Lamar Hunt
Lamar Hunt
Lamar Huntwas an American sportsman and promoter of American football, soccer, basketball, tennis and ice hockey in the United States and an inductee into three sports' halls of fame. He was the principal founder of the American Football Leagueand Major League Soccer, as well as MLS's predecessor, the North American Soccer League. Hunt co-founded World Championship Tennis, and was also the founder and owner of the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League, the Kansas City Wizards of MLS,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSports Executive
Date of Birth2 August 1932
CityEl Dorado, AR
CountryUnited States of America
My definition of utter waste is a coachload of lawyers going over a cliff, with three empty seats.
Well, we've made huge strides since the 1990 World Cup, USA '94, and obviously since '98. Unfortunately, those strides only register with the public once every four years.
You can't compare a Super Bowl crowd, which tends to be more polite and a little more neutral to that. The Super Bowl only has 7,000 to 8,000 fans for each team.
I get asked this a lot: Why has soccer not succeeded? My answer is, soccer has succeeded. It is already the fastest growing youth participation sport in the U.S. It has already succeeded at the youth level, no question.
The development of American players has been a big part (of MLS). Without a league, there's no inspiration or opportunity.