NASL should follow a strict model almost like MLS to gradually expand and include cities not covered by MLS franchises but where football enjoys a good grass root status and support.

The more professional leagues there are in USA/Canada at all levels (MLS, NASL, USL Pro, even the CSL) the better for the game over-all.

Kudos.

WSW, what he’s saying and probably most of us were thinking, is you need to be more specific. That would be like me asking what’s up with WSW?

Yankiboy – hey, give MLS some credit. They doubled their ratings from nothing to next to nothing. Have to give them props for getting NBC to pony up some cash (probably peanuts, but still) to slap games on their network. Of course, they they did the same thing with the XFL a few years back too, just sayin’. A few people in their sports department may need a good smack upside the head.

I still owe you that Rochester stadium info you asked for. As soon as I talk to my good buddy Rob over a Saranac Black and Tan when he’s in town, I’ll get that right over to you.

Traffic? What’s up with that?

Between the hours of 6:30am through 9:00am, it is kind of heavy. After that, it is pretty light unitl 4:00pm and then again gets heavy and sluggish until around 7:30pm.

Public transportation is generally best.

Bro, you are being really very generous. MLS went from not moving the needle at all to barely moveing the needle. The massive progress is that they went from funding it to actually having networks fork out some ca$h to carry it. Whenever I hear sports economits talking about MLS, they almost always make a point to throw in some line about the ratings followed adjective like “negligible”…

Fair question; I got an answer.

Let me try to explain it to you, this way, Playah:

In Baltimore, we heard a lot of good news from an ownership that I admired, respected and appreciated (I still due, even with thingas not working out the way that they had sincerely HOPED that they would.

A lot of the “good news” didn’t come to fruition (eg, stadium plans that were being discussed, then stable venue after seperating the relationship with the University of Maryland Baltimore County, returning after taking the 2012 season off, etc).

That’s why I’m not just gonna be “happy” with “good news”, even though I “love” the game.

As a follow up, people argue about sports they care about all day and night long to the point that said arguing has grown into an industry that supports tens of thousands of people in this country.

If no one is talking about the NASL or USL or MLS or WPS or league or team X–that is when those leagues problems are going to be a lot worse than whatever they might have now. Apathy pretty much equal irrelavance and irrelvance usually helps accelerate non-existence.

Hope that answers your question, Playah. Sorry it took me so long to respond. I only just had the chance to read your comments.

I can assure you I’m not Bart, but believe what you want to believe if it makes you happy. You seem to be quite good at it.