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Published on Dec 2, 2017
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Open Letter: December 2, 2017 (supportyourlocalfootballclub.blogspot.com)
One more open letter, just mailed them out today. No idea if these are having any effect, but why not put these ideas out there.
I don't like seeing people write off our chances for MLS. While I think we should be in MLS no matter what, Miami not working out would certainly help our cause a lot.
It is hard to say if Tim Leiweke's comments were simply made out of frustration without any deeper meaning, or if he in fact knows something about the Miami situation which hasn't come out yet which may delay or kill the stadium deal altogether.
Certainly the MLS owners wouldn't be sad to see some other market pay full price for Miami's expansion slot rather than give Beckham his discount, but they also would like to see Beckham be involved in MLS ownership. At this point Beckham's stake in an MLS team will be so diluted with other, larger owners that it is kind of silly to think of MBU as Beckham's team, or why the other MBU owners should benefit from the Beckham discount given Beckham is going to be a minority owner.
If MLS really wanted Miami to happen, they would have allowed MBU to launch next year alongside LAFC, but playing in a temporary stadium, until their SSS issues could be worked out, much as they allowed NYCFC to do. But MLS isn't allowing that to happen in Miami. MBU either gets this current SSS deal done next year or it isn't happening at all, IMHO.
Parsing Tim Leiweke's comments is very interesting, and shows some potential for the Tampa Bay Rowdies and Bill Edwards teaming up with the MBU ownership group, in my humble but obviously biased opinion:
“I’m helping any way I can with David,” Leiweke told the Sun. “I hope it gets done, but it’s not done. I have my fears as to whether it’s going to get done because things like this that drag on this long that’s always tough on a process. But for David I hope he lands somewhere.”...But for David I hope he lands...somewhere...
“It would be unfortunate for the league to not honour the job he did and the decision he made,” Leiweke added. “His best work would still be ahead of us if we could figure out a way to get him involved with a franchise.
“But our company has a lot of different projects. I haven’t spent a lot of time on Miami lately so I’m not sure if that gets done. I hope it does for David’s sake.”
...if we could figure out a way to get him involved with...a...franchise...
Interesting choice of words, no?
But in any case whether MBU joining the TBR ownership group does or doesn't happen, we still need to get more local Tampa Bay Area owners on board the TBR ownership group alongside Bill Edwards.
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Open Letter: December 2, 2017
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