NFL wants Los Angeles

[camelcowboy]

NFL | League wants two teams in Los Angeles
Fri, 21 Apr 2006 20:12:16 -0700
Beth Barrett and Rick Orlov, of the Los Angeles Daily News, reports the HERE

NFL has brought up the idea of bringing two teams to Los Angeles and the rebuilt Memorial Coliseum. The league has asked the Coliseum Commission to think about expanding the cap on Coliseum events from 25 to 35 a year. The proposal will likely increase resistance from landmark museums in nearby Exposition Park. The source said, "When you spend a lot of money on a stadium, you want the right to bring a second team in if that makes sense. It would have a huge economic impact. It would be a better economic deal."


What the hell? LA couldn't support 1 team now they want two. So even if San Diego moves, Buffalo may not be safe.

[clumping platelets]

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[The_Philster]

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Screw LA...they couldn't support the teams they had and besides, 32 teams is a perfect number and expanding would dilute the talent pool even further.

[G. Host]

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I agree with LA not being able to support one team so getting two is stupid.

The only way LA supports a team it is all 'exclusive' seating and then like the idiots in DC area they buy them for status not to watch football.

[Mr. Pink]

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By the same token Buffalo had football franchises in the past that left....Buffalo Bisons from the AAFC for example. Cleveland had 2 franchises that left--Rams and the "old" Browns. Baltimore lost the Colts. Chicago lost the Cardinals as did St Louis. Houston lost the Oilers. Dallas had the Texans. You get the gist.

Each one of these cities has an NFL franchise today after losing a football franchise in the past. So the point of they had a franchise and lost it so they don't deserve another is moot.

[L.A. Playa]

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wonder where I heard this before

[The_Philster]

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By the same token Buffalo had football franchises in the past that left....Buffalo Bisons from the AAFC for example. The Buffalo teams were usually league leaders in attendance
Cleveland had 2 franchises that left--Rams and the "old" Browns. Not sure what happened with the Rams, but they didn't lose the Browns to poor attendance figures
Baltimore lost the Colts.
Chicago lost the Cardinals as did St Louis. Chicago also had the Bears...it wasn't like they lost 2 teams in the same year
Houston lost the Oilers. Touche...they held a rally on the steps of City Hall to save the team...41 people showed up
Dallas had the Texans. as with Chicago, they lost 1 team of 2. The AFL franchise moved to KC because it couldn't compete in Dallas with the Cowboys

[L.A. Playa]

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L.A. never lost teams due to poor attendance

[L.A. Playa]

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to put all you Bills fans at ease I dont talk about it but I am well connected with people involved with bringing the NFL to Los Angeles and the Buffalo Bills are not a team talked about or being considered to be moved to Los Angeles so your team will remain in Buffalo for years to come, but there will be 2 teams in the Los Angeles/ Anaheim area by 2010

[The_Philster]

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It's been 10 years since they lost both teams but I thought that attendance wasn't very good...could be wrong...I think the Raiders should've stayed...I mean, San Fran and Oakland are separated by a bridge..why do they need 2 teams that close together?

[L.A. Playa]

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Phil, the real reason both teams left Los Angeles was that two of the greediest owners, Georgia and Al, wanted the city of Los Angeles and Ahaheim and the state of California to pay 100 % for either a new stadium and also give them money to stay in the area. The local politicians told them they are making a ton of money that they have to invest into the projects with some of their money and that they would not just hand them tax payer dollars to stay but they would partnership with them to improve and or build a new stadium with each team.

Both owners went and found cities that not only would give them what they wanted in a stadium but also paid them alot of money to move the franchises.

[STAMPY]

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just move the bills to long island. they can play at the new shea stadium

[G. Host]

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So the question is "Is there a city which is dumb enough to offer such a sweetheart deal that a team would be foolish to turn down such deal?" I am hoping cities learned lessons and the only reason why a team would be moved would be because the owner's ego insisted he wanted to be in a certain market.

[G. Host]

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Phil, the real reason both teams left Los Angeles was that two of the greediest owners, Georgia and Al, wanted the city of Los Angeles and Ahaheim and the state of California to pay 100 % for either a new stadium and also give them money to stay in the area. .

Both stadiums were also dumps L.A. Playa.

[Mr. Pink]

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By the same token Buffalo had football franchises in the past that left....Buffalo Bisons from the AAFC for example. The Buffalo teams were usually league leaders in attendance
Cleveland had 2 franchises that left--Rams and the "old" Browns. Not sure what happened with the Rams, but they didn't lose the Browns to poor attendance figures
Baltimore lost the Colts.
Chicago lost the Cardinals as did St Louis. Chicago also had the Bears...it wasn't like they lost 2 teams in the same year
Houston lost the Oilers. Touche...they held a rally on the steps of City Hall to save the team...41 people showed up
Dallas had the Texans. as with Chicago, they lost 1 team of 2. The AFL franchise moved to KC because it couldn't compete in Dallas with the Cowboys

The Rams left due to the owner wanting to take the team out to the west coast and the fact I believe, this is just coming off the top of my head and I could be off a little, about 15K people showed up to the 1945 championship game at Municipal Stadium in cleveland. Which the Cleveland Rams did win.

Like I said though, each of these cities had teams that left at one point or another and got another team. So saying they don't "deserve" a team because their original franchises left is not a very tangible or reasonable reason.