GCGBAG

The Greater Columbus Golden Boys And Girls want to see the Nordecke grow and thrive!

We know — several of us first-hand — that serving on the Nordecke Board is a tough, often thankless job. You put in hours and hours during the week and match day is a day at the office. Except you don’t get paid. And it’s really rowdy. And there’s someone dressed in a Gumby costume most likely endangering themselves. And you’re pretty sure you just saw the HR manager taking a swig from a bottle of Cinerator. And did you just hear a triangle!? Who the hell brought a triangle!?!? And now they’re playing “Africa” again! And — Jesus! When will those people quit yelling DOOOOOOOONNNNN!?!?!?

Any sucker willing to make the sacrifices and put in all the time and energy to strengthen The Collective is OK in our book! With that said, here are the suckers GCGBAG believes are best equipped to lead Nordecke over the upcoming term(s):

Full disclosure: we did not get our Official GCGBAG Nordecke Board Candidate Questionnaire deployed in time for this year’s elections. Given that, the criteria for our endorsement, the vaunted GCG-Bump™️, are as follows:

Candidate is a current, key-tag carrying member of GCGBAG in good standing, and/or
Candidate has donned the Gumbinho costume for a Crew match or pre-match tailgate.

Nordecke voting is underway now and the polls are open until Sunday, Jan. 19 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Only current Nordecke members may vote. Check your email for your unique link to cast your vote via the Election Buddy. Check out Nordecke’s election page for more info or harass Chris LaMacchia on Twitter, Bluesky, Nordecke Slack, GCGBAG Discord or at his place of residence.

Nordecke Election Page: https://nordecke.com/2024/12/11/2025-nordecke-board-of-directors-election-hub/

Stay golden!

We are incredibly disheartened by Crew ownership’s decision to play a competitive home match 2 ½ hours away from Lower Dot Com Field.

Many have called this what it is: “a shameless, short-sighted cash grab,” “spitting in the face of the most dedicated Crew supporters,” and “Jimmy Haslam Grifter Brain manifest.” We share in Crew Supporterdom’s Collective Righteous Fury.

We’ve got nothing against Cleveland. We’d be fine with the Crew playing a friendly or even a Campeones Cup Final in the Factory of Sadness.

This decision, however, isn’t about solidifying Crew’s foothold in the Northeast Ohio. They’re not planning to “welcome significantly more Crew fans” as President of Business Operations and Sentient Quarter-Zip Josh Glessing claims.

No, Glessing and the brain trust that gave us the 2021 rebrand know there’s unprecedented demand to see Lionel Messi, and they’re happy to fill Cleveland Browns Stadium with Argentina, Barcelona and Miami supporters that will never give the Crew another thought – let alone another dollar – after the match.

Making the Crew more accessible for supporters residing outside Columbus doesn’t factor into the equation. Putting the team in the best position to win what could be a vital match? Lol. Lmao even.

We encourage supporters to continue to voice their displeasure – just remember your ticket rep didn’t want to deal with this any more than you did. We hope our leaders in Nordecke will leverage our Collective to make it clear to the front office that “where you go, we’ll follow” has its limits.

We didn’t save the Crew for this bullshit.

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