What city needs an NFL team?

[AllegroRondo]

If the NFL were to decide to expand, which city should get the new team?

[malta blue]

1. Las Vegas? eom

[AllegroRondo]

3. That could be interesting....

I've heard that Vegas has resisted getting professional teams in the past because of the potential problems with sports gambling.

[xmas74]

6. That's changed recently.

They were one of the teams trying to get the Penguins recently.

[AllegroRondo]

18. I believe they were trying for an NBA team also

but one of the caveats by the league would be that no betting on that team would be allowed.

[xmas74]

36. I believe so.

It seems like they have entered the market for both NBA and NHL at the same time KC has. Each figures the other as some of their stiffest competition.

[tk2kewl]

2. New York

[jobycom]

21. Ya'll just need a coach and an offensive coordinator. nt

[tk2kewl]

72. and a team that doesn't play in Jersey

x(

[Initech]

4. Los Angeles

Although the hard part about putting a team in LA is that there's no room for a new stadium, unless they wanted to demolish or remodel one of the old ones.

[AllegroRondo]

11. I hear LA is bidding on the 2016 Olympics

maybe the stadium remodel for that could be used to bid for an NFL team as well?

[Initech]

35. I haven't heard about that.

It'd be sweet if the Olympics would come back to La La Land, but I highly doubt it would happen. Compton would make a great place for the 100 meter relay! :evilgrin:

It would be sweet if we could get some new venues here, so yeah they could work for a NFL team. I heard they were planning to build a new stadium next to Angel Stadium but I doubt that will happen either.

[AllegroRondo]

39. LA and Chicago are the final bidders from the US

the US Olympic Committee will decide which one gets to bid on it this summer.

[Shakespeare]

42. Second that. n/t

[maveric]

78. People dont buy NFL tix in LA. Two teams have come and gone.

If only the NFL got the fan support that USC and UCLA get...
Why not OK City?

[datasuspect]

5. rancho cucamonga or mianus, ct

[Perky]

7. Los Angeles without question

[SteppingRazor]

20. Seconded. When I grew up there, we had two.

How embarrassing is it that the nation's second-largest city (probably the largest within a decade or two) doesn't have a team?

[Little Wing]

8. Philly might like a crack at the Superbowl

[jobycom]

22. Y'all had a crack, so you fired the guy who got you there

because he hurt the poor little feelings of your poor little owners. :cry:

Sorry, Cowboy fan. Hard not to mock Phillie.

[RetroLounge]

9. Green Bay needs an NFL team...

:rofl:

They won't put an NFL team in Milwaukee or Madison, because then Green Bay will want one too...

RL

[AllegroRondo]

10. Heretic!

you blaspheme the name of Mr. Lombardi!

no bratwurst for you!

[xmas74]

37. Retro didn't do it.

This last season did that for him.

Damn we sucked this last season!

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

19. RL, You are no longer the wind beneath my wings...

NT

[RetroLounge]

38. ...

:rofl:

RL

[BlameCanada12]

12. Toronto, Ontario. Or London, Ontario. Anything to replace the

Maple leafs...

[AllegroRondo]

14. Would they have to change the name of the league then?

as it would no longer be just the "National" fooball league.

[jobycom]

23. Well, there were plans to call it the

Bi National Football League, but Jerry Falwell threatened a boycott, saying it was really a secret agenda by the... Oh, never mind.

[BlameCanada12]

28. That's a good question. Here's a better one:

Why is it called the World Series when only teams from the US are allowed to play? (Obviously lifted from that Monty Python guy)

But back to the point, I don't know what to call it. They played NFL games in Mexico, right? Japan and China too, I believe.

[madinmaryland]

13. Arizona (Phoenix) needs a new team.

The one they have, has sucked for years!

[SaveElmer]

15. Minneapolis...

46 years of choking!!!

:grr:

[wildhorses]

16. none of them

:hide:

[ScreamingMeemie]

17. Detroit

Oooops! Did I say that??? :hi:

[sammythecat]

60. If you're a lions fan I feel sorry for you

Seriously, it's been 50 years since you guys have had a real contender. Cardinals fans probably worst of all. Some of those poor fans have lived their whole lives and died without ever seeing any success.

I'm a Browns fan and I'm beginning to fear we've been bitten by the same snake. :scared:

[ScreamingMeemie]

61. I married a Lions fan. I'm a Packers fan.

We have some very interesting conversations. :D

[sammythecat]

63. I'm sure they're a little more interesting for you than him.

Back in the Lombardi era my best friend was a Packer fan. We had "interesting" conversations too, but I can't say I enjoyed them as much as he did. :(

My sympathies to your husband.

[Strawman]

73. I bet most fans would trade the Lions for an expansion team

Fall is a rough time for a Spartans and Lions fan. Winter is much better.

[krispos42]

24. Cavour, South Dakota

Strippers at Donn Juan's on weekends just isn't enough for the 141 people that live there!

On a more serious note, Las Vegas I think could use one. It's a huge city dedicated to entertainment. One more attraction.

[jobycom]

25. Kingston, Jamaica.

I just want all the jokes about what they'd call the team, and what players would play for them. Ricky Williams, of course.

And I want to hear Al Michaels giggle every time he has to say, "Wow, Ricky Williams really can take a hit!"

