ManiacalClown - I'm just watching you put words in my mouth and laughing, mostly.
whereiend - Sorry, it's difficult to separate the few reasonable individual opinions from the chorus of blind emotional support for #savethecrew.
PodinCowtown - Our support for #savethecrew isn't blind. It's a combination of anger at being lied to so blatantly by Precourt with his assurances of his commitment to Columbus at the same time he was laying the groundwork for a move to Austin. And the puzzlement of moving to Austin, which isn't obviously a better market and where pro soccer has recently failed at the minor league level.
whiteonrice04 - And the league aiding in the lying to fans
AndyMead - Sports is emotional. Soccer doubly so. It's why any of us are still here on BigSoccer when everyone else has left for Twitter or Snapchat or whatever. We can't let go.
HailtotheKing - Here's my question, and it relates to a "belief" of the SupportersUnion:
They believe that OWNERSHIP GROUPS, not cities, submit expansion bids in order to place a team in a certain market ... to wit:
Why is it believed by Garber and Precourt that ATX is a good market when: NOBODY IN ATX DID?
AndyMead - They're smarter than other people?
There are a lot of reasons that second tier cities may not have a local rich guy interested in owning a professional sports team.
The two most successful soccer businessmen in America over the last 30 years live near me, and not once have they shown any interest in taking an ownership stake in any professional sports club - anywhere.
As much as people talk about ROI and "making money" - most people don't own sports teams to get rich. It's a terrible investment. It's important (as Horowitz and Checketts will attest) not to lose too much money, but it's mostly about ego and being an alpha dog.
The "smart money" doesn't buy sports teams. The idle rich, or the uber-rich with idle money, and an ego to feed buy sports teams.
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