Grizzly Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 NASL continuing its tradition of operating in utmost professionalism: http://www.mlssoccer.com/sideline/news/article/2014/01/08/nasl-concludes-most-memorable-news-day-ever-report-strangest-soccer-trade-ev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Bob Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Loads of leagues trade players they want off the books for "future considerations" or "allocation money" that don't amount to anything. Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Dave Winfield was once traded for dinner. The problem, to the extent that there is one, and that is to no extent, is that the Strikers were too transparent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 I love that comment on the MLS source, "still less ridiculous than magee for rodgers" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Gagne Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 "for a bag of pucks" is a phrase that come to mind here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Gagne Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 I love that comment on the MLS source, "still less ridiculous than magee for rodgers" +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted January 9, 2014 Author Share Posted January 9, 2014 Loads of leagues trade players they want off the books for "future considerations" or "allocation money" that don't amount to anything. Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Dave Winfield was once traded for dinner. The problem, to the extent that there is one, and that is to no extent, is that the Strikers were too transparent. There is no real problem here at all other than it conveys an amateur, minor league image. Probably for both sides there were advantages to doing the trade for goods and services rather than cash but for image and marketing purposes it would have been better to announce it as something generic like future considerations. I remember from the Impact days in NASL/USL there was always crazy/funny/stupid stuff from the league and/or its teams. On the other hand while somewhat more professional, there is also a lot of stupid stuff in MLS. And the MLS stupid stuff tends to be big money corporate greed stupid stuff while in NASL it is more genuine low budget amateur stupid stuff with more character and originality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alberta white Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Loads of leagues trade players they want off the books for "future considerations" or "allocation money" that don't amount to anything. Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Dave Winfield was once traded for dinner. The problem, to the extent that there is one, and that is to no extent, is that the Strikers were too transparent. Hope that included Pie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maccaliam Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Some other interesting and bizarre transactions: http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/espnfcunited/id/12065?cc=5901 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 ^ Ha! Nice find. Transfer fee of 40 liters of paint (What? All the same colour?), how do you top that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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