Comments on: Evening Links and Thoughts: Playoffs, Attendance, and more http://wvhooligan.com/2009/10/28/evening-links-and-thoughts-playoffs-attendance-and-more/ A look at Major League Soccer (MLS) through the eyes of a MLS writer and fan. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:57:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Joseph D'Hippolito http://wvhooligan.com/2009/10/28/evening-links-and-thoughts-playoffs-attendance-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-14145 Joseph D'Hippolito Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:55:31 +0000 http://wvhooligan.com/?p=5105#comment-14145 WV, there's a good reason why the Galaxy's attendance is down 21 percent. Fans are tired of being treated like walking vending machines by AEG. Concessions are overpriced and inferior. Parking is too high. Tickets are too high. AEG has all these fancy-pants ideas (like valet parking and a conspicuous VIP entrance at Home Depot Center) designeld to cater to Big Money, not the average fan. Besides, fans are tired of the Beckham saga. Here today, gone to Milan over the winter, won't be back until after mid-season. If this is "committment to the Galaxy," as he claims, then I'm Pele, Maradona, Puskas and DiStefano combined! No wonder that the Riot Squad, the club's most vocal fans, made banners saying "Go Home Fraud!" with Beckham's number encircled with a slash through it like a European road sign. WV, there's a good reason why the Galaxy's attendance is down 21 percent. Fans are tired of being treated like walking vending machines by AEG. Concessions are overpriced and inferior. Parking is too high. Tickets are too high. AEG has all these fancy-pants ideas (like valet parking and a conspicuous VIP entrance at Home Depot Center) designeld to cater to Big Money, not the average fan.

Besides, fans are tired of the Beckham saga. Here today, gone to Milan over the winter, won't be back until after mid-season. If this is "committment to the Galaxy," as he claims, then I'm Pele, Maradona, Puskas and DiStefano combined! No wonder that the Riot Squad, the club's most vocal fans, made banners saying "Go Home Fraud!" with Beckham's number encircled with a slash through it like a European road sign.

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