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Gavin23
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The branding should match the quality of play on the pitch. Itll attract more fans for sure. Its really hard for many to take Soccer in the US seriously with a name like "Real Salt Lake" its so phony. Look at our team. One of its biggest selling points is its branding.
Gavin23
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Im definitely new to MLS, but I dont see how my point that teams should have a brand and name that reflects the community in which they play, is somehow negated by the fact that RSL has performed well. RSL would still perform well with a name that had something to do with.....Salt Lake City.
Gavin23
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None of this "offends" me but if they want to double down on dumb names let them. Im also sure some if not many of the detractors of the name are not just outsiders but also Salt Lake residents and supporters.
MagnusPax
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Multiple sellouts, a STH list longer than most MLS teams, including NYC and Orlandos says your wrong. Please, just stop.
NYCFCFan10
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What, he thinks RSL is phony and our name is legit? We're a branding knock-off. They're at least somewhat original.
RSL is just a clever way of calling them Salt Lake Royals or Kings or Monarchs. Do you hate the LA Kings or Kansas City Royals, too? I used to hate it but now I see it like the Packers. On the surface, the Packers is a laughably stupid name but the team has given it meaning.
Besides, I think Real Salt Lake is better known as "RSL" just as Queens Park Rangers are more commonly referred to as "QPR".
RSL is just a clever way of calling them Salt Lake Royals or Kings or Monarchs. Do you hate the LA Kings or Kansas City Royals, too? I used to hate it but now I see it like the Packers. On the surface, the Packers is a laughably stupid name but the team has given it meaning.
Besides, I think Real Salt Lake is better known as "RSL" just as Queens Park Rangers are more commonly referred to as "QPR".
MagnusPax
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This is exactly what I've been saying!!
Something tells me these people don't give a fat rats ass one way or another what we think.
Gavin23
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The Packers name has a qwerky and unique history to it and Ive always like it. Our name is simply the name of our city followed by FC. CFG might be happy "City" is in there but its hardly a branding knockoff if that is our city's official name.
For those who don't know, the Packers were named for the Indian Packing Company, our first sponsor. (I'm a Green Bay native and shareholder.) They are the original Red Bulls, lol. Tradition trumps everything.
I'm okay with Real, it's whatever. Still working on liking Sporting KC, but I'll get there.
I'm okay with Real, it's whatever. Still working on liking Sporting KC, but I'll get there.
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franchise646
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David Beckham’s Miami MLS franchise is running out of false starts
Two stadium plans have fallen through because of politics – and people close to Beckham say that when a third is announced shortly it has to succeed
http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/mar/10/david-beckham-miami-mls-franchise
Two stadium plans have fallen through because of politics – and people close to Beckham say that when a third is announced shortly it has to succeed
http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/mar/10/david-beckham-miami-mls-franchise
NYCFCFan10
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Gotta wonder if they're bluffing or not with this ultimatum...
FCRU
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Completely agree on your last point
MagnusPax
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I'm glad overseas papers write about MLS, but it would be nice if it wasn't consistently out of date and recycled. I read that article and it's exactly the same as it was a month ago. No public progress, I get it. But publishing this story (again) makes it sound like Beckham has been rejected again or its failed.
When it's failed or succeeds, report something, don't just make up things and spin hyperbola.
franchise646
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That's just the way they are.
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