A judge in San Antonio has asked his county's district attorney to investigate Major League Soccer regarding the league encouraging the city to spend $18 million on renovating its soccer stadium in 2015.
Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff sent a strongly worded letter to MLS on Monday, expressing concern that the league may have encouraged Bexar County to spend the money despite already being aware of the Columbus Crew's desire to move to Austin.
According to Wolff, MLS could have violated the law in 2015 when the league encouraged Bexar County to purchase Toyota Field and submit a bid for expansion, because the league already knew at the time that Crew owner Anthony Precourt wanted to move his franchise to Austin.