Re: [nas] Adu to start?

He's not a gimmick, but playing him for marketing
reasons instead of because the coach feels it's the
right thing to do is a gimmick.

If people are only interested in the league because of
Freddy, don't you think they'll walk away if he's not
dominating the games? If their attention span is so
short and their interest in soccer so minute, they'll
find a reason to leave when they are immediately
satisfied.

For a change, MLS is putting the game first and
marketing second. Yet people complain.

--- Jeff <mrmoore01@bluemarble.net> wrote:
> Is the most talented 14 yr old professional
> footballer in the world a
> "GIMMICK"?
> I do not think so.  It is apples and oranges to
> compare Freddy to making the
> goals larger, or the shoot-out, etc.  Is Freddy
> going to bring out that
> "huge"
> Ghana population out to the matches??? Perhaps that
> crucial 13 year old
> market
> we have been targeting?
>   No, Freddy is an entirely different
> ball of wax then signing Hernandez in LA.....  
> again, Freddy is no
> "gimmick."
> This is new territory for MLS.  The only comparison
> I can think of coming
> close
> is the aquisition of Landon from Leverkusen.
> 
> Perhaps the attention and hype Freddy has brought to
> the league, the fans that have shown up to just see
> this "wonderkind",
> the ABC's etc, the MLS brass- who knows a lot of the
> hype and
> attendance for DC's matches were because of Freddy,
>  just perhaps have expressed a "desire" to at least
> see him
> played in the match for a few minutes to take
> advantage of this attention
> and please the fans who came out to see him or tuned
> into the match on
> tv????
> This is not the same as saying men in black suits
> and sunglasses showed up
> at Nowak's door and said, " the boss would really
> like to see the kid
> play".....
> 
> 
> I am one voice in the wilderness. Call me a lout or
> just dismiss my thoughts
> if it makes you feel better.
> However, just perhaps, through some miraculous
> osmosis from interacting with
> the folks
> on this list through the years, some of everyone's
> astute observations and
> even some
> business acumen may have rubbed off that allows me
> to suggest something
> so...."radical"......
> 
> Best Wishes;
> Jeff
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Shea" <bjshea2000@yahoo.com>
> To: "NAS" <nas@americakicks.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 5:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [nas] Adu to start?
> 
> 
> > I guess the NFL is full of idiots for letting
> Cincy
> > sit Carson Palmer. And Michael Vick much of his
> rookie
> > season. And all those baseball draft picks that
> don't
> > immediately start.
> >
> > I am astounded that fans who probably whined about
> > MLS' gimmicks over the years want marketing
> concerns
> > to drive player selection instead of a coach's
> > decision.
> >
> > Stunning.
> >
> 
> 



        
                
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