NFL vote means Raiders could be playing in Texas as soon as next season

[JoeBoBBY]

I would love to see an NFL Franchise in SA. Love it. I remember , the gunslingers, and i lived in Virginia at the time. Between Austin and SA there are alot of people!! Football people. If its one state that could handle 3 NFL teams successfully, its Texas.

I dont think the NFL has ever tried in SA, but not sure about it.................

There is a market here.

 

[JoeBoBBY]

No way this happens. They are being given $100 million by the league to help leverage and build in Oakland and if the Chargers back out Inglewood, there is that scenario too. Think too much for them to just say ....San Antonio now.

Probably "made-up" leverage............. i dont know any other kind...)

 

[csirl]

My bet is that they linger in California for 5 years then relocate to Germany.

 

[Tobal]

That area has almost 4 million people and it's going to keep growing.

 

[csirl]

Personally I do not care. The Raiders have completely failed at Brand Management. Moving the team isn't going to help unless they change how they manage their brand.

I think the league doesn't like the Raiders image. I also think some would be happy to get rid of it as it personified Davis, who was always at odds with the league. If the team moves, I bet it gets rebranded.

 

[sacase]

I don't actually care, but I am tired of the league holding cities hostage and basically receiving corporate welfare so they can build a new stadium to get richer off the taxpayer's back.

To me, this is just another sign of the NFL's eventual downfall. This isn't 1995. People are wiser to the myth that stadiums help the local economy (ironically, the one size fits all stadiums like Riverfront, Three Rivers and Veteran's Stadium are more beneficial to the local economy). And after the housing crisis, spending habits of taxpayers are a more conservative.

Taking a crap on the fans of large cities like St. Louis, Oakland and San Diego just spreads more distrust to the league. And they're trying to move to LA where I'll be hard pressed to see if anybody there will care about the Rams. The Raiders? I can see in LA. But it would be a disastrous move for the league and the Raiders to move to San Antonio. Nobody will care about them and they can probably kiss most of their California fans goodbye.

So, it's the stupidity and short sightedness that bothers me.
YR

People will care about the Rams in LA because they are going to get a glitzy high profile stadium that matches the LA lifestyle. That stadium complex is going to be the place to be in LA during football season. I live in San Diego and I know I will go up once a year to catch a game, especially if they are playing the Cowboy there.

 

[JoeBoBBY]

People will care about the Rams in LA because they are going to get a glitzy high profile stadium that matches the LA lifestyle. That stadium complex is going to be the place to be in LA during football season. I live in San Diego and I know I will go up once a year to catch a game, especially if they are playing the Cowboy there.

All my childhood crushes loved that darn Vince Ferragamo. ummmmm