You think they're gonna try to pull an ATL but with green instead of red?Also that green has nothing at all to do with Austin. Just a bizarre color choice
You think they're gonna try to pull an ATL but with green instead of red?Also that green has nothing at all to do with Austin. Just a bizarre color choice
https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2018...tures-reveals-badge-potential-austin-mls-club
Disgusting logo for a disgusting man
No, but it's all-but official at this point.wait so its official they are moving? I dont like when MLS official site runs these non official articles. Like when they make articles of potential signings to MLS, its an official site not a rumor site.
Only thing that will stop it is the lawsuit over Modell's law.No, but it's all-but official at this point.
Chicago would have to buy out of it's deal with the village of Bridgeview, which would certainly be very expensive, probably limiting the incentive to move them.I'm buying into the theory that Chicago is next. Someone will buy and relocate them in 2022, after the next TV deal is negotiated.
After the TV deal is locked in, MLS can abandon Bridgeview, then negotiate a cheaper buyout for the final decade of the lease. After that, MLS could sell the expansion rights for Chicago for $400 million by then (for the next expansion round, Chicago + Charlotte). Maybe by Ricketts and the USL group. I would imagine this relocation would go down smoother given the fact that Chicago would basically be guaranteed to get a replacement MLS team.
Colorado is probably the next biggest risk, but not sure Kronke would sell anyway. They'll probably just always be neglected.
Chicago would have to buy out of it's deal with the village of Bridgeview, which would certainly be very expensive, probably limiting the incentive to move them.
Chicago would have to buy out of it's deal with the village of Bridgeview, which would certainly be very expensive, probably limiting the incentive to move them.
MLS can choose to stop playing in Chicago, in which case, Bridgeview would lose out on a lot of revenue streams. It has already been reported that Bridgeview isn't doing well financially on this deal anyway. That could induce a favorable buyout discussion.
MLS is also running out of markets that would make sense to pay their rising expansion fee. I think it'll be hard to get an investor to pay $400 million to put a team in Raleigh or Indianapolis. But Chicago is a different story. If they can make a couple hundred million by temporarily pulling out of Chicago, it would make sense.
Maybe, maybe not.MLS can choose to stop playing in Chicago, in which case, Bridgeview would lose out on a lot of revenue streams.
Would be expensive short run, would benefit the league long run. Chicago is a big market and playing in the city will help a lot I reckon.Chicago would have to buy out of it's deal with the village of Bridgeview, which would certainly be very expensive, probably limiting the incentive to move them.