messi and bousqets would be kinda crazy. two people who don't track back. if you already have messi, you don't need bousqets, imo.
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messi and bousqets would be kinda crazy. two people who don't track back. if you already have messi, you don't need bousqets, imo.
Article says they think other teams will scream if Bousqets signs for that little. It didn't specify why, but I think the idea would be that even if it's honest, that's too much of an advantage if a $20M player will sign to play with Messi in Miami. But again it wasn't specific.
Yeah, they wouldn't be paying a fair market value for the player. It would be legally cooking the books.
Meh. Good on them. Players make choices. If it were our player we'd laugh at the haters.
Not to make a big deal about it, but what exactly is fair market value for a 35 year old guy at the end of his career?
I'm sure the guy is financially secure and his coming to MLS for beer money could be nothing more than a guy looking to wind things up by playing with Messi and living in South Beach for a year or two.
Caveat Emptor, Miami.
I'm sure the guy is financially secure and his coming to MLS for beer money could be nothing more than a guy looking to wind things up by playing with Messi and living in South Beach for a year or two.
Caveat Emptor, Miami.
Agreed. If he comes for the max allocation amount and that's really it - no side deals or anything, then so be it. It's why I thought it was notable that the Athletic seemed to suggest teams would object even if it is done within the rules. I am sympathetic, however, to anyone who strongly suspects that Miami would be cheating, given the history.
Ah, yes, Columbus Ohio, the jewel destination of the Atlantic coast…
My daughter is dating a Clevelander. Has now visited him out there 3-4 times. She recently began pointing out that the traffic and culture of the NY area doesn’t exactly equate to the best quality of life and that maybe she will settle somewhere inland after college. who know? Maybe Columbus.
"East coast," which is what Bogert wrote, is a very common shorthand for Eastern Time Zone.
Yes, and as I almost pointed out, Columbus, Ohio is almost dead north from where I grew up in Florida.
I remember one vacation in Orlando I was taken by how much later the sun rose and set compared to NY, and while being closer to the equator is part of it, it was mostly that Orlando is basically due south of Cleveland which kind of blew my mind.
Also Columbus is east of Atlanta, where Gressel spent some years and is part of the basis for "back to the east coast" and Atlanta is fairly inland but Georgia is on the coast so nobody ever sweats calling Atlanta East Coast.
That said, Ohio and Columbus are both pretty far from the coast, but the East coast = time zone thing is just how it is.
It’s not like we’re competitive so I don’t care?
I also read that Suarez has said he’s willing to do anything including paying back salary to his current team. If so, he might take whatever Miami can offer.
depends what you mean by competitive.... sure we haven't won, but we haven't been blown out and many games have been ties.
and even if we aren't top of the league, i would prefer MLS didn't toss out their rules just to make a messi reunion team in miami. if they can sign him within the rules, then more power to them.
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