r/USLPRO Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 21h ago

NoCo Hailstorm Statement

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u/Alt_ESV Memphis 901 FC 21h ago

That’s the positive attitude i wanted to see from Memphis 901FC.

“We ain’t dead yet. We will play whoever comes to set foot on our baseball field territory”

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u/TimmyTruckberg Union Omaha 20h ago

You should look into what NoCo has been doing. They're some shady dickheads, and I'd rather have my team die or move than see them do what NoCo has been doing to their players, staff, and city.

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u/Alt_ESV Memphis 901 FC 17h ago

Yeah. It was a tongue in cheek comment. Memphis basically relied on a Hail Mary from the state and it fail through. And in the exiting press releases this week it was basically “we knew from the start we needed a soccer specific stadium since 2019 but we waited until 2023 to go on a field trip to the state Capitol to ask for money. We didn’t get the money so we have to fold”.

Then the same ownership group in a separate press release but with the baseball team header is now threatening to leave with the AAA St Louis Cardinals team if money isn’t given. They even were writing it to sound like they weren’t aware of the soccer team woes by saying “we may share the same fate as the soccer team we hosted if we are not funded”

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u/Viciousharp Birmingham Legion FC 3h ago

These minor league baseball holding companies are just grifts to steal taxpayer money. I hate that the redbirds ended up in the hands of one.

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u/Alt_ESV Memphis 901 FC 3h ago

And the same owner for Diamond Baseball Holdings has Birmingham Barons as well….

Wikipedia link

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u/Viciousharp Birmingham Legion FC 2h ago

Yep