Re: [nas] Frisco and the future of US soccer

On Thu, 4 Sep 2003 KLINDSTR@flash.net wrote:

> Combining a few things, I have a question.
>
> 1)  From Dustin's inteview with Andy on 3rd Degree
> (details, see below), "The stadium, from early
> designs, will be a first-class facility that will have
> really no equal in the US, in terms of the facility,
> the complex, where it's located in relation to things
> that surround it in the community. And for that, it's
> really very exciting. It's not an exaggeration to say
> that it'll be the first of its kind in the US, in the
> synergy that'll be created between youth soccer and
> the professional team."
>
> 2) Nike, the USSF and Bradenton just expanded the U-17
> internship program in Florida from 30 to 40 kids.
>
> Question - with the new stadium having such a unique
> relationship with lots of fields, etc., any chance it
> could be the site of a Second Bradenton?
>
> I wonder if Atletica (probably not) or Puma (a little
> more likely, but still unlikely) or one of the bigger
> soccer manufacturers (adidas?) might not try to get in
> on this US soccer development thing....
>
> So asks Drum'r Boy
> http://flashpages.prodigy.net/klindstr/home.html

 This all depends on the NIKE agreement with USSF. Is it an exclusive
rights deal? If it is no way for anyone else. If not then it's possible
but NIKE might just put the bucks up and shut out the competition.
 We get these exclusive deals all the time around here, where performers
can ONLY perform at ONE location here in Vega$.

 Pete Gratton
 Vega$


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