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Originally Posted by shermanator
The NASL commissioner was in Edmonton last week to discuss the football lines at Clarke Stadium. Expansion bids that permanently rely on a stadium with football lines won't be considered.
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This is both good news and bad news for Calgary's prospects of landing an NASL. I can't see McMahon ever agreeing to erasable lines, no should they. They have a bread and butter tenant in the Stampeders, and the Dinos also use the facility for football because the University actually owns it. This essentially squashes the idea of McMahon being the permanent home of an NASL team, which is good in so many ways.
But will this deter any potential investors from jumping on board? Which is worse: having an NASL team that fails miserably because it is in a totally inadequate venue, or never getting an NASL team in the first place.
I have tried on a few occasions to watch and enjoy an FC Edmonton match on Ustream (and now even on Sportsnet 360), and it is a headache-inducing activity. Some will say that they're "just some extra lines", but it really is difficult to watch. The big, fat football sidelines are a few yards inside a thin, yellow soccer sideline that you can barely see.