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07-01-2009, 09:46 PM
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I would dump Dallas in a NY minute if San Antonio had a NFL team. I would guess that for many others Dallas would also become the second or third favorite team.
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07-02-2009, 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by schertz1
I would dump Dallas in a NY minute if San Antonio had a NFL team. I would guess that for many others Dallas would also become the second or third favorite team.
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Dallas (er, Arlington) would stay my least favorite team  |
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07-02-2009, 08:52 PM
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San Antonio (Spanish)Armada would be a cool name for a team.
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07-02-2009, 08:57 PM
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If LA, Las Vegas and Salt Lake still cannot get football teams, I doubt San Antonio has much of a chance. Thats just me. Heck, I still cannot figure out why New Jersey has 2 teams, both named as if they were from New York.
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07-02-2009, 11:10 PM
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Las Vegas and Salt Lake over San Antonio? San Antonio is bigger, stronger economy, larger corporate base and a better fit for the NFL.
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07-03-2009, 12:03 AM
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Will be a while before San Antonio becomes an NFL city. Metro LA will likely have two teams before SA gets one. Cities like Green Bay, Buffalo and Pittsburgh are small markets but all of those city's teams were grandfathered into NFL. Cleveland was gifted the new Browns franchise.
Likely candidates for NFL expansion or relocation over the next two decades:
Los Angeles
Anaheim/Orange County area
Portland, Ore
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
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07-03-2009, 12:34 AM
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Originally Posted by tindo80
If LA, Las Vegas and Salt Lake still cannot get football teams, I doubt San Antonio has much of a chance. Thats just me. Heck, I still cannot figure out why New Jersey has 2 teams, both named as if they were from New York.
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Las Vegas? Salt Lake? Probably because one is the gambling mecca of the world and smaller than SA and the other is way smaller than SA. |
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07-03-2009, 12:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Dangerfield
Will be a while before San Antonio becomes an NFL city. Metro LA will likely have two teams before SA gets one. Cities like Green Bay, Buffalo and Pittsburgh are small markets but all of those city's teams were grandfathered into NFL. Cleveland was gifted the new Browns franchise.
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Grandfathered in? WTF? No such thing. GB still has a team in GB because they became the first and only team to be publicly owned by a city.
Pittsburgh has a team because it was a large when the NFL went there and has supported their team very well.
Buffalo, well, they support so they have no real reason to leave. Plus, they're across the lake from massive Toronto, that doesn't hurt. |
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07-03-2009, 12:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Dangerfield
Los Angeles
Anaheim/Orange County area
Portland, Ore
Salt Lake City
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LA, I agree with you though I really doubt they get two teams. The NFL knows LA's history. They've lost two teams in one year and are now in the position they are in. One for the time being is enough.
Portland? Salt Lake City???
Texas' hunger for football couldn't be matched if you combined Oregon and Utah and for the heck of it threw in every northwest state.
Why would the NFL look there when SA is about the same size as Portland and much larger than SLC?
The fandom of football in SA can't be matched by Portland or SLC. |
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07-03-2009, 12:41 AM
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Originally Posted by SweethomeSanAntonio
Las Vegas and Salt Lake over San Antonio? San Antonio is bigger, stronger economy, larger corporate base and a better fit for the NFL.
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Salt Lake City actually is a bigger Televison DMA (#33) than San Antonio (#37). Las Vegas is smaller at #42. The only other advantage that Salt Lake would have over San Antonio, as I see it, is that Utah doesn't have an NFL franchise, while Texas has two. Nevada doesn't have a team, either.
At any rate, I don't see San Antonio getting an NFL franchise until Los Angeles gets a team. |
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