I wish the new NASL luck, they are the best shot for the real soccer fans.If the new NASL adopt promotion and relegation, and opens the door for new clubs (no franchises please) with reasonabe fees, we should support it.
Roger

For the sake of further learning: Does anyone have any info on how other countries (national federations) deal with competing D2 leagues? I’d be curious to know more about that aspect. Perhaps there’s a scenario somewhere in the world that can teach us some things, which we can further develop/adjust/grow into our own system. Look forward to more info on this.

I wish USL the best of luck but the best thing you can do is get rid of King Marcos and run the leagues in the clubs’ best interests. Not Marcos’ interest, not Sporting Lisbons, Portugals, 6 people in Tampa Bay, etc.

NASL will be fair and fun. I hope it becomes the dominant minor league and even starts biting at the ankles of MLS, forcing them to improve and not to become complacent with their monopoly. GOOD LUCK NASL!

Is that sort of like saying, “What happens in the stadium, stays in the stadium”?

Oh, and if you notice, this Chris is still posting, so he must be the real Chris.

I agree with BQ that personal attacks contribute nothing to otherwise intelligent discussions. Arguing that USL/NASL are either the antichrist or your own personal savior is not a winnable argument. Thanks BQ for keeping an eye on the posts.

I do not really care what league a Minnesota professional team plays in. Give me a team that is entertaining, tries hard, pushes the ball up, scores some spectacular goals, makes some great tackles, connects with the fans, has fans waving a “Hot Nuts” flag, and runs a promotion some nights with 1$ beers for 15 minutes after a goal. Throw in good weather and I am a happy camper.

Superrookie, I think, is on the same page as me. What happens in the stadium is more important than what goes on outside of it.

Most of the dialog here has been positive in nature and well thought out. I appreciate that. As well, it’s not just my site but many of the sites as well as discussion boards that has led me to that conclusion along with talking to folks all across the US. I don’t think I’m wrong on this opinion. Again, that is not to say I am personally all in favor of the NASL. I think the NASL has many great ideas that USL need to incorporate to stay viable as a league. I don’t disagree with those that say NASL seems to have a better business model nor do I disagree with those that say the people leading NASL are unproven and may be spending too much money.

As stated previously, I also didn’t like NuRocks approach to this issue and feel they could very well have avoided this mess with a different and more conciliatory approach. I don’t believe in things being black and white. It’s a far to simplistic approach to complicated issues.

Though this several month journey I’ve talked to USL employees that were not entirely happy with their own organizations dealings with this issue and have also talked to folks on the TOA that felt the same way about their organization.

My best guess is that this issue will be resolved through resolution, and I’m guessing there will be parties on both sides that will not be happy with that. Oh well, lets get on with planning for the 2010 season and making it all it can be. The league will get plenty of attention/scrutiny after this past years issues and with the World Cup this summer. Lets come together and make the most of this.

“it was not hard to find that you were the same person that has left 8 different email address all with ridiculous pro NASL comments.”

So how do we divide “strong edge” by “8″?