Soccer to over take baseball?
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I havenât watched it all, but listening to âsoccer is the most popular sport and America is the largest sports economyâ reminded me of Mad Men and the time they tried to make jai alai the national pastime.
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This case was Boeheim being Boeheim. Heâs the northeastern parallel to Coach K straight down to bowing out after this season. His ego has been there since the heyday of the original Big East.
Given the quality of their programs, I wonder why. If Rutgers passed muster with the B1G, why not Cuse especially since it would cut the ACC out of the New York market.
Cuse is only what it is because it is the surrogate Big University for a state that has historically deprioritized public higher education. Remember, the assorted grants in New York donât lie with a SUNY but are with Cornell and athletically Cuse filled the hole a major state university or several filled elsewhere. Even the four SUNY University Schools (the ones who are D1) are âyoungâ in their current forms: Buffalo and Binghamton were converted from private schools, Albany was a teacherâs college, and Stony Brook was built as such.
Even if SUNY did give them the attention ECU/ASU/UNCC/UNCG/UNCW have gotten, there are downsides. Buffalo is the easternmost outlier in a midwestern conference, Stony Brook is a geographic extreme, Binghamton has no football (though that hasnât hurt UNCW) and Albany has been the historical chewtoy of the SUNY system being in the state capital. It really is a different world.
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The B10 forced out Delany and the rumor was partly anger at the Rutgers addition. They were picked when cable subscriptions mattered. But the landscape has changed, and Rutgers is beginning to look like an albatross around the conferenceâs neck.
But in a more general sense, the B10 school profile is large research-oriented state schools. Northwestern is the outlier, but is a founding member from the 19th century and is a research powerhouse.
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Classic State/Carolina game tonight.
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Shake Shack opening in PNC Arena:
https://www.newsobserver.com/living/food-drink/article256175587.html#storylink=mainstage_card7
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If only we could get a Bojangles
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So the second most boring sport is taking over the most boring sport. Amazing 
SoccerStadiumDigest has a article today stating that San Diego has plans to build a 20,000 seat soccer stadium .
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wow. so i didnât really think it could get worse and yetâŚ
has there every been a start of a franchise that has been less inspired? from the placeholder looking logo, borrowed stadium, absurd ticket prices, cringe marketing, and now jerseys that look like someone googled 'blue and gray warmup soccer jersey".
charlotte should be embarrassed.
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distinctively meh jerseys for me
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Is anyone surprised? I know Iâm not.
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I give their whole branding package a 1.5/10 itâs awful. I swear their design team hired off Fiverr
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Raleigh deserved a team so much more, just due to the sole fact our branding would have been so much better.
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The one think I do like is the the CLTFC design. The rest couldnât be more blaa.
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âFor the Carolinasâ
Yeah they can f*** off with that.
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Get a load of their warm up jerseys. I donât know if this is a one-time thing for some cancer cause, or what theyâre wearing before every game.
Yes! I just got my email from Charlotte FC yesterday:
The wait is overâŚ
For the Carolinas. For the Crown.
Itâs finally here - the first-ever kit in club history!
Minted in blue & uniting the Carolinas, the primary kit will be worn with pride by players and fans of all backgrounds coming together for one purpose.
I think the new kit looks awesome, personally. I love that shade of blue. 
Iâm putting in an order now!
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