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Show The Enterprise Review , August 18, Page 4b Soccer Fans Rescued by firuce Vatxkrwvrff u)tjout)ce$ tf)e cpama of Salt latyns t)cwcst private supper clubr -- Franchise Purchase Continued Front Page $$$ in Their Eyes lb But neither Jimenez nor Pioneers president Tony Escobar see anything short of for information call 055-722- 4 . Trolley Square Lunch and dinner menu spectacular success for the soccer team. Escobar has claimed that soccer, professional and amateur style, is the fastest growing sport in the U.S. He said that owners of professional baseball, basketball and football teams have finally freed the reins from soccer and are Soccer letting the sport pursue its course. g has tremendous money-makinpotential," he make much less soccer said, because players money than players in other professional sports and because the games have the potential of. drawing a lot of fans." According to former franchise holders, the $559,000 budget alloted by the Pioneers for next year's season is generously extravagant. President of the now defunct Spikers, Tim Themy, said his team was operating on about $135,000. He also said that member teams of the more prestigious North American Soccer League (NASL) operate on a budget of around $250,000. He said NASL players make about $500 a week while ASL players make only $125-15- 0 a week. And, he continued, NASL attendance for was around 30,000 league games in 1975-7- 6 fans per game in comparison to about 3,000 per ASL league gatnes. Both Jimei&z and Escobar care little about soccer profits since they have already been pledged to the LDS missionary fund as a publicity stunt. Escobar claimed the team owner, Frontier U.S.A., will make its real" money as a collateral lender specializing in problems loans. Playing soccer, he maintained is a means of getting publicity for the lending operation, and as Jimenez said, to promote the stock" of the company. Man Behind Soccer Scene He knows where to take his lady to dine Dining like in San Francisco New York . . . Paris. Romantic live music enhances . . . your unforgettable evening. Nightly except Sunday. to the door and the parking to us! Drive leave Continued From Page lb major news media in Salt Lake City at which time he admitted he knew nothing about soccer. His intentions he made He was perfectly clear. purchasing an American Soccer League franchise for tax and publicity purposes. He also intended to move stock" in a corporation conceived by him. He indeed intends to make money, but not with the soccer team. Working as a mortgage lender, specializing problem loans," he lafleufdelyg 338 South State Telephone 359-575- in ex- plained he would use his soccer franchise to gain publicity for his company. Bom and reared in Idaho, Jimenez said he bought a farm at age 13. I left school in the 9th grade because I wanted to be a cowboy. I settled for being a farmer," he said. Because, he said, hes the kind of guy who likes to give," Jimenez has pledged all soccer proceeds to the Mormon Church missionary fund. I have donated a lot of money to churches," he said. Its not all one sided, the Jimenez giving that is. I can make explained, money by contributions. It's good publicity and I can use it as a tax write off." He openly admits that the soccer team will operate at a loss for the remainder of 1976. It doesnt matter, he says, since the soccer team is not set up to make money. Rather, he says, it is a tool that he will manipulate to spread the affluence of himself and his company. Lincoln Bid in Negotiation Autonomy, Inc. has bid $600,001 for Lincoln Junior High School, ' 1241 South State Street. But the bid is still in negotiation with the Salt Lake City School Board. According to Gary Harmer of the City School District, R. Wagner Jones, president of Autonomy, Inc., bid $1.00 more than the base price listed by the Board. The bid was conditional upon Jones being able to successfully petition that the school be rezoned from C- to R-Upon hearing the bid, Board thq postponed its decision, saying it needed to further negotiate with the bidder. -l Order deadline August 31 156 So. Main 6. |