tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165780438929797577.post7770282537565661118..comments2024-03-21T00:30:32.509-07:00Comments on From A Left Wing: States of SuspensionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165780438929797577.post-71381666539205041092012-02-13T17:20:10.785-08:002012-02-13T17:20:10.785-08:00I don't know about the stakes for individual p...I don't know about the stakes for individual players being low - in a material sense, sure, but the Washington Post did a profile on the Freedom players some months after the WUSA folded and depicted Jacqui Little almost in tears as she contemplated the fact that she'd gone from being a heroine to a horde of little girls to selling kitchen cabinets.<br /><br />As for the wish for a wealthy patron, I think that comes from looking at MLS. I've pointed out repeatedly that the fundamental difference between the success of MLS and the failure of WPS is that the former had Phil Anschutz and Lamar Hunt spending tens of millions year after year while WPS can't get anyone to spend a fraction of that amount on them.kevinwparkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07295684405173873224noreply@blogger.com