BBTV Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 1 hour ago, tigerslionspistonshabs said: As much as I'd hate to see them leave, it seems like the city of Oakland is and has forever been so incompetent. It might be best to move on. How is refusing to spend hundreds of millions (if not more) of public money "incompetent"? I haven't read every article, so am I missing something significant? 6 Quote "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridleylash Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 2 hours ago, tigerslionspistonshabs said: As much as I'd hate to see them leave, it seems like the city of Oakland is and has forever been so incompetent. It might be best to move on. You call a city not spending tons of public money on billionaire playgrounds "incompetent", I call it "good sense". Besides, we've known for a while that MLB wants the A's to off to Vegas for that moolah. They're just saying they want to keep the team in Oakland because they want to appear diplomatic and turn ire against the city for not bending over backwards to appease them. Hell, I doubt Vegas even wants the A's with a publically-funded building; they just shelled out for the Raiders not too long ago, and it's not like everybody's welcoming the idea; Phil Ruffin nixed a deal that the A's were trying for. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 If Vegas gets the A's, the city will write a 2,000 page book and send it to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and to the other NBA owners as to why Las Vegas deserves an NBA team over anyone else once Seattle joins the league. It will go into detail as to why they deserve the 32nd NBA team over Mexico City, Louisville, Kansas City, Tampa (among others who may want to be #32 in the NBA once Seattle joins the NBA). Vegas will also bombard the voicemail of MLS Commissioner Don Garber about why they deserve to join MLS over San Diego, Phoenix, Indianapolis, Louisville, Albuquerque (among others). Las Vegas having major league sports in all five major sports leagues in the United States is inevitable, whether we like it or not. To me, Vegas should have been satisfied with the Golden Knights and then later on get an MLS team, but it seems to me that they became envious of places like Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Francisco/Bay Area and they want to collect them all. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DustDevil61 Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 2 hours ago, GDAWG said: If Vegas gets the A's, the city will write a 2,000 page book and send it to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and to the other NBA owners as to why Las Vegas deserves an NBA team over anyone else once Seattle joins the league. It will go into detail as to why they deserve the 32nd NBA team over Mexico City, Louisville, Kansas City, Tampa (among others who may want to be #32 in the NBA once Seattle joins the NBA). Vegas will also bombard the voicemail of MLS Commissioner Don Garber about why they deserve to join MLS over San Diego, Phoenix, Indianapolis, Louisville, Albuquerque (among others). Las Vegas having major league sports in all five major sports leagues in the United States is inevitable, whether we like it or not. To me, Vegas should have been satisfied with the Golden Knights and then later on get an MLS team, but it seems to me that they became envious of places like Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Francisco/Bay Area and they want to collect them all. If this becomes the case, I can’t wait to see what happens when only the Knights and Raiders come close to packing the building in 10-15 years. 1 Quote http://i.imgur.com/Pyc5qRH.gifhttp://i.imgur.com/RDXvxFE.gif LED Sig Credits to packerfan21396 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 7 hours ago, GDAWG said: If Vegas gets the A's, the city will write a 2,000 page book and send it to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and to the other NBA owners as to why Las Vegas deserves an NBA team over anyone else once Seattle joins the league. Oh, it's Finite Jest 1 Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VampyrRabbit Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 On 2/17/2023 at 5:43 PM, GDAWG said: Vegas will also bombard the voicemail of MLS Commissioner Don Garber about why they deserve to join MLS over San Diego, Phoenix, Indianapolis, Louisville, Albuquerque (among others). No way does Vegas deserve a MLS team over Sacramento, who MLS refuse to pull the trigger on. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont care Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 3 minutes ago, VampyrRabbit said: No way does Vegas deserve a MLS team over Sacramento, who MLS refuse to pull the trigger on. Why? They don’t even deserve their NBA team 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tp49 Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 12 minutes ago, VampyrRabbit said: No way does Vegas deserve a MLS team over Sacramento, who MLS refuse to pull the trigger on. That's actually funny. Sacramento doesn't deserve an MLS team. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VampyrRabbit Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 1 minute ago, dont care said: Why? They don’t even deserve their NBA team The Republic were drawing big crowds in the USL and played to almost full capacity for a good number of seasons now. It was also announced in 2019, Sacramento would be joining the MLS as the 29th team, but instead Charlotte got that spot. No way should Vegas get the nod over Sacramento, who have been waiting for years. