this looks like its turning into the cuban missile crisis.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=361322&cc=5901
more quotable gems:
"Their new name may be Red Bull New York, but striking New Jersey from their name seems to be a different kind of bull altogether," said Brendan Gilfillan, a spokesman for Gov. Jon S. Corzine. "This is a team that sells its products in New Jersey, draws its fan base from New Jersey and receives funding from New Jersey."
"Certainly you can ask your team's president and general manager, Alexi Lalas, himself a graduate of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, about the importance of 'Jersey Pride,'" Lautenberg wrote
"They will not play in our stadium unless they have New Jersey in their name," he (zoffinger)said.
which is it people...are you offended by the inclusion of new york or the exclusion of new jersey. earlier, zoff said new york can't be in it. now nj must be in the name?
tell you what, if a team is willing to shell out 100 million dollars, they can call the team whatever they want. where the hell were these politicians when the metros were trying to build a stadium.
truly unbelievable that they can't even realize that the irony of the jets and giants with new york prominently on their helmets....they say its different....they were new york for so long....but the giants have been playing there for 30 years...at what point do they become a nj team? don't upset the giants guys.
hey..there's a soccer team...lets push them around. hopefull they get the horns.
find something better to whine about.....
my prediction:
Red Bulls
or
New York Red Bulls of New Jersey.
all until they get the F out of giants stadium and into their own stadium.
my favorite part of the article is they want to introduce legislation...what are all the ny bagel, ny deli, and other stores that bear the ny name?
that's because ny is the biggest city in the world...and commercial enterprises like to take advantage of it.... nj, looks like the jealous neighbor... sometimes, your neighbor's going to have a nicer car, bigger house, hotter wife.... that's life....no need to complain about it....