Wednesday, March 4, 2009
MLS and Montreal
Ok, so MLS Barca Miami is out.
St. Louis seems to have everything a good expansion city needs, but The Don still wants to see more dough.
Portland's bid depends on a hefty dose of government support at an awkward time for such things and their leading backer is having, um, issues of his own.
So where the h*ll is picky MLS going to find an expansion site of their liking???
There are many valid ideas and observations out there in the soccer blogosphere, some of which posit that MLS is going to have to drop their $40 million expansion fee a bit, or even forgo this expansion round entirely.
Well, I just got an email from Dan Courtemanche (Senior Vice Prez, Marketing & Comm) at MLS headquarters, and as of now, they say they're not blinking:
Courtemanche had a few more things to offer, and I'll be sharing them on PSW later this week. Stay tuned...
St. Louis seems to have everything a good expansion city needs, but The Don still wants to see more dough.
Portland's bid depends on a hefty dose of government support at an awkward time for such things and their leading backer is having, um, issues of his own.
So where the h*ll is picky MLS going to find an expansion site of their liking???
There are many valid ideas and observations out there in the soccer blogosphere, some of which posit that MLS is going to have to drop their $40 million expansion fee a bit, or even forgo this expansion round entirely.
Well, I just got an email from Dan Courtemanche (Senior Vice Prez, Marketing & Comm) at MLS headquarters, and as of now, they say they're not blinking:
"Regarding the expansion fee for the next round, MLS currently does not plan on altering that fee."
Courtemanche had a few more things to offer, and I'll be sharing them on PSW later this week. Stay tuned...
Comment posted by Charles Boehm @ 2:15 PM 
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