RE: [nas] Adu to start?

I'm not denying that can happen. But there is also a
set of fans (and journalists) who seem to refuse to
give the sport a chance unless Freddy is starting and
doing wondrous things every tme he touches the ball.
Those are the ones I don't care about.

--- Charlynn  Helms <charlie.helms@prodigy.net> wrote:
> hmmm...the 'Freddy Factor' has a lot of potential to
> bring in new fans.
> Think back to when you first started watching a
> sport - for me it always
> involved asking questions about what was happening
> and why it just
> happened - soccer was more difficult to grasp
> because the questions and
> answers had to come while the plays were still going
> on. I have heard lots
> of stories of people who learned about and fell in
> love with soccer after a
> World Cup year - they were drawn to the hype and the
> event, but fell in love
> with the game while they were there.
> 
> The 'Freddy Factor' is an event that lasts as long
> as the hype does.
> 
> Chaz a.k.a. Miss Charlie
> 
> Fire defender Jim Curtin said of the Burn.
> "Actually, it was embarrassing. It was our home
> opener and they played like
> they were the home team."
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  Brian Shea
> 
> <snip>
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
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