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MUTINY FRUSTRATED BY "FAIR-WEATHERNESS" OF TAMPA MARKETPLACE

          MLS Commissioner Doug Logan, "expressing serious
     concern" yesterday over the Mutiny's "poor" home attendance
     figures this season, said MLS and its investors "can't
     afford to lose money in the market indefinitely," according
     to Bill Ward of the TAMPA TRIBUNE.  Logan: "It's an
     extremely disconcerting situation.  It's a marketplace that,
     for whatever reason, is oversaturated with sporting
     products.  I've always been dead-set against any of our
     teams moving but I can tell you this: There is a finite
     amount of economic patience."  Ward writes that Logan's
     comments "were his strongest hint ever that the Mutiny could
     relocate unless their fortunes improve."  According to Tampa
     Sports Authority figures, the club's actual home attendance
     (ticket stubs counted) averages 5,082 through 14 home dates,
     down from the 9,970 and 7,964 it averaged in '96 and '97,
     respectively.  Mutiny GM Nick Sakiewicz: "I've never seen in
     any of our existing MLS markets -- or any market for that
     matter -- the intensity of the fair-weatherness of the fans
     here.  It's brutal" (Bill Ward, TAMPA TRIBUNE, 8/27). 

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