Re: [nas] Toronto FC missing 9 starters this weekend....

On 4 Sep 2008 at 12:28, Keith Bundy wrote:

> With all the bad press the league has been getting this year,
> they _may_ change their stance, but I just don't see it
> happening... the weekend dates are too prescious. 

The real problem is the start and end of the season and the playoffs.  

Right now MLS starts on March 29. March 15 or March 22 would be 
doable in virtually every MLS city. The ones with the most problems 
would be (in this order): Toronto, Chicago, Columbus, New England. 
Virtually every other "northernish" MLS city (even Denver, Salt Lake, 
NY, Philly) has tolerable average mean temperatures in March (to see 
them in nice graphic format, just go to MSN Weather where they have 
the montly averages). For TFC, Fire, Crew, and Revs, they play the first 
2 or 3 on the road and the problem is solved on the front end.  

Right now the MLS Cup is on November 23, the Sunday before 
Thanksgiving. Why not push it back a week or two, with the MLS cup 
either the last Sunday in November or the first in December. The mean 
average temperatures in all of the above cities are actually warmer in 
November than in March.  

If we must have the playoffs, do it like the NFL, once game at the home 
of the highest seeded team and elminate the two legs for the first round.  

Add up all of the above, and there are now five extra weeks during the 
season that could easily accomodate the five FIFA windows that we 
would have to clear between March and November. 

It's not rocket science people, it's just that MLS is clueless on this issue.

Cheers, Chris
 
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Chris Allen   
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"Comrades, we always said it was a 5 year plan"
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