Plucking a premium soccer exhibition this summer - perhaps with Real Madrid - from Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City to LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo is "absolutely disgusting" and a "slap in the face." So say Salt Lake County Council members, who are sounding off on Real Salt Lake owner Dave Checkett's plan to move the big game to Brigham Young University. "It's really shockingly stupid," Councilman Joe Hatch said. "The lack of sensitivity from the pooh-bahs of Real. . . . It's like saying, 'Please, don't fund us.' They're chowderheads." Hatch and Co. say taking the game to Utah County while asking for up to $45 million from Salt Lake County and Sandy taxpayers shows poor form from RSL. "It's a joke," said Councilman Michael Jensen, noting the team frequently touts the $7 million in economic benefit generated by last summer's World Cup qualifier at the University of Utah. County leaders ask: Why bite the hand that feeds you? RSL spokesmen counter that the move is practical. LaVell Edwards Stadium has grass. But Councilwoman Jenny Wilson is disappointed RSL would even consider the move. "It shows a lack of judgment." If the game goes south, so too could a funding deal, according to Doug Willmore, the county's chief administrative officer. "If the World Cup exhibition is going to be in Provo," he said, "it's unlikely [RSL] is going to get funding from Salt Lake County for a stadium in Salt Lake County." - Derek P. Jensen