One of the conditions for the Whitecaps to join the MLS in 2011 was an upgraded stadium.
BC taxpayers spent $500 million on BC Place to meet this condition. Since then the Whitecaps have increased in value from $35 million in 2011 to ~$450 million today, but without the taxpayer’s investment, Steve Nash, Greg Kerfoot, and Jeff Mallett would not have the valuable asset they now have.
It feels as though Greg Kerfoot and the other owners saw this as a great opportunity to take advantage of the BC taxpayers simply to add to their already significant personal wealth.
And if this meant stealing the Whitecaps away from Vancouver that was an insignificant consideration.
It’s one of the most cynical and sneaky things a person could do.
Greg Kerfoot, Steve Nash, and Jeff Mallett should be called out and shamed at every opportunity.
u/Fancy_Swede1975
Steve Nash, Jeff Mallett, and Greg Kerfoot have used Whitecaps fans, Vancouver, and BC to drive up the value of the Whitecaps with the sole intention of moving the team out of Canada.
Regardless what happens they should never be forgiven for what they’re doing right now.
Every conversation and interview should start with, “Why did you trash the Whitecaps, a team with a rich history that predates your involvement? You need to leave Vancouver and never come back.”
The Whitecaps are a Vancouver team, a British Columbia team, and a Canadian team and Steve Nash, Jeff Mallett, and Greg Kerfoot treated it like it was just another transferable investment.
If this is how little they think of the province and city they grew up in or call home then they don’t belong here.
Disgusting and shameful.