA

It also was about controlling costs. Signing bonuses were getting out of control. Same thing the NBA and NFL did much later with their rookie salary caps.

 

If Crawleybus wants to gloat about Brighton replacing Chelsea and Manchester United thanks to pro-rel, this week is the time.

 

Oh, and Deion is 3-0 now.

 

As predicted (barely). Lets see how they do after back-to-back games against the Zeros and the University of Spoiled Children.

 

I said earlier (perhaps on a different thread) that Brighton are one of my picks for top 4. They are a fabulous team, a fabulous team open to the riches that Premier League football brings, a fabulous team open to the riches that European football brings. If Brighton f*ck up from this point then they only have themselves to blame.

I wouldn't be surprised if they win the European trophy they're competing for this year.

Don't forget though that football is always surprising us, they just might win feck all.

I saw Chelsea huff & puff against Bournemouth today, a close game between two teams that are, at this moment in time close rivals in the league, personally I hope Pochettino and his team do get back into the top 4 but RIGHT NOW its not looking too promising.

 

I wonder what former USMNT goalkeeper once played for Brighton.

 

I guessed right.

 

I did too - Tony Meola. I actually saw him play a game for Brighton. He was crap and I don’t think he lasted long there.

 

Nice pro/rel story. Newly promoted Heidenheim’s coach is now the longest serving in Germany. And has taken them all the way from the fifth to first level.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66838937

 

Near Post Tony! I do remember him calling the 1993 APSL Championship Game.

 

He was definitely a flawed goalkeeper and I always thought it odd that Keller didn’t take his place for the ‘94 World Cup.

 

Meola played twice for Brighton.

In total he made 309 club appearances, mainly in MLS and racked up 100 international caps in the era of Keller, Sommer and Friedel.

 

So he is to real life as I am to Football Manager

 

WHat about Shankly? He joined Liverpool when they were in the lower divisions. Liverpool were a bigger club than Huddersfield, hence why he left the latter to join the former but don't think many are claiming they are the biggest in the country, or even the Northwest.

The clubs predate the league so you have bigger and smaller clubs joining the league so the inequity was already baked in.

That's my point. You have inequity in sports with or with out pro/rel.

 

But it’s a different kind of inequity. In our sports, there’s much less difference between #5 and #25. But there.s much more difference between #25 and #35.

Not better, or worse, just different.

I think Europeans look at a US map, and look at, say, Birmingham Alabama, and think. That’s a pretty big team not near a pro team. That must suck.

But it doesn’t. They just pour their energy into Alabama and Auburn college football. People in South Carolina pour their energy into Clemson and South Carolina football.

The Raleigh area hasn’t had a pro team most of my life, but that was ok, we put our energy into college football and basketball.

Not better, just different.

 

I imagine that this thread would have some opinions about the fate of the Ironton Tanks.

 

The only tanks in Ironton today are in meth labs.

 

And the stadium.

 

I know I am a big college football fan even though my college traded football for physics in the 90's. Still love the chaos of a saturday afternoon even if the higher ups are doing everything they can to ruin it.

But I actually think the Inequity in European Football and college football come from the same place. The massive difference in the size/profile/revenue of the different clubs/programs.

 

I like revenue sharing.

 

There's a small group of Forham alumni descendants just waiting for the day a sovereign oil fund buys the uni and returns them to their rightful place in the NCAA football national championship chase....

 

pff, call me when he gets the call to lead Die Mannsh...Der Manss..the GMNT...

 

The Saudi Public Investment Fund is awaiting their call.

 

The history of pro sports is sportswashing for either industry, religion or politics. In this multipart essay I will blah blah Rangers Protestant supremacy Bethlehem Steel distraction from worker exploitation Acme Packers using human meat in their kielbasas etc. etc.

EDIT and don't even get us started on Real Madrid etc. etc.