François Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 quote:Originally posted by canso How would the Montreal Mob go over as a name for the MLS team?[8D] Can we go back on the subject and the possible partnership between a canadian team (the IMPACT) and FC Nantes? Or do you guys want to write another episode of the Sopranos??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massive Attack Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 Don't get me wrong, I appreciate what Joey Saputo has done for soccer in Montreal. Most of the mafia accusations are 40 or 50 years old. Plus, the most recent expansion of Saputo Dairy company has nothing to do with the mob, it was due to excellent business decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
massimo Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 Thanks Daniel for sharing this information with us. Do you know if there is any official confirmation from Saputo? I think the Montreal Impact and FC Nantes would make a great partnership. I f all holds true, it would give all players with a given potential a common place to go after the Impact. Further their development, and at the same time give those same players more playing time together. Meaning in the long run a bigger player pool for the CSA. I know I'm stating the obvisous, but trying to get this thread back on topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
François Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 Saputo will probably deny it at first but Joey Saputo was spoted recently in Nantes for a FC Nantes game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bxl Boy Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 all news, in french, there : http://impactsoccer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2919 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted December 21, 2004 Author Share Posted December 21, 2004 Saputo set up the Impact with the government because it was a sustainable way of doing things. The club is set up not as one person's plaything (the Saputo group had to sell when it was and look at Lamar Hunt's Wizards or the Florida MLS teams), but rather as a collectively-owned (we're all part owners technically), fiscally advantageous enterprise. The club has all the money it needs through legitimate streams (sponsorships, notably) and much more stable ones than one man's pocket. The one thing we all kind of expect him to pony up for is a chunk of a stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarrek Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 quote:Francois, if anything, its your response that’s stupid. There have been links between the Saputo company and the mafia, including renowned mob boss Joe Bonanno. More info: http://www.brooksbulletin.com/news/agriculture.asp?itemid=1101 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachesl Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 Okay, can we all tone down this down a bit, and not get either too personal and or too outrageous, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted December 21, 2004 Author Share Posted December 21, 2004 "The amalgamation fell through when the Saputos were horrified to learn of Joe Bananas’ Mafia background through Canadian and American dairy and law authorities." So the only link, from a mob point of view, was a non-link. Kind of like if a drug dealer tries to sell you some drugs and you say "no thanks", then you'd be linked to a drug dealer. [] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
François Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 quote:Originally posted by Jarrek Francois, if anything, its your response that’s stupid. There have been links between the Saputo company and the mafia, including renowned mob boss Joe Bonanno. More info: http://www.brooksbulletin.com/news/agriculture.asp?itemid=1101 Hey Francois, My apologies, that was supposed to be a quote. Jarrek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarrek Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 Crap, I'm pressing the wrong buttons. My apologies Francois for editing your message. Daniel: yes, that's what i wanted to show. Saputo family has no links at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
François Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 no problem Jarrek. I could not understand why you had done that. Doesn't looked like you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massive Attack Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 Man I really don't want to do this, but: quote: Further evidence of influence of organized crime on the industry was developed in a New York State Department of Agriculture hearing on an application by Utica Cheese Incorporated of Oriskany for a license to manufacture mozzarella, which is a major ingredient of pizza. The hearing received testimony that Utica's owner, Saputo Cheese in Montreal, was in turn partly owned by Joseph Bonanno of Tucson, Ariz., head of the Bonanno organized-crime group of New York. "Last month, Charles D. Breitel, former chief judge of the Court of Appeals of New York and special hearing officer for the license application, recommended that the department deny the Saputo request because of what he found to be the company's clandestine but continuing association with Mr. Bonanno. "The department had introduced evidence to show that Mr. Bonanno had a hidden interest in the Saputo cheese business, and Mr. Breitel said a denial by Emanuele Saputo, the president, 'strains credibility.' The application was rejected on August 1 by J. Roger Barber, Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Markets http://www.sdreader.com/php/m_potter.php3?mode=article&showpg=2&id=20030925 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now back to actual soccer talk. Nantes is a club with great history in France. Even though they are doing crap this year, they have won 8 titles, making them second only to St. Etienne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 I bet what you'll see is an agreement between the two clubs of some sort. Maybe you'll see some player movement. Young Nantes players playing in the A-league during the summer and maybe some Impact players moving into the Nantes program. At the least watch for a Nantes/Impact game at McGill this summer. Pure speculation. But isn't the internet great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
François Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 Joey Saputo has denied any association with Nantes and just said to a RDS reporter that in no way they are involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted December 23, 2004 Author Share Posted December 23, 2004 Achat du FC Nantes : Saputo dément http://www.rds.ca/impact/chroniques/169157.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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