With so much talk about the NFL possibly moving a team to London, let's not forget about the reality that there's a fairly large market in our homeland that also currently has no franchise.
And hasn't had one (or two) since 1994.
So what's the situation with L.A.? PFTV explores.
PFTV looks at the the L.A. situation
Posted by Mike Florio on October 30, 2009 8:13 AM ET
Just do it already...nobody wants to be in this situation waiting to see if your city will have a team in two years. Just get it overwith already.
Ok Florio. You are an outfit that got popular by
A) talking about things that normal outlets don't cover.
B) Breaking news.
C) Different perspective (Somewhat) Witty commentary
Which does this fall under?
Speaking as a RAIDERS fan, let me say that the Oakland RAIDERS don't have problems getting the people to the stadium, they have a problem with the way the team is ran. They suck.....period.
Six years, Florio. Six years we have been waiting for a winner in Oakland. This is a team that was 11-5 in 2002 and the AFC champion and yet Al Davis has provided RAIDER NATION with six going on seven years of losing football and yet guys like you think blue-collar folks is going to continue to throwaway good money on bad so that the RAIDERS or any team can stink up the field. Forget that.
If the RAIDERS want to leave for LA, fine. They will suck there too as long as Al Davis is in control.
It is absolutely ridiculous that the NFL does not have a team in LA. Any league that can't make LA work has no business playing games in London. Tagliabue should be kept out of the HOF for his failure to adequately address LA. Yeah, we know LA had a tough time supporting two teams. It can support one.
From the standpoint of the NFL, it should be the Jaguars. There is no need for three teams in Florida. There is a large potential market in southern California.
The Bucs have a huge new, state-of-the-art practice facility in Tampa. They have a 5-story tall statue of a football player. I don't see the Bucs moving. Of course the Dolphins are staying in Miami.
Move the Jaguars to LA. As for the divisions, you can leave them in the AFC South.
Having lived in L.A. in the 70's and 80's when the Rams were still there, and given the fact there has been no team in the city for this long tells me nothing has changed since. Los Angelenos don't give a red rat's heinie about the NFL. Once when the Packers came to town KTLA didn't even show the game. No blackout, they just showed an old movie instead. When I called to gripe to the station I was told " Well, no one really wants to watch Green Bay." Yeah I said, but it's a RAMS game! " Yeah, well, we haven't got many calls about it, so..." They love football in L.A. USC, UCLA, high school, just not the pro's. Putting a team in Los Angeles is about tv money, there will be no fan support. I went to a Ram's game. It was nice, the weather was beautiful and you could catch a nap it was so peaceful. It's not a given that a team will draw more fans than Oakland or Jacksonville. You'll need a roster full of Hollywood Henderson's and a coach who's a Scientologist.
screw you leatherneck and screw you Florio, Jaguars aren't moving anywhere.
Vikings and Chargers or Jags.
Two teams is just as likely as one and will share the new stadium. Number of teams in Cali will still increase.
NFL will push for a winning team that is currently unhappy for the highest chance of success.
They had bad teams before and that's why tickets never sold. No one wants to watch poor teams play when there are plenty of other entertainment options.
let's see 2 teams have played there and failed but they deserve to have at least 2 more because they can somehow finance a new stadium even though the state is basicly broke right?so it does not matter that the people there don't care about the nfll and more importantly the rest of the country does not care!I ask you to go any place outside la and ask people if they miss not having a team in la and I am pretty sure the answer will be no.nobody cares about a team there or london for gods sake stop talking like rthey do.
Cygnus x,
Guess you haven't been following the Roski stories. Land is bought and the stadium is about to be built. This is why the LA talk is heating up.
And seriously, do you HONESTLY think Southern Californians don't care about football? Or sports in general? If that was the case then the Lakers would be having trouble, or the Dodgers, or Angels. Much like NY, LA demands a winner and it is just poor buisness sense to NOT have a team in LA.
Not only that but Roski will throw money at players as if they were sick and Benjamins was the cure.
It's still the East Coast "it doesn't snow there so quality football can't be played" biased and thinking that has prevented LA from having a team for so long. If the Giants and Jets were to move from NY I Gurantee it wouldn't take THIS long to replace them. Meanwhile, Jacksonville, Carolina, and Cleveland gets expansion teams while LA is sitting in waiting.
THE SECOND LARGEST MEDIA MARKET IN THE COUNTRY AND THE BIGGEST CITY IN THE MOST PROSPEROUS STATE DOESN'T HAVE A TEAM. Sounds crazy. It's like London not having a Soccer team
It's about time you guys put name banners on these videos.
Stuart Scotts left eye:
You make some valid points, but there isn't one sport will winning is guarenteed. Winning does sell tickets, but winning isn't promised. The definition of a real fan base is selling tickets when the team is BAD and LA has proven TWICE that it can support that. Just because it's the 2nd largest city in the country doesn't mean shit if it can't hold on to a team and not get any support.
"Ok Florio. You are an outfit that got popular by
A) talking about things that normal outlets don't cover.
B) Breaking news.
C) Different perspective (Somewhat) Witty commentary"
I miss A and B above.
If my memory serves me properly there is the issue of Al Davis claiming he still has the NFL rights to the LA market and will sue the league if they put another team there. Unless of course he is compensated for his "supposed" rights to the LA market.
Much of the winning Davis and The Raiders have done over the last 15 years (save the SB year) has been in the Courts. I question whether Goodell has the testicles to take on Davis even at this advanced age, in another Raiders vs the NFL lawsuit.
Just die Baby, it will make a lot of people happy.
"IT'S THE SECOND LARGEST MEDIA MARKET IN THE COUNTRY' tis true Eyeball, but what makes the NFL is the FANS, at least IMHO. LA don't got 'em.! Look, you can't get home from work in LA early enough to catch the first half of MNF. If the LA team plays the Giants at 1:00 you have to watch the game at 9:00am. Sunday night football comes on at 4:30. It just doesn't work in a big, spread out town like LA. Yeah, the media loves it, but if there's no fans, who cares? That is why they have gone so long without a team. The citizens don't care if they have a team, and won't support one. Build whatever stadium you want, without fans that's just a real estate deal. Since Becks and Posh Spice arrived, are all the kid's in your neighborhood playing soccer? A new team in LA would be another big KABOOM in the media, followed shortly thereafter by a yawn and a bankruptcy filing.
Bluestree,
hummm....I dont get how an LA team that plays the Giants at 1:00 you have to watch the game at 9:00am... Are you aware there is only a 3 hour difference between the two cities? Not 4