http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCUnited/ D.C. United Fans Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:51:06 GMT Stan Collins http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCUnited/message/17422 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCUnited/message/17422 It was invented in the 30s by baseball as sort of a marketing gimmick, along with the All-Star Game, to help baseball get through the depression. But it's Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:38:49 GMT Rumberg, Michael (DCHR) http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCUnited/message/17421 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCUnited/message/17421 Well, there are a few other soccer halls of fame I could find - Int’l Football Hall of Fame http://www.ifhof.com/hof/about.asp England Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:03:29 GMT Paul Levy http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCUnited/message/17420 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCUnited/message/17420 I am, indeed, a member. I was one of the original members. I was a member before Paul Sotoudeh arrived in DC to go to law school. Looking at the larger Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:56:46 GMT Paul Levy http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCUnited/message/17419 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCUnited/message/17419 that's what would have made a fun First Amendment case. As it happens, we had a new PCLG lawyer straight out of a Nonth Circuit clerkship as our guest for that Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:56:22 GMT Jacques Amar http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCUnited/message/17418 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCUnited/message/17418 I’m sure most Screaming Eagles are honorable and respectful fans. However, it doesn’t look very good when the president of the supporter group gets into a Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:51:06 GMT Lonnie http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCUnited/message/17417 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCUnited/message/17417 yeah, I wasn't sure how public vs. private the stadium is, since DCSEC was a quasi-gov't agency. I figure if I can stand there telling Landon Donovan what a Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:42:49 GMT A. Aureliano Narro http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCUnited/message/17416 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCUnited/message/17416 John Hackworth to join Philly ... http://www.philadelphiaunion.com/ReadNews.aspx?aid=165       ________________________________ From: Paul Levy Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:39:37 GMT Rumberg, Michael (DCHR) http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCUnited/message/17415 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCUnited/message/17415 Well, actually, its not since this is a yahoo board and not BigSoccer……… but I digress. From: DCUnited@yahoogroups.com Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:21:10 GMT Paul Levy http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCUnited/message/17414 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCUnited/message/17414 Speaking of which, I still have about a dozen of these collectors items left..... Paul Alan Levy Public Citizen Litigation Group 1600 - 20th Street, N.W. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:19:36 GMT Paul Levy http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCUnited/message/17413 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCUnited/message/17413 RFK is not a private stadium -- it is a public facility, operated by a public body, the Washington Convention and Sports Authority. To be sure, and there Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:17:47 GMT Lonnie http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCUnited/message/17412 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCUnited/message/17412 Paul maybe should be yelled at for standing behind the SE banner with a Fire The Coach sign, it gives the impression that Paul's personal opinion is held by Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:09:40 GMT Lonnie http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCUnited/message/17411 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCUnited/message/17411 The point of it isn't to get (real) Skins fans over to the dark side, it is just using the ability to make fun of the deadskins' owner's stupid rules to sell Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:09:17 GMT Paul Levy http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCUnited/message/17410 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCUnited/message/17410 Have DCU or MLS done this? My own experience was only with the President of the Screaming Eagles and some of his minions, but DC United (wisely) refused to Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:09:15 GMT Jacques Amar http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCUnited/message/17409 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCUnited/message/17409 As far as I know no European country has the equivalent of a Hall of fame for soccer players or athletes in any sport. I know for a fact that France doesn’t. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:01:56 GMT Jacques Amar http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCUnited/message/17408 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCUnited/message/17408 I don’t know about that! If you remember, a while back, Paul Levy was verbally aggressed at RFK, in the stands, by some Screaming Eagles Nazi wannabes for