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Originally Posted by browna
Players have burned zero goodwill. Zero.
They have just recently found out that that national governing body that is supposed to be supporting them, and soccer for all Canadians, have sold out to private enterprise, seemingly secretly, years ago, and no longer has full control of anything, let alone finances.
Again, this is borderline criminal for the CSA to do this.
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For people like ourselves who understand the circumstances behind this decision this is likely true. However, I personally have three separate group chats w friends who live in Vancouver/happened to be in Vancouver this weekend all with tickets for todays game and all three chats are currently popping off with comments about how much of a mickey mouse operation soccer is in Canada with many comments along the lines of "this is why you don't waste your time watching this sport". These are all hockey/basketball fans generally who have jumped on the bandwagon and wanted to see the team live.
While the justification behind the decision to cancel is there, there are alot of people who were screwed over today that don't care what the reason is and are now less likely to give the team another chance/follow as closely in the future. Winning cures all in the case of these casual types but there was absolutely goodwill lost by many by this decision today. Rightly or wrongly.
With that said, I agree with your points on what is essentially the privatization of the national program. Incredibly sketchy set of circumstances and I don't blame the players whatsoever for wanting this addressed.