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Old 07-21-2011, 12:36 AM
 
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I want an NFL team in L.A. but any team as long as it is not the Raiders

100% agreed.
The Raiders are already home where they belong in Oakland. Seriously, any NFL team OTHER than the Raiders is welcome in L.A.

And if Magic Johnson is going to buy any sports team he should buy the Dodgers
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Old 07-21-2011, 05:08 PM
 
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Lets get rid of the Lakers and start a new NFL team here in LA.

Let the Clippers have 100% of LA's Support.
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Old 07-21-2011, 06:30 PM
 
Location: Santa Ana
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100% agreed.
The Raiders are already home where they belong in Oakland. Seriously, any NFL team OTHER than the Raiders is welcome in L.A.

And if Magic Johnson is going to buy any sports team he should buy the Dodgers
I don't want the Raiders back because the majority, or just a lot of their fans are thugs, gang members, bald-headed hispanics(not racist, I don't discriminate against race, I don't judge people on skin color or race, but by their character, attitude, life-style, but it seems for the most part bald-headed hispanics are gang-members or just have gang connections, that like to start fights and jump people) and one News Article from a couple of years, I think 2002, which was the last time the Raiders had a winning season, in which they made it all the way to the Super Bowl against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers but got slaughtered because they had Jon Gruden as their Head Coach who was barely the Raiders Head Coach the year before, and the Raiders did not change any of the Offensive formations, playbook and signals that were installed by Gruden, so the Buccs basically knew everything the Raiders were going to do, and that was the last time the Raiders have played in a post-season game. Anyway, that 2002 News Article was titled "Blame L.A. for Raider fans Bad-Boy Image", that Raider fans got the reputation for being a bunch of thugs during the Raiders tenure in L.A., before the Raiders moved to L.A. there fans were much less rowdy, more decent, and when the Raiders moved back to Oakland it followed them back
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Old 07-21-2011, 10:28 PM
 
Location: Boulder Creek, CA
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Raider fans got the reputation for being a bunch of thugs during the Raiders tenure in L.A., before the Raiders moved to L.A. there fans were much less rowdy, more decent, and when the Raiders moved back to Oakland it followed them back
They happened to be in L.A. when the whole gangsta' rap thing blew up. Everybody wanted to emulate Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube etc. by getting Raiders gear. Just a look - most of these folks knew little or nothing about the team. When they showed up to the games, watching the fights in stands was as much a part of the experience as the game itself. You just hoped you weren't caught up in the middle of one.

But that was then. The Raiders are in their proper home, and will stay there. Just a matter of where the stadium will be built now.
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Old 07-22-2011, 01:35 AM
 
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They happened to be in L.A. when the whole gangsta' rap thing blew up. Everybody wanted to emulate Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube etc. by getting Raiders gear. Just a look - most of these folks knew little or nothing about the team. When they showed up to the games, watching the fights in stands was as much a part of the experience as the game itself. You just hoped you weren't caught up in the middle of one.

But that was then. The Raiders are in their proper home, and will stay there. Just a matter of where the stadium will be built now.
The Raiders had a thuggish rep before they ever came to L.A.

L.A. made their rep more thuggish than it was before.
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Old 07-22-2011, 02:17 PM
 
Location: Boulder Creek, CA
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The Raiders had a thuggish rep before they ever came to L.A.

L.A. made their rep more thuggish than it was before.
L.A. + MTV generation upped the thug anty to the the nth degree.
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Old 07-22-2011, 07:19 PM
 
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I still remember when the Raiders played at the Coliseum . . . .

Unfortunately most of my memories were the things that happened outside the stadium and in the seats . . . .

I remember when i was a kid i hung out with "The wrong group of people" and we were just walking to the stadium from the parking lot and my cocky friends ended up jumping a Giants fan

I also remember i drove to the game once but of course game was over and my windows were broken and my stereo was stolen.

I could go on and on with stories but lets hope the team wont attract a bunch of thugs and gangmembers (That act like idiots commuting crimes)

But i totally support the idea of bringing the Raiders to LA

People please join this website to make it happen!
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Old 07-22-2011, 08:12 PM
 
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I don't get it, there are so many Raider fans in L.A. it's like as if the Raiders never left, they still see and view them as L.A's NFL team, home-town team eventhough they moved back to Oakland 16-years ago
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Old 07-22-2011, 08:30 PM
 
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I don't get it, there are so many Raider fans in L.A. it's like as if the Raiders never left, they still see and view them as L.A's NFL team, home-town team eventhough they moved back to Oakland 16-years ago
The funniest thing is that most of those people are not ex-East Bay people in L.A.

Once there is another team there will still be some Raider fans but probably no more than the number of Patriots or Bears or Jets fans in L.A. right now. They'll be just another diaspora with their own enclaves.
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Old 07-22-2011, 08:34 PM
 
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I still remember when the Raiders played at the Coliseum . . . .

Unfortunately most of my memories were the things that happened outside the stadium and in the seats . . . .

I remember when i was a kid i hung out with "The wrong group of people" and we were just walking to the stadium from the parking lot and my cocky friends ended up jumping a Giants fan

I also remember i drove to the game once but of course game was over and my windows were broken and my stereo was stolen.

I could go on and on with stories but lets hope the team wont attract a bunch of thugs and gangmembers (That act like idiots commuting crimes)

But i totally support the idea of bringing the Raiders to LA

People please join this website to make it happen!
Farmers Field
If I had the experience you did, not only would I not support the idea of bringing the Raiders to L.A., but I'd want to put the Raiders as far away from L.A. as possible. How about the Falkland Islands Raiders? The Guam Raiders?

IMO, they don't have to be that far away, I just don't want them anywhere near L.A. and most people in L.A. do not want them.
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