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Random thought, will South Carolina ever get a professional
Feb 20, 2019, 11:34 AM
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Sports team in the Relatively near future If so where would be the best location? Possibly get in on AFF expansion?
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Re: Random thought, will South Carolina ever get a professional
Feb 20, 2019, 11:37 AM
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Greenville or Charleston would probably be the best locations because they are the best 2 cities in the state. Columbia wouldn't be bad since it is in the middle of the state, but the city itself sucks.
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Re: Random thought, will South Carolina ever get a professional
Feb 20, 2019, 11:54 AM
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I hope not. I think that is what makes states like South Carolina and Alabama so special. It's that bond almost everyone has with the universities in this state. I enjoy the sole focus in this state being Clemson and South Carolina. Not saying adding a pro team would take away but I'd really like to keep away with the commercialization a pro team will inevitably bring. Let's keep it small town here in this state and let other states worry about the SJW issues professional teams seem to want to dip their toes in.
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I can't see it happening in the near future. The NFL isn't
Feb 20, 2019, 11:55 AM
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going expand into SC with the Panthers right in Charlotte. Basketball and hockey aren't popular enough around here for the NBA and NHL to even consider it. There's probably some demand for an MLB team, and there's not currently a franchise in NC either, but the Braves are already relatively close and i would imagine Charlotte would be much likelier to get a franchise than any city in SC - not that i think that will even happen.
Honestly, the most likely way for SC to get a profession sports team is via MLS. Even that seems pretty unlikely, but i could perhaps see the Charleston Battery moving up to MLS in the next decade if the Charleston area continues to grow at the current rate. The type of people moving into the area also seem to be the type to embrace and support soccer.
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Doubtful - Greenville's too close to Charlotte..............
Feb 20, 2019, 11:56 AM
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and can't imagine any team with any sense going into Columbia. Maybe Charleston but don't think that will happen either.
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Re: Random thought, will South Carolina ever get a professional
Feb 20, 2019, 12:05 PM
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I dont think so. Our minor league teams get nominal traffic. I remember the Greenville Groove basketball team. I once saw them get off a bus on Main St to a crowd of 8 people clapping. I asked what was going on. Apparently they won the whole NBA-Developmental league championship and nobody cared.
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Re: Random thought, will South Carolina ever get a professional
Feb 20, 2019, 1:35 PM
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The south already has Nascar, what else do you want????
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Hamer, SC is a great place, they have South of the Border***
Feb 20, 2019, 1:39 PM
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Re: Random thought, will South Carolina ever get a professional
Feb 20, 2019, 2:10 PM
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You sirius Clark?
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Market too small, so unlikely other than podunk minor league
Feb 20, 2019, 2:45 PM
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Besides, Clemson is all you need!
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Already have lots of professional teams
Feb 20, 2019, 4:18 PM
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but YES!
Ever is a long time and the coast of SC is growing dramatically.
I could see the Charleston area getting teams.
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Re: Random thought, will South Carolina ever get a professional
Feb 20, 2019, 8:32 PM
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None of our cites in South Carolina have the population, including surrounding cities and towns, to support any major sports team. Most cites with a major sports team depend on the city to provide the venue and that does not come cheap. I believe the tax payers in any city in this state would decline to support a venture of that sort.
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Green Bay, WI says HI!***
Feb 20, 2019, 9:07 PM
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Don't see it.***
Feb 20, 2019, 8:53 PM
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only chance
Feb 20, 2019, 8:58 PM
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Is if the MLS connects with the USL in the near future in a promotion/relegation system and the Charleston Battery or the new Greenville Triumph win promotion to the MLS.
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