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Joining us now, formerly of the Columbus Dispatch, now Disrespected Media.

Michael Arace joins us here on the Halford & Brough Show on Sportsnet 650.

Good morning, Michael.

How are you?

Yeah, thanks for coming on to take the time to do this.

We appreciate it.

So I'll set the table here for the listeners.

It was about a decade ago that Columbus's MLS team, the Columbus crew, faced serious relocation worries where they were potentially going to move to Austin.

Just so we can get the comp out of the way first, can you let our listeners know just how close was Columbus to losing its MLS team?

I do want to ask about MLS and specifically Don Garber's role in all this because I know he sort of became public enemy number two.

I guess pre-court was number one, but Garber was right there.

I remember, I think it was the statement that they issued that was co-written by pre-court and Garber.

His conversations around Vancouver have been much more...

like vanilla, there hasn't really been leaning either way.

Like he's not happy with the stadium situation, but I think he's been very cautious in what he said.

How big a role did MLS play in the, you know, looming relocation of Columbus and how much was Garber front and center during that process?

How bad was the stadium situation in Columbus while all this was going on?

Okay, Michael, we want to thank you for taking the time to do this today.