Re: [nas] Chivas USA to Chicago?

 Bill,
 calm dude. The INVESTOR is the ONE talking about where he will put HIS
team not the League. He is known as being full of it. Chivas came at MLS
and said they wanted in, what they would do, etc. MLS has said OK show us
your plan and by the way here are the LEAGUE rules which you will obey.
Notice no CHIVAS 2004, no contract with a stadium and a lot of hot air
from Vagara & co.  Vagara thinks he is Donald Trump and Chivas'
organization has his attitude. Believe me IF he finally gets the $$$ out
and gets a team set up, people will be lined up to cheer against them.
 The Club America rumors are because of Chivas hatred. As some have said
not every "Mexican or Mexican-American" loves Chivas. They seem to be
like the NY YANKEES. Either you LOVE them or hate them.
 My hope is that they get in, try to use as many Latinos as possible and
get stomped, finishing last and then claiming it's because the League
won't let them use more Mexican players. ;)

 Pete Gratton

 On Tue, 4 May 2004 bfaucett@comcast.net wrote:

>  I wish they would just end this charade. Why put another team in any
 market when there are already plenty of places capable of supporting
 teams without one? I know investors are needed in various markets first,
 but this thing really rubs me the wrong way. To me, this whole thing is
 nonsense. To put a second team in either of two well supported markets is
 infuriating. How does this help with a TV deal, expanding the national
 footprint, or gaining A simple solution to the investor problem, aside
 from taking Vagara's pole with a smile, would be to figure out what it
 takes to get an investor in Seattle, Houston, Philly, and even Rochester
 and make it work and tell Vagara to piss off. After the Horowitz debacle
 and seeing other investors drop out over the years, it doesn't surprise
 me that it's so hard to get something done in other possible expansion
 cities. This is the kind of thing that makes me lose my patience with
 MLS. Does MLS want to be a top flight league or does it want to be a
 feeder league for Mexico? Is the league so desperate for investment in
 it's bizarro world business model that it will sell its soul to any
 investment? Between this and the Club America rumors that won't die, I'm
losing faith in the league's long term future.
>
> Bill

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