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Can we just ban reddit as a source?

Hybrid post limit and tenure requirements-Kind of like how the fantasy forums work. 3 months and 100 posts.

Alternatively, modify the board software so that the concepts section can only be viewed by members. The latter alternative would also help curb logo theft by outsiders.

Massachusetts is definitely going to the AAC. Gives a replacement for Louisville and a travel partner for Connecticut.

Provided Connecticut is still in the American by then. Given the recent basketball successes, it's not necessarily a given.

Still holding on to that slim prayer of the B1G and ACC I take it.

Republican state senators in Illinois currently hold a super-minority. They are bored.

How bored?

Bored enough to commission a study about whether or not another Illinois state school should join the Big Ten.

Napoleon Harris (who in the interests of full disclosure, is a Democrat) apparently thinks Chicago State, which has no football team and an accreditation status of "dubious," would be a fine candidate.

Bump.

UMass turned down full membership in the MAC last month, and will therefore be booted out of the Conference as a football member after 2015.

And now for a song.

FIFA wants 40,000 minimum per stadium. And its making noises about having a 40 (or more) team field in future World Cups. So at least 10 stadia with 40,000 seats.

So if you want to go through with this, you might want to tell Canadian municipal governments to prepare their collective anuses.

We dont have the infrastructure (proper sized football specific stadiums) to host a World Cup. We can host the 2015 Womens World Cup because of the size of the tournament. Most games are played in Toronto, Vancouver and Edmonton. A World Cup should showcase the entire country not just pockets. I would love to see it here but doubt it for 1

2018 or 2022. The CSA is planning on bidding for the 2026 World Cup. That annoucement was made in February. They better start building football specific stadiums with 40,000+ capacity now even to be looked at.

Actually, for some strange reason, the woman's world cup is not going to have games in Toronto. It will be Montreal, Edmonton, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Ottawa and, Moncton.

I also feel Canada could easily host a world cup. Yes, there would be some serious work needed but between 2 venues in Montreal and Toronto and all the new CFL stadiums being built I think we'd be covered. Remember, all the stadiums used in the 1994 world cup in the USA were all "pointy ball" football stadiums.

Is there the political will to build enough stadiums with 40,000+ seating capacity for an expanded World Cup?

When I said US/Canada, I meant both the United States and Canada. While I'd prefer for it to be US only, it wouldn't surprise me if they did a duel world-cup setting.

I guess it's more likely that they just remain in the US though.

FIFA won't accept dual bids anymore.

In the 2012-13 ECHL regular season, the Wranglers filled up about 59% of the arena, if you want a statistical outlook on things.

Orleans Arena (Wranglers' arena) has a listed 7,773 person capacity for hockey.

If you want a better statistical outlook on things.

There's a Lake Glendale? OH WHAT THE HELL?

Regarding Vermont:

Why are there 2 different "Champ"s?

The Rays are the least valuable team in baseball. Yeah, real successful.

If the players union got wind beforehand that those jobs would be coming right back, methinks they'd mellow a bit.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the team responsible for the lease if they're relocating, whereas MLB would be responsibe in event of contraction (the franchise being wiped out against their will)? If so, MLB probably has a lot more resources to terminate that lease than the 30th most valuable franchise in baseball Tampa Bay Rays would.

Dispersal/expansion is a rather tedious charade, agreed, but it's for the greater good.

Can't help but notice that you don't seem to be at all bent out of shape about the idea of the Marlins being contracted/replaced.

Yeah, but you aren't going to get all 30 owners to agree to buying out said lease. Hell, you might not get sufficient agreement on re-expansion, which means the union has every right to be concerned. Also the Federales and the sacred anti-trust exemption might come up again.

Personally I think the Sawx shelling out a small portion of the lordly sums they rake in is for more of the greater good.

It *was* a great market. Demographics have changed since the Montreal Royals and Expos were popular.

That doesn't mean a new Expos team couldn't attract fans, especially if it's the already-competent Rays moving there.

