Crew SC on Monday emailed a survey to random fans to “assess the potential demand for the development of a new stadium in Columbus.”
Let us assess.
Do fans want a new stadium? Of course they do. Do they want to pay for it?
Does Anthony Precourt, owner-operator of the local MLS franchise, want a new stadium? Of course he does. Does he want to pay for it?
I don’t want to get ahead of things here. As team spokesman Tim Miller put it, the survey is merely a piece of preliminary due diligence. True, if the Crew is sending out surveys, the process of deciding its future home is already underway — but that is no surprise.