DJT Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Originally posted by mlsintoronto - 04/19/2006 : 19:13:26</u> At some point in the next 24 hours, you all will be able to go to www.torontoprosoccer.com and vote for your choice of: Toronto FC Inter Toronto FC Toronto Northmen FC Toronto Nationals Toronto Reds or Other. At some point in the future we'll all laugh about the chain of events that led to the very passionate opinions on Inter. There is an explanation for the things that are registered vs don't need to be registered vs can't be registered... Suffice to say that many keyboard strokes were wasted on this issue! The site will be up until April 30, I think. You can also get your name on the list for ticket info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 quote:Originally posted by DJT Originally posted by mlsintoronto - 04/19/2006 : 19:13:26</u> At some point in the next 24 hours, you all will be able to go to www.torontoprosoccer.com and vote for your choice of: Toronto FC Inter Toronto FC Toronto Northmen FC Toronto Nationals Toronto Reds or Other. At some point in the future we'll all laugh about the chain of events that led to the very passionate opinions on Inter. There is an explanation for the things that are registered vs don't need to be registered vs can't be registered... Suffice to say that many keyboard strokes were wasted on this issue! The site will be up until April 30, I think. You can also get your name on the list for ticket info. Personally I'd be very weary about giving the type of info requested by this site owner. No where is there a statement that your information won't be sold to a third party. No where does it say that it's affiliated with MLSE or MLS soccer. Ask yourself the question: would I give this info to a stranger on the street? and if you're answer is no, then why give it to a site as vague as this one? identify theft is a real world problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaku_bert Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 G-man, you have a valid point. But you can always fudge your name and address a bit. And you can just provide a hotmail e-mail that you can abandon. I keep a hotmail adress for purposes of giving to "vague" sites. And you're right, it gets sold and it is always filled with the craziest spam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 I agree about being wary. I don't see why they would need my address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 This is a classic technique for gathering names and addresses for further targetted marketing later on. The Vancouver Whitecaps used a similar approach for promoting their new Waterfront Stadium. I think the answer about how genuine the site is will be evident if it survives for a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 It looks like it is a legit site: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2006/20/c5856.html http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060421.DIGEST21-4/TPStory/?query=soccer Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 If they went with Northmen, do you think they'd try to bring back a variant of the old WFL Toronto Northmen logo? http://www.sportslogos.net/logo.php?lo=5821 For that matter, I don't know if anyone here has even mentioned the old football club that ultimately never played in Toronto. It was before my time and I suspect the same could be said for most of the others on this board. Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Robin Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 nope I mentioned it a few weeks ago in the InterToronto MLS thread which is now over 10 pages. North York Canada 656 Posts Posted - 04/05/2006 : 11:19:05 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Toronto Northmen too original? Not from what I remember. There was a Toronto Northmen World Football franchise started by one of the Bassett's back in the 1970s that never got to play here because of its threat to the CFL so Bassett took the franchise to Memphis Tennessee as the Southmen. The whole league didn't last long. Different rules like the offensive linemen wore different coloured pants than the offensive backs so fans could tell them apart. So many football leagues since then that they blur together. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_Southmen http://www.chriscreamer.com/team.php?t=1298 hey MLSE could use Carlton the Bear and keep the logo. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edited by - Rocket Robin on 04/05/2006 11:28:02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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