And where else are the Rays going to get a better fanbase? Charlotte? Not unless they become a NASCAR team. New York? Not with the Yankees and Mets firmly entrenched. Tampa? All that would happen there is that the "fans" would find another excuse to not show up to games that don't involve the Yankees or Red Sox.

From what I've gathered on here the French don't like baseball and can't be convinced to like it in numbers that would make the team viable.

Why couldn't Inland Empire update the highway shield for a secondary logo?

Here's what those involved in the rebranding process had to say:

"There is some confusion/trademarking issues with the Route 66 sign, so the challenge was: How do you tell the story of cars on the most famous highway, without going near the sign. Muscle cars became a huge inspiration, hence the classic Blue & Orange Unical 76 color scheme." - Jason Klein, Brandiose

“The idea is to make it (Inland Empire 66ers identity) come alive with the character. We were looking for something that had action to it. It was hard to take the Route 66 shield and apply any action to it.” - Donna Tuttle, Inland Empire 66ers co-owner

“Although our old logo has served a great purpose for our office and organization, we did not feel it supported the enthusiasm and creativity that our organization is known for." - Joe Hudson, Inland Empire 66ers General Manager

Fine.

I don't think muscle car engines spray oil everywhere though.

Why couldn't Inland Empire update the highway shield for a secondary logo? It'd be a better choice than the broken-down engine that's spraying oil everywhere.

I really just think a lot of people outside of the area don't understand how much there is to do around here besides a baseball game or other sporting event. I mean, it is still 80 degrees here during the day...we aren't trapped in our homes from the cold and snow begging for a reason to get out.

Well yeah, you could get run over by a car, you could get struck by lightning, you could go to a chain restaurant, you could get an STD, you could get shot, you could get an STD while being treated for your gunshot wound, you could go to Busch Gardens and get maimed in some way or another. Sure the weather may be fine, but aside from that the Tampa Bay region is apparently a giant hellhole.

move them to Indy

Are Arkansas-Little Rock and Texas-Arlington going to stay football free in the Sun Belt?

Yes. Arkansas-Fayetteville isn't going to create another rival for the affections of Arkansans except maybe as a way to escape War Memorial Stadium for good (AKA the "UAB" strategy.) Arlington doesn't want to expend the resources to add football either.

Portland can do better than Markham for sure. And also, where the hell is Salt Lake City?

Watching the Jazz.

The "Bill the Cat" Conference probably doesn't want anything to do with a school that had faculty vote on a recommendation to drop back down on I-AA after the first year in I-A. Regardless of ZOMG! BOSTON MEDIA FOOTPRINT!!!!1111one

Blackberry to report nearly a $1 Billion loss this quarter.

So who would have ultimately taken the Hamilton Coyotes off of Balsillie's hands?

The Braves franchise may have more history, but Atlanta has far less history as an NL city than either Pittsburgh or Cincinnati. Atlanta's an expansion market with an old franchise. They go.

Of course neither Philly nor Boston can support two teams and I suspect the AL would prefer a West Coast presence of some form, so that could also change as well.

Their policy, as best I can suss it out, is that you're not allowed to hurt a fanbase's collective feelings, but because people in, say, Hamilton and Quebec don't have teams, they can't constitute fanbases, per se, and so they don't have collective feelings to hurt and subsequently manage. It was open season on Winnipeg fans before they had their team, and the mods didn't let them retaliate. So by saying "this commercial sucks" or "there are major rhetorical flaws and errors which I would like to point out," you are flaming an entire fanbase, I guess.

Makes perfect sense... it's the Dred Scott of HFBoards.

I think Plessy v. Ferguson is the case you were looking for.

Cincinnati has been an NL city since 1890. Atlanta has only been one since 1966. The Reds franchise has 5 World Series titles. The Braves franchise in their existence 3. Also, Cincy would also likely date back to 1876 if not for the original organization being kicked out of the league because the quest for respectability among the other owners prompted them to ban beer sales at their stadiums and the NL's Cincinnati organization refused to comply.

The twice migrated Braves do not have more history than the Reds. Try it again.