[ruiner4u]

26. cincinnati...

what we have here sucks...

[slj0101]

27. In reality, the league is already a bit too big,

but to play along, the obvious choice would be LA. Barring that, I'd go with San Antonio.

[Alexander]

29. Hartford

Heck, they don't have any other pro teams.

[slj0101]

30. Didn't Hartford make a bid for the Pats a while back?

If I recall, it was when the Patriots were still not so good.

[NewJeffCT]

45. Hartford tried, but

It was really a ploy by the Pats' owner to get some concessions made by the state of Mass regarding the stadium in Foxboro...

It never really had a chance.

[edbermac]

31. Barrow, Alaska

[GoddessOfGuinness]

49. That'd make a tough bunch o' boogers.

Until the ice melts under their feet.

[charlie and algernon]

32. Intercourse, PA

[GoddessOfGuinness]

33. Hehheh...

The Fuckers. :rofl:

[AwakeAtLast]

65. Yeah, cause Virginville wouldn't work out so well in the NFL

:D

[GoddessOfGuinness]

34. Lincoln, Nebraska

Because there's nothing out there.

[evlbstrd]

44. They already have the Bugeaters.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

47. But they're college...not pro.

[evlbstrd]

48. Would Lincoln support both?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

50. If they wouldn't I'll bet Omaha would.

Nebraska needs something besides corn and insurance.

[evlbstrd]

51. That's true.

I was born in Omaha and have tons of family there.

[Burma Jones]

40. Burlington, VT

lots of snow....lots of fun....

[AllegroRondo]

41. Theres only room for one Frozen Tundra in the NFL

and thats at Lambeau Field.

[Burma Jones]

43. Pshaw, ALL the NFL should play on frozen Tundra....

all that steam coming up from the linemen........the stuff of legend....

and Lambeau Field is the best place to see football, IMHO

[TheMightyFavog]

46. There should ba a super bowl played at lambeau

Play there in the ice and snow. Play real football!

[AllegroRondo]

53. Not enough hotel rooms in the city

but Id love to see all the fans try to survive it.

[ceile]

52. San Antonio.

I hate SA as a town to live in, but it really does need a team.

[AllegroRondo]

54. didnt they have a World League team?

back in the 90's?

[Bucky]

56. Yes, and they LOVED them. San Antone is hot for another franchise

They even go to soccer games, they're so desperate for team over there.

[Hangingon]

66. Amen!

[pstokely]

55. Oakland

[Broken_Hero]

57. Portland,

Oklahoma City....

[mtnester]

58. Cleveland....oh wait

:hide:

[sammythecat]

62. I hope you're not a Bungle fan being a smartass

If so:

you get a whole bunch of these :spank: real hard ones too!

If you're a weary and discouraged Browns fan like me

you get a warm one of these :hug:

[mtnester]

74. I better get my iron pants on then

I am actually more a Reds fan

oh wait

:hide:

:)

[sammythecat]

77. We wouldn't like each other

I'm quite sure of that. x(

Bengals? Reds? :grr:

No.

Sorry.

That's simply too much for me to deal with.






:hi:

[GoneOffShore]

59. Personally, I would say that NO city NEEDS an NFL team

Sport brings in far less money to any city than a thriving arts scene - and by arts I mean theater, dance, music, and visual arts. The money goes to smaller organizations, it stays in the city and revitalizes city centers.

Sports teams on the other hand are owned by fat cat corporate weasels who take money out of a city, the fans spend far less in local buisnesses and the city gives these teams enormous tax breaks for deigning to stay in one place.

So, no, I don't know any city that needs an NFL team. Anybody want the Eagles (Iggles)?

[Arugula Latte]

64. Not Portland.

I LOVE it that we don't have a stinkin' football team. :woohoo:

[doc03]

67. Cleveland

[Nicole]

68. Dallas

The Cowboys don't count. :rofl:

[Chan790]

69. Well...there are no NFL football teams in NYC.

cause the filthy Giants and Jets both moved to New Jersey, the petro-toxin state, 20-something years ago.

As someone thinking about a relocation down I-95, that makes me happy though. Idiotic stadium deals are not good for people and other living things.

[Poiuyt]

70. The NFL has too many teams already

Too much dilution of talent

[smoogatz]

71. Based only on considerations of market-size, L.A., San Antonio and San Jose

would appear to be the obvious choices. But I know a lot of people in L.A. and not one of them, nt even red-meat eating Republicans, gives a good goddamn about L.A. having an NFL team.

[KamaAina]

75. Honolulu. Think about it...

with the time difference, our home games would make ready-made Sunday night games! The only problem would be that former Islanders minor-league baseball announcer, and rabid repuke, Al Michaels would want to come back...

We could call them the "Honolulu Paniolos" (paniolo meaning "cowboy") or the "Honolulu Farce" (one DUer's pet name for our current NFL entry, the Pro Bowl). Or, we could take the Lions off Detroit's hands: the dominant color on the Lions' unies (besides silver) is, for some reason lost to history, called "Honolulu Blue"! Not even 5thGenDem, an ex-sportswriter in Michigan, knows why.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

76. Vidor, Texas.

:evilgrin: Sick joke.