flyswatter wrote:Tivo_Kenevil wrote:This is lame. The hall of fame should be in Columbus. There's no history for the sport in Frisco. This should go somewhere where the community has a passion for the game. Of all the places in the USA, where this could've gone ....IT'S NOT FRISCO,TX.
Columbus may be passionate about their soccer team, but the management of the soccer team is not passionate about Columbus. The owner of Columbus Crew is very vocally trying to move to Austin. Would not be a good look and be visited even less if they decided to build it in a city that is about to lose its own team.
MLS would be hurting themselves if they allowed an an original franchise, w/ a loyal fan base, just to move cities because MGMT wants a free stadium from the city. A league with no history abolishing the little history they have. "SAD!"
But that's irrelevant. Columbus has served as the home field for the USMNT for decades now. Even if MLS screws Columbus and the Crew relocate, Columbus will always be the home of the Stars and Stripes.
Give the community something to hold on to if you want to take their team away. Columbus has done a helluva alot more for the game in America than Frisco ever will. Give me a break. There's Zero context in this HoF location. FAIL!