Involvement in Professional Sports
One of the driving forces behind the creation of Major League Soccer, Hunt helped his father run the Kansas City Wizards until the team was sold in 2006. Hunt remains a member of the league's Board of Governors and owns the MLS clubs FC Dallas and the Columbus Crew.
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Famous quotes containing the words involvement in, involvement, professional and/or sports:
“The mother whose self-image is dependent on her children places on those children the responsibility for her own identity, and her involvement in the details of their lives can put great pressure on the children. A child suffers when everything he or she does is extremely important to a parent; this kind of over-involvement can turn even a small problem into a crisis.”
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“In the end, I think you really only get as far as you’re allowed to get.”
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