democracy-in-sports Stories - Sounder At Heart
Deeper Dive Into The Charter
Legal documents aren't really a fun look. There's something dry about them that takes away from what they can mean. Words like "whereas" or parentheticals for future reference immediately cause a glassification of eyeballs and headaches in many. In the case of the vote for ratification of the...
Vote To Ratify Alliance Constitution and Sounders Charter Underway
From the earliest moments of the young MLS Seattle Sounders FC franchise the team has spoken of "democracy in sports." The word DEMOCRACY has a power to it. It mobilizes men and women to do things that are previously unheard of. In politics it rears its head often, sometimes to surprising results....
Alliance Council Minutes And Notes Update
The Alliance Council met prior to the match against the Columbus Crew. An update is now posted over at the SoundersFC.com Alliance Council Blog (which will be getting frontpage attention soon). The main issues resolved around voting changes, work on the Constitution/ByLaws/Charter (which will be...
Alliance Council Update
The monthly meeting for the Seattle Sounders Alliance Council was prior to the Colorado Rapids match. This regular scheduled meeting was originally intended as a Council only meeting with the club invited to observe, but wound up with some special guests from the Football Association who are...
Alliance Council Ratifies Constitution - Next Step Club
Something that the Seattle Sounders do has been percolating in the background. It is a thing for which I have been quite involved. Democracy in Sports is part of the core of this organization, but has been a very nebulous term. The Alliance Council is looking to change that. Last Saturday we met...
Keep Rallying Around Arlo White in 710 ESPN Media Bracket
Brock and Salk's Media Bracket is onto its second round. Arlo White made it past the first round unseating the afternoon co-host at 710 ESPN, Seattle P-I columnist and world's biggest Coug Fan Jim Moore. White now faces Mike Salk, the host of the tourney. Vote Arlo and Vote Soccer. Tell "the...
Impressions of Sounders Alliance End of Year Business Meeting
Those who have attended a shareholders meeting for a company in their own past would have been comfortable at the Sounders meeting last night. While Real Madrid and Barcelona have memberships that do in fact own shares of the team, up until last night the Alliance was more a marketing tool. Last...
Any issues to communicate to ownership?
The Council is compiling our latest communication to the ownership group and I thought I would reach out and ask for your suggestions/questions as well. All I know at this time is I am going to continue to talk about #TrophiesNotFriendlies (which RSL adopted as a semi-official slogan), and Away...
Supporter for a Day - My day with Gorilla FC
There's a nasty rumor going around that cussing is not allowed in the Gorilla FC supporter's section. After spending the day with the Sounders' resident antifa group, I can happily report that I wasn't so much as shushed for muttering the stray four-letter expletive. Maybe that was because the...
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