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magoon wrote: View PostThe TFC situation is not exactly analogous because soccer's payment structure is vastly different from basketball's and because soccer has a much, much wider talent pool to draw from: TFC went after Gilberto (a fine pickup) and then DeFoe (a veteran star) and appears to be closing the deal with Bradley (a star in his prime) and spent a ridiculous amount of money doing so, but did it without violating MLS's teeny salary cap. The NBA's cap situation makes it much more difficult to do this, particularly when the only way to get top players with money is via free agency rather than trade. (Brooklyn tried to game the system and buy a championship, and look what's happened there.)
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Yes this shows a management group that is prepared to win at the correct time. Soccer is much different because by adding these players we can instantly be put in possible contender status. NBA doesn't work like that unless its 3 starts which can't be signed. This does show us when the time is right the money will be spend as needed.
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isaacthompson wrote: View PostIf MLSE is willing to drop $100m on TFC, hard to imagine Raptors can't go into luxury tax when time is right.
— Michael Grange (@michaelgrange) January 13, 2014
HmmmOfficial Pope of the Raptors sponsored by MLSE.
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Bigger than basketball/baseball?
I understand one thing, there's a lot of arabians and people from southern Asia in general, they love soccer, correct me if Im wrong about the popullation part.Official Pope of the Raptors sponsored by MLSE.
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RandomGuy wrote: View PostBigger than basketball/baseball?
I understand one thing, there's a lot of arabians and people from southern Asia in general, they love soccer, correct me if Im wrong about the popullation part.
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whooo boy
there's also a ton of europeans here in canada, toronto especially, and they're big soccer fans.
look at it this way, i have no actual facts to back myself up but there's probably more immigrants and immigrant born families in canada than not and soccer is bigger everywhere else in the world that's not north america.
plus not all "canadian" people even care about basketball/baseball@sweatpantsjer
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ceez wrote: View Postwhooo boy
there's also a ton of europeans here in canada, toronto especially, and they're big soccer fans.
look at it this way, i have no actual facts to back myself up but there's probably more immigrants and immigrant born families in canada than not and soccer is bigger everywhere else in the world that's not north america.
plus not all "canadian" people even care about basketball/baseballOfficial Pope of the Raptors sponsored by MLSE.
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I've been saying for a week that the TFC story was great news for the Raptors and is one of the most under-noted stories on Raptors boards. No NBA team will want to pay those repeater penalties, but you cannot look at this move and say MLSE is cheap. If the Raptors are prepared to pay tax, it changes all the calculations about what kind of pieces you can add to the current team. It has the potential to change everything.
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Nilanka wrote: View PostPretty much any geographical population you can think of has a strong base in the Greater Toronto Area. Soccer is pretty popular, but I'm fairly confident that TFC specifically hasn't usurped the Raptors or Jays just yet.Official Pope of the Raptors sponsored by MLSE.
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RandomGuy wrote: View PostWell it's quite pitty that Tim himself clearly stated in few occasions that hes more of an soccer guy, so I believe it's his primary goal. From business point of view I understand why they could allow themselves to invest more into soccer, it brings more profit.
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