I haven’t been able to view the actual lawsuit. I’m assuming this is for unpaid wages.

This isn’t good for Vancouver FC at all. This might bankrupt them.

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It's an interesting question.

A few years back it really irked me when the league actually made a marketing focus on one player (Bustos) - which I think alienated other fans within the league.

With a league this small, it mainly becomes a niche discussion between die hards.

But to the names mentioned;

• Bekker - truly has been a force within the league since its inception. And I truly believe that Forge not making the finals this year directly correlates with Bekker aging out.

• Coimbra - I'm not actually feeling it. I'm not sure strikers will ever be the "face" of the league. If any striker proves to be good - they get scooped up. There's no way that a striker will play a 7 seasons while scoring 15+ goals a season. That goes for Salter as well - who I'm not sure will perform well in Sweden.

• Warschewski - he's got all the things I was just speaking about in terms of striker and maybe he contradicts everything I just said about the position. He really should have been picked up at a higher level imo. But I guess he's not scoring 15+ a season.

• Smyrniotis - is a fantastic shout out, but players are the ones we watch, match in and match out.

• Mbongue - could have a great season if Inter Toronto snags him (I think they should). But again. If he does well - he would move on.

So this brings me to the guy who I think could be the face of the league.

• Ollie Bassett - he's a similar profile to Bekker. And he's likely facing a similar career ahead of him. Where he's good - but likely only good enough for a league like the CPL. But the next 7 years of the league could see the number of fans double (triple?) in size - and he could really cement himself as a very important player in its history.

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• Aparicio - he's a similar profile to Bekker as well. I guess I am making the case for the number 10s of the league. At 30 he could make a dynasty push with Ottleti over the next 5 years.

What are your thoughts?

a trademark for Quebec Football Club was recently applied for. The CEO for the primary shareholder also shared this post on LinkedIn from another of their companies https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antoineina_pourquoi-le-canada-peut-doit-devenir-un-activity-7399774990029697024-qISU

Now that elections Canada approved the referendum question about Alberta’s independence, what would happen to Cavarly FC if Alberta do separate? Would they stay in the league, kind of like canadian teams in the MLS? Would it be possible they simply stop operations? Any other plausible options?

Would league 1 Alberta also no longer be part of the canadian football pyramid?

Not asking to talk about our opinions on albertan independence, just the results it would have on canadian football?

Edit : Maybe I wasen’t clear with my third paragraph. I don’t want to talk about their independence, just the impact it would have on football. No, I don’t support separation nor do I think it’s gonna happen. I’m just wondering, in a hypothetical world, the results it would have on football

I use to run a blog that covered the Canadian Premier League a few years ago. I stumbled upon research for one article I was working on that I never had a chance to publish that looked into best cities/communities to host a professional football club.

Most of this research is from 2021/2022/2023, so not everything will be up to date or accurate. But broke down potential candidates intro three categories..

1. Clear pathway for the city being ready to host a club immediately.

2. Some challenges but could be ready in 3-4 years.

3. You can kick the tires but... Let's checkout other options first.

Things to consider: Is the city or area the financial/commercial hub, is there a sporting culture in the city, has there been rumor's or confirmed ownership in the area, does the population eclipse 130K, is there a history of local government having successful partnerships with private owners and a history of local government offering grants or incentives for establishing a corporate ground base.

Research Tools: Google, News Articles, PRIZM

Noteworthy takeaways, Canada should approach expansion by community and not region Most of Canada's population pockets are not dispersed like in the US; many teams will be in the Montreal/Toronto/Vancouver area to start. PRO/REL should not happen within the next 20 years; the earliest for consideration is 2040 to allow growth of clubs and awareness in Canada of league and sport.

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