1 LA Knights
2 Oklahoma City Red Riders. They would probably have more fan support from day 1 thru 365. LA is fickle. Counting that the Chargers started in LA, they’ve lost 3 teams in a generation.
3 San Antonio Stallions
4 Toronto Denim Dions
5 London Royals
6 Mexico City Aztecs
7 Little Rock or Nebraska Pocketknives
8 West Virginia Internet Hacks. Their helmets would be coal ducked taped to their bare heads

With that being said, I do believe that it is ridiculous that LA and Toronto don’t have teams right now, considering how big their cities/markets are. I don’t want to be inconsiderate of other fans either, but if two teams had to go right now, I’d say that Jacksonville, and San Diego would be the leading candidates given their poor attendance.

It would also be interesting to maybe add 8 new franchises (maybe even London, San Antonio, Mexico City, etc) to push the amount of teams to 40…maybe then we could add 4 teams to the playoff mix making it 8 from each conference.

I digress….just brainstorming…I like the NFL the way it is.

I think David Stern’s comment about Vancouver was not that he regrest going there, he regrets leaving there. He didn’t like the ownership situation in relation to the city and the corporate support. I believe he felt it could have been handled better and that the team may have thrived there if things were handled differently.

In short, let’s send a team to London!

You call it watered down football, the NFL calls it parity. The more teams there are the harder it becomes to compete. I don’t know if that’s good or bad for the game but from a social stand point. 106 more guys with jobs can’t be THAT bad.

He is not a great commissioner by a long shot he is a lame duck at best. The guy is money hungry mongrel that rips his players of hefty fines that any normal mid -class person couldn’t even fathom a penalty as such.
A lot these helmet to helmet hits were clearly not and the Referees would not re examine them on the playing field so why should some these players pay a fine for a mis call is beyond me but at the same time it is a good rule if applied correctly.

They have the film right on front of them the fans can see what happened on the TV why can’t the Refs see it in the booth ???? Rodger likes the money and would rather have a player go threw the appeals process because of chance collecting a players salary.

That said, I’m a big Panthers fan. If they ever relocate, it can only be the Moon. Moon City Panthers in 2030. Then that silver in their unis would finally make sense.

Janikowski will play there and set a new FG record of 700yds.

The Patriots will take ‘em..

I say lets get a new comish and send Goodell to Europe and let him start his own world league.
I have been all over Europe and they love round ball soccor over there.

Yes, there are thousands of players who don’t play professionally. But it is not for lack of opportunity. 300 + players get cut from an NFL team every summer. There just aren’t enough exceptionally good football players.

I DO NOT want to watch mediocrity.

Build stateside facilities for the London franchise to where they can travel and play the AFC east in 4 consecutive weeks then head back to London.

The other AFC East teams can play in London following a bye week.

4 game here, 4 games there, 4 games here, 4 games there… problem solved!

I saw it happen in the NHL many years ago, too many teams, not enough quality players, however, consider the thousands of football players coming out of college every year that are passed over and never get a chance to play.

Better and or broader scouting seems to be the key to me, the players are out there.

I think there is plenty of talent amongst free agents that goes undetected because these guys just never have a real shot at proving themselves and having 34 competitive teams doesn’t sound totally unrealistic to me.

That being said, the 32 teams format is perfect, don’t mess with it please…

I’m not suggesting the NFL should contract to 30 teams, but that would actually be better for the quality of football than expanding.

Look at the players currently on the street without a team. Then, imagine 106 of them actually having NFL jobs. Not a pretty picture for the league. And not the kind of football that I’d be interested in watching.

or have to be compensated in some way or form.

Al Davis tried to move the team to LA permanently,

and the league blocked the move and did NOTHING to help him,

he then sued the NFL, and won.

Rozelle had other intentions of having his own team in LA after his retirement as commish, why wouldnt he, LA – big market – big money.

so the NFL cant block the Raiders from LA, then years later put 2 teams there that are NOT the Raiders or at least consult the organization or compensate them.

bottom line is , the whole issue was taken to court, and Al won.

Plus 32 teams makes for great scheduling with 16 games and 4 division teams. As soon as you add teams to the mix it screws up scheduling.