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tp49 Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 6 minutes ago, VampyrRabbit said: The Republic were drawing big crowds in the USL and played to almost full capacity for a good number of seasons now. It was also announced in 2019, Sacramento would be joining the MLS as the 29th team, but instead Charlotte got that spot. No way should Vegas get the nod over Sacramento, who have been waiting for years. Why did Charlotte jump Sacramento and get that spot again? Sacramento's going to continue to wait for years over Las Vegas, and anywhere else a competent ownership group with the capital to run a team can be found. As someone who's very closely followed the history of Sacramento's MLS bid I can safely say that's something they've never had, and at the rate they're going probably never will. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 2 hours ago, VampyrRabbit said: No way does Vegas deserve a MLS team over Sacramento, who MLS refuse to pull the trigger on. Of course not. but Vegas thinks otherwise. I would like to see two of the next expansion teams being Indianapolis Eleven and San Diego Loyal anyways and then have team 32 be New Mexico United or Louisville City FC. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VampyrRabbit Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 1 hour ago, tp49 said: Why did Charlotte jump Sacramento and get that spot again? I dunno, there could be 325 million reasons or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 8 hours ago, VampyrRabbit said: I dunno, there could be 325 million reasons or so. Charlotte, St. Louis and Sacramento were all announced at the same time, with Charlotte being first due TO them already having a stadium. St. Louis and Sacramento were to be 29 and 30 and start in 2022. Sacramento was pulled because one of the key members of the ownership group backed out. THAT'S why they don't have a team right now. 4 Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 18 hours ago, VampyrRabbit said: I dunno, there could be 325 million reasons or so. Lol, there’s two or three big reasons. Biggest being that they have no money, and spent years telling everyone they did. Sacramento missed out on its chance and really doesn’t deserve another shot. 3 1 1 Quote On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VampyrRabbit Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 On 2/21/2023 at 12:14 AM, FiddySicks said: Lol, there’s two or three big reasons. Biggest being that they have no money, and spent years telling everyone they did. Sacramento missed out on its chance and really doesn’t deserve another shot. Those fans deserve better than the indigity of the Republic being rebranded as Sacramento CA/City/SC/FC/United in ten or so years time and part owned by a Leicester City striker. Sacramento missing out on top level soccer because of ownership and the lead investor pulling out is a travesty, and if it were my hometown team, I would be absolutely furious over how it all went down. On 2/17/2023 at 4:59 PM, Ridleylash said: You call a city not spending tons of public money on billionaire playgrounds "incompetent", I call it "good sense". Especially when neither the city nor the county can afford to spend that money. Is the city/county still in the hole for that abomination Mount Davis? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WestCoastBias Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 I hope the A's stay in Oakland and Sacramento finally gets in the MLS just to see all your guys heads explode. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 1 hour ago, WestCoastBias said: I hope the A's stay in Oakland and Sacramento finally gets in the MLS just to see all your guys heads explode. Glad to see you maintaining your disconnect from reality. 2 Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoastBias Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 1 hour ago, McCall said: Glad to see you maintaining your disconnect from reality. Sorry I don't root for cities to get their teams taken away from them or just their chance to be in a league pulled out from underneath them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
who do you think Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 I'm rooting for A's/Rays contraction, because that would make many more heads explode and I still haven't heard a single valid reason as to why either of these glorified farm teams playing to empty stadiums should or will continue to exist in a league declining in popularity. Just BS like "muh player association" or "they can just move them to [NBA roll call city]!" even though both teams have had two decades to make such a move and haven't because nobody's interested. Or talking about that 10 minute freeway drive on 275 across Tampa Bay as if there's landmines in the pavement and they would totally fill the house if they were in Tampa so people wouldn't have to make that treacherous journey. Also lol lmao at Sacramento "missing out" on MLS. That's like me missing out on a Jayson Tatum themed bag of Ruffles. Who cares. 1 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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