Fansided · Oct 15, 2018
Columbus Crew: Sanity creeps into Austin negotiations
After all that, Columbus Crew SC will be staying in Ohio, while Austin, Texas will have to wait until 2021. Perhaps sanity has finally crept in the back door and taken its seat at the head of the table.
So Ohio keeps Columbus Crew SC. Austin gets an official MLS nod for a team — but for now, the Texas capital city only has Anthony Precourt on the roster. A pending lawsuit in the mix stands to get dismissed. And sanity is returning to both Columbus and Austin.
Precourt Sports Ventures maintains its mission to launch an MLS franchise in Austin. But Ohio’s state law throwing a poison pill into pro sports teams moving away worked. Columbus Crew SC stays put and won’t become Austin FC.