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Sgt Brutus
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Seems like the scummy fucker never had intentions of keeping the Crew in CBus. His contract when he bought the team back in 2013 stated he couldn't move the team for 10 years, but a clause was included saying unless that move was to Austin.
Like the case with the Sonics, Rams, ect.. he's been shady with his "negotiations" with the city. The classic "i want a stadium but they wont give it to me" while doing fuck all to actually get a stadium deal done.
It also explains why he signed one of the worst TV contracts in 2014, effectively making the team unwatchable in the region. He signed a deal to only show it on Time Wrners sports channel (which I'd be willing to guess less than 25% of residents use or pay for that channel) PLUS, he had the games blacked out on MLSlive (or whatever its called) in a 75 mile radius of the stadium. Absolute weasel, scum bag.
Add in the fact he does zero advertising here and doesn't set up a healthy relationship with Ohio State (you could bus in students with cheap tix and beer) shows how much he cares. The jizz receptacle still lives in San Fransico, owns no place in CBus, and comes to virtually zero games.
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I was saying it after the USMNT embarrassment and I'll say it again now. FUCK the MLS.
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I know most of you never cared to begin with, but my disgust for this league reaches heights not even the NFL has touched. I've never watched a bunch of games, but the league doesn't give you much reason to.
It's a money grabbing joke that will NEVER compete with the major European leagues under its current model. And sadly I don't think they want to. If they actually cared about product on the field and fan interest, they wouldn't be giving out teams for 150million. They wouldn't be a single entity league. They'd have a proper promotion/relegation setup.
Anyways, here are some articles if you're interested reading on the topic:
https://deadspin.com/is-mls-a-ponzi-scheme-1797509617
https://deadspin.com/columbus-crew-...ource=deadspin_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
Columbus Crew fans revolt against team's terrible new television deal
Like the case with the Sonics, Rams, ect.. he's been shady with his "negotiations" with the city. The classic "i want a stadium but they wont give it to me" while doing fuck all to actually get a stadium deal done.
It also explains why he signed one of the worst TV contracts in 2014, effectively making the team unwatchable in the region. He signed a deal to only show it on Time Wrners sports channel (which I'd be willing to guess less than 25% of residents use or pay for that channel) PLUS, he had the games blacked out on MLSlive (or whatever its called) in a 75 mile radius of the stadium. Absolute weasel, scum bag.
Add in the fact he does zero advertising here and doesn't set up a healthy relationship with Ohio State (you could bus in students with cheap tix and beer) shows how much he cares. The jizz receptacle still lives in San Fransico, owns no place in CBus, and comes to virtually zero games.
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I was saying it after the USMNT embarrassment and I'll say it again now. FUCK the MLS.
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I know most of you never cared to begin with, but my disgust for this league reaches heights not even the NFL has touched. I've never watched a bunch of games, but the league doesn't give you much reason to.
It's a money grabbing joke that will NEVER compete with the major European leagues under its current model. And sadly I don't think they want to. If they actually cared about product on the field and fan interest, they wouldn't be giving out teams for 150million. They wouldn't be a single entity league. They'd have a proper promotion/relegation setup.
Anyways, here are some articles if you're interested reading on the topic:
https://deadspin.com/is-mls-a-ponzi-scheme-1797509617
https://deadspin.com/columbus-crew-...ource=deadspin_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
Columbus Crew fans revolt against team's terrible new television deal