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Post by ab on Jan 22, 2016 11:43:17 GMT -8
What happens to the Raiders will be very interesting. Oakland has no money, no plan and the A's have their paws on the land. San Diego is definitely in play there I'd say. No chance the Raiders come to SD. At the NFL sponsored event I was apart of back in April, one of the topics discussed was in relation to another NFL team coming to SD if the Chargers bolted. I doubt they would have taken the time to discuss this if it was impossible. |
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Post by laaztec on Jan 22, 2016 13:08:18 GMT -8
No chance the Raiders come to SD. At the NFL sponsored event I was apart of back in April, one of the topics discussed was in relation to another NFL team coming to SD if the Chargers bolted. I doubt they would have taken the time to discuss this if it was impossible. It's not impossible. The problem is is that either the SD voters approve public money for an NFL stadium or the owner has to pay for a stadium themselves. I don't see either one of those things happening. |
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Post by AztecWilliam on Jan 22, 2016 17:26:45 GMT -8
I guess the issue is still in doubt, but, speaking as objectively as I can (seriously), I would move my franchise to LA in a heartbeat if I were Dean Spanos.
I really love San Diego. I was a frequent visitor from 1947 (when I was going on five years of age) to 1966 (when I returned from two years grad work at UCLA after graduating from SDSU in '64), and a resident in various San Diego communities ever since.
Even so, I recognize the limitations of this county, in some cases limitations that actually improve its qualify of life. One of those limitations is that there are not enough resources to make this a good city in which to run an NFL franchise in the 21st century. Things were different in 1961 when the Chargers left Los Angeles. There was an existing stadium (Balboa) whose seating capacity could be expanded relatively easily. In those days, 35,000 was enough, though probably only barely, for a franchise such as the Chargers.
But those were the days of the upstart American Football League. The present NFL is a whole new enterprise, operating on a level at which only multi-billionaires can realistically afford to dabble. Even if a 65,000-70,000 stadium could be built here, it's an open question as to whether the locals would or even could afford to shell out enough dollars to make the franchise a success.
Therefore, if I were Dean, I would make my peace with Kroenke, even if that meant humbling myself before him, in order to make the move to LA possible. In the long run, that's the only thing that makes sense. And now is his chance to make that move. I just can't see how he could come crawling back to San Diego at this point.
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Post by ourtime on Jan 22, 2016 18:42:19 GMT -8
I guess the issue is still in doubt, but, speaking as objectively as I can (seriously), I would move my franchise to LA in a heartbeat if I were Dean Spanos. I really love San Diego. I was a frequent visitor from 1947 (when I was going on five years of age) to 1966 (when I returned from two years grad work at UCLA after graduating from SDSU in '64), and a resident in various San Diego communities ever since. Even so, I recognize the limitations of this county, in some cases limitations that actually improve its qualify of life. One of those limitations is that there are not enough resources to make this a good city in which to run an NFL franchise in the 21st century. Things were different in 1961 when the Chargers left Los Angeles. There was an existing stadium (Balboa) whose seating capacity could be expanded relatively easily. In those days, 35,000 was enough, though probably only barely, for a franchise such as the Chargers. But those were the days of the upstart American Football League. The present NFL is a whole new enterprise, operating on a level at which only multi-billionaires can realistically afford to dabble. Even if a 65,000-70,000 stadium could be built here, it's an open question as to whether the locals would or even could afford to shell out enough dollars to make the franchise a success. Therefore, if I were Dean, I would make my peace with Kroenke, even if that meant humbling myself before him, in order to make the move to LA possible. In the long run, that's the only thing that makes sense. And now is his chance to make that move. I just can't see how he could come crawling back to San Diego at this point. AzWm If the 8th most populated city, and 28th largest media market in the country can't support an NFL team, the league is probably 10 teams too large. What undermines your argument is the equal distribution of TV money, without it the Packers would have gone the way of the Brooklyn Dodgers long ago. |
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