To Whom it May Concern:
Your newest soccer team, New York City FC, has made a tremendous PR blunder by writing a check their mouths couldn't cash: signing Frank Lampard... only to have him stolen by Manchester City FC until the end of the Barclays Premier League season in May. I do not need to tell you how special New York is as a city to the United States and to the world, and your sports teams should be some of the best in the world at their sports. With that said, I think it is time that you publicly condemn every fan of NYCFC and the owner of City Football Group, the parent company of NYCFC, Manchester City, and Melbourne City in Australia, for taking an action in tremendous bad faith to the city that deserves (and needs) the best players in the world playing in Yankee Stadium (for the time being, until they get a stadium of their own). Even though this may be hard for most of you, I would also like a few words said against the Yankees for not showing any spine in their part of the deal to bring a soccer team to the New York city limits. In response to the disrespect, I would urge you strongly to support the one soccer team in New York that bows to no one, and the one that has brought the likes of Pele, Beckenbauer, and Chinaglia to New York to finish their soccer careers: the New York Cosmos. Yes, they play on Long Island, but if New York City got behind them and supported them without fail, they could get the first modern-day soccer-specific stadium in the city limits. Yes, they play in the "second division", but there is no second division without a system of promotion and relegation to define the divisions.
I hope this letter finds you well, and may all of you have a wonderful holiday season and a prosperous New Year.
J.T. Dulany
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