so basically the most likely move would be the saints moving to LA?
I would say that would be the most likely outcome, but unless Anaheim gets its feet going, we could see another shocker, such as when Jacksonville (Jaguars) beat out St. Louis (Stallions) for a franchise or when Houston (Texans), beat out LA more recently.
Question is, would the stmosphere be different for a major sports league team?
No. I don't think it would be any different. The gaming and sports industry is so heavily regulated and monitored that it would be very difficult for any untoward activity to successfully occur. Plus, both the NFL and the NGC would have a vested interest in making sure the games occured lawfully.
I think it is safe to say that LV is ready for an expansion team. The days of a mob ran Vegas are long over. Vegas is a business... a legitimate and lawfully run business.
I agree with Professor Ellis on this one. Anaheim would be a much better place to host an NFL expansion franchise. While LA is a larger and wealthier market, they've had 2 chances ... and blew them both! I think Anaheim will be a more positive locale for the NFL and their fans will support them better.
Actually, when I said Los Angeles, I was referring to the Los Angeles metro area as a whole, including Orange Country. I should have been more specific, lol. But it is true, as I said earlier, that the LA metro area's best chance of getting the NFL back is in Anaheim.
..But my personal belief is if the Los Angeles area messes up again, and say Las Vegasm Toronto, San Antonio, or Oklahoma City lands a franchise, the NFL should give up trying to being a franchise back to Los Angeles. Personally, I think the NFL should take some of the blame too, since they should have stepped in and blocked either the Raiders or Rams from leaving in the mid 90's, or went ahead and given the 2002 franchise to them instead of Houston, even if the stadium situation wasn't resolved yet. They could have stood to play in the Coliseum for three years until a stadium in Anaheim was built. That's just what the Nationals are doing right now in Washginton, playing in RFK Stadium (which is in an area also like the Coliseum where you don't want to be at night) for their first 3 years until their new home is built. Now the NFL has expanded themselves in a 32 team, 8 division corner.
I see nothing wrong with the NFL the way it is now... everything's even...
Plus the more teams you have, the more you thin out the talent...
Another thing to consider is that in places like Nebraska or other rural areas, the fans follow college football religiously, and would likely not even care that much about another NFL franchise...
I see nothing wrong with the NFL the way it is now... everything's even...
Plus the more teams you have, the more you thin out the talent...
Another thing to consider is that in places like Nebraska or other rural areas, the fans follow college football religiously, and would likely not even care that much about another NFL franchise...
I just think it's uneccesary...
I agree with you InfinitePulse. The NFL is fine as is. It doesn't really need additional teams. However... if the NFL is gung-ho on adding some expansion franchise, then Anaheim and Vegas would get my votes.
Plus, if I had to choose between NCAA and NFL football, I would, reluctantly, choose NCAA football. I enjoy college football more than pro.
I enjoy NFL more, as I don't follow NCAA that much, that being said, I do watch it, especially this season...I watched as a kid but never had a team to follow so I didn't care...
I was rooting for texas last year however, Vince Young really impressed me in his 2nd year and I followed him becuase of that... yes... I'm a VY fan.
The birth of the 300 millionth American might well mean the birth of another sports fan. Given population trends, that sports fan is either going to be born in the South or West, or will be moving there. And your favorite team could follow little baby sports fan, too.
Peter Karmanos’ moving the Hartford Whalers to Raleigh, N.C., to become the Carolina Hurricanes in 1997 looked shaky at the time. But the rapid growth of the Raleigh metro area and the stagnant growth of Hartford makes the move look prescient. Rest assured, there are many future Raleighs, cities you never expected to have a big-time pro team that someday will steal your team, and maybe treat it better than you do.
Which ones? Here’s a list of 10 cities and metro areas that might, like a newly minted millionaire buying his first Bentley, decide a pro sports franchise would be a nice geegaw to announce their big-time status to the world.
This list consists of cities that have no major league team (Arena Football doesn’t count), nor have come up in discussions as locations for such a team. Thus, Las Vegas, Louisville, Oklahoma City and Norfolk don’t make the cut. Nor do Sacramento, San Antonio and, well, Raleigh, fast-growing areas with one team that might decide they have room for another. (San Antonio made that clear when it tried to make the New Orleans Saints more than a temporary tenant last season.)
You might not hear of these cities for another 20 years — but you will hear of them.
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