So obvious that the first article of the book that instantly causes me to lose interest has to come from one of those Run of Play fakkits.
Hey, let's use African Football as an excuse to look smart mentioning some irrelevant philosophical theory and allude to some random author no one knows about. fakkits.
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The best one has been http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/12/31/rival-leagues-and-pitch-invasions-american-soccer-in-1967/ though!
First World Cup televised in 1966 brought ideas to the minds of many rich gentlemen, creating two rival leagues USA (which imported WHOLE teams from around the world as a placeholder) and NPSL who wasn't FIFA sanctions but had the TV contract. And they fought it out to become the best league in America for one year, then merged to form NASL in 1967 and the rest was history. Great stuff.
Hey, let's use African Football as an excuse to look smart mentioning some irrelevant philosophical theory and allude to some random author no one knows about. fakkits.
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The best one has been http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/12/31/rival-leagues-and-pitch-invasions-american-soccer-in-1967/ though!
First World Cup televised in 1966 brought ideas to the minds of many rich gentlemen, creating two rival leagues USA (which imported WHOLE teams from around the world as a placeholder) and NPSL who wasn't FIFA sanctions but had the TV contract. And they fought it out to become the best league in America for one year, then merged to form NASL in 1967 and the rest was history. Great stuff.