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A good summary, and f*** the Miami Dolphins.

 

The first significant setback of Orlando City Soccer Club's bid to bring Major League Soccer to Florida was felt Friday when the House of Representatives failed to hear a bill providing funding towards the team's stadium project.

 

Over the last week, legislation that would allow Orlando City and other sports franchises to tap into roughly $13M in state funding annually was moved around Tallahassee like a soccer ball.

 

On Monday, Senate Bill 306 (SB-306), which contained the funding mechanism, was approved by the Senate by a vote of 35-4 and was moved onto the House for review and approval.

 

After sitting in limbo for several days a move was made that transferred the stadium funding from SB-306 to Senate Bill 1828 (SB-1828) and was approved again by the Senate 37-2 and sent to the House.

 

However, with still no movement on SB-1828 late on Friday the Senate went back and amended House Bill 7127 (HB-7127) to include the stadium funding and approved that at 3:35pm Friday by a 40-0 vote.

 

A tense few hours of waiting ensued for Orlando City supporters as they held their breath hoping the bill would be processed and moved onto the House for presentation. At 4:41pm the bill status was changed to reflect that it was ready to be received by the House.

 

At 6:10pm the House returned from recess and heard several bills that had been approved by the Senate ranging from health care to education. Hope of HB-7127 being heard went right up until the last minute of the session, but ultimately Speaker William Weatherford decided not to hear the bill during this session.

 

Ultimately the flaw of the bill was not the Orlando City portion, but the funding request from the Miami Dolphins to support their renovations to Sun Life Stadium. Miami-Dade County was to hold a sales tax referendum vote in two weeks that would allow for the state funds to be directed towards the Dolphins stadium. With South Florida still feeling the impacts of several publicly funded stadium projects over the last decade the bill never made it to the House floor for a vote.

 

What happens to Orlando City's timeline for stadium plans and possible MLS expansion is now a bit unclear. Team President Phil Rawlins stated that he was "bitterly disappointed with the politics he witnessed in Tallahassee" but encouraged supporters to carry on with the push towards MLS.

 

http://www.scoringthird.com/2013/05/orlando-city-stadium-bill-falls-short.html

 

Just saw this fuck off with the Dolphins hate :)

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Just saw this f*** off with the Dolphins hate :)

 

Didn't know we had any Fins fans on here, my fault dude. Just pissed as your team torpedoed my cities growing momentum to get public funding for a stadium.

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Tal Ben Haim signs on loan with Toronto :lol:

 

Woohoo. Ryan Nelson manager, Ben Haim in the heart of defence, and goal machine Robert Earnshaw up front. Hitting up a few games this season for sure.

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So dave is already trying to get himself an MLS team, and his mls contract states that he can have one for dirt cheap. It's meant to be for an expansion team too, so maybe Dave will help out you Orlando types.

 

Or screw you over by filling your spot.

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Red Bulls need to rebrand. (not that NJ branded teams have thrived).

 

 

Edit: Saw a suggestion on Twitter to just drop New York and be Red Bulls F.C. That's probably the way to go, but need to differentiate.

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