Originally Posted by
OgtheDim
MLS banned political signage at the beginning of the season. They define what is political. They have been putting pressure on Portland & Seattle to ban it. Portland put out a press release last week basically saying "Yes, we know what the symbol means, and yes we like the ideas but you know...we gotta ban it because the ideas are considered political." Timbers Army blew up at that. When their silent protest ended, at least 6 flags with the symbol were unfurled in their area, and 2 in the Seattle Supporters section. Seattle has made no move to ban the flag.
Somebody at MLS head office thought they could play hard ball with the TA over this one under the cover of Portland management - Timbers Army having none of it. This isn't going to end well for the league.