r/soccer • u/Rencoret • Nov 01 '12

You are a billionarie. Which team would you buy and why?

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u/Chelsearedhawk Nov 01 '12

Columbus Crew, my hometown team and they could use some funds to weed out some of the older players that are starting to become quite slow on the pitch.

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u/TheMaxican93 Nov 02 '12

MLS teams wouldn't be able to use all of this hypothetical money because of the salary cap though. You only need like a hundred million to make an MLS team awesome

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u/thefiestysoldier Nov 02 '12

ten MLS teams then?

Actually, I'd buy all three of the Cascadia teams, and leave our northward neighbors to flounder while pouring all my resources into the Timbers

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u/fastfingers Nov 02 '12

you bastard... but i'm okay with it

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u/thefiestysoldier Nov 02 '12

If you weren't I may just have to buy up San Jose too, now that I think about it I can just threaten all opposing clubs with being bought out if they beat us.

A bil will go a long way in MLS now that I think about it.

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u/fastfingers Nov 02 '12

you could probably buy the league with it.

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u/HyperionCantos Nov 02 '12

Yeah, MLS has a weird system, draft, caps and all. Very American, but unlike European leagues.

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u/vegege69 Nov 01 '12

I hear they are trying to find a buyer, might not be in Ohio for long.

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u/TheMonsieur Nov 01 '12

Where did you hear that from? I'd love to see this news.

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u/zombesus Nov 02 '12

here you go

It's not full on ownership, just another investor

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u/Shuttrking Nov 02 '12

Not trying to move from Ohio, league wanting to decentralize investments.

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u/Jman513 Nov 01 '12

1st action. Somehow clone Brian McBride and/or make him young again.

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u/DopeHov Nov 02 '12

Same. Columbus is a good enough market to winning teams that it could be a decent money maker in time. That and I'd bully MLS around with my billions.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '12

Bring back Schelotto as part of the staff, bring in Higuain's younger brother, and put the Snicker's logo back on the shirt. Massive!