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re: New NFL franchise
Posted on 8/30/09 at 2:01 pm to SaintsFanHouston
Posted on 8/30/09 at 2:01 pm to SaintsFanHouston
Don't think that they are blacklisted, but there is really no motivation for them to put a team there. Having the second largest media market blacked out for eight games a season doesn't help with the TV negotiations, in addition to the leverage that they would sacrifice by having a team there.
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Posted on 8/30/09 at 2:01 pm to Sophandros
Oregon's economy is way too shitty right now for it to be viable for any new franchises let alone one that would need a brand new stadium.
Also, I'm sure the Seahawks would do everything possible to block it since Portland is basically an extension of their fanbase
Also, I'm sure the Seahawks would do everything possible to block it since Portland is basically an extension of their fanbase
Posted on 8/30/09 at 2:02 pm to usc6158
News flash: Everyone's economy is shitty.
Posted on 8/30/09 at 2:03 pm to Sophandros
quote:
News flash: Everyone's economy is shitty.
not everywhere has the one of the highest unemployment rates in the country
especially one that is so close to another NFL city
I just couldn't see the NFL doing well in Portland. MLS and NBA are perfect at this point
This post was edited on 8/30/09 at 2:11 pm
Posted on 8/30/09 at 2:04 pm to SaintsFanHouston
I know people are being creative, but go ahead and come up with several teams and do a realignment. Realistically we are locked at 32 teams. I think it would be awesome to have a team in Vegas.
Posted on 8/30/09 at 2:04 pm to usc6158
Birmingham is an interesting choice... I think it could work well. Doubtful the NFL would ever consider giving them a franchise considering the size, though.
Posted on 8/30/09 at 2:07 pm to usc6158
Toronto since Goodell is trying to expand the NFL into foreign markets. Portland would be good and since Nike is headquartered up there the team would probably get a lot of money just from that. Oklahoma City is interesting. The Big12 area if football crazy but doesn't have a lot of NFL teams in the area
Posted on 8/30/09 at 2:10 pm to SaintsFanHouston
No Red Black and White. We already have to many Red teams and the Falcons are Red Black and White.
How about a team with some Grey or Silver with Green?
How about a team with some Grey or Silver with Green?
Posted on 8/30/09 at 2:11 pm to Charles Bronson
Tulsa, OK could be an interesting geographic location to pull fans from
Posted on 8/30/09 at 2:12 pm to lsutiger2486
Good point.
I say add one team to each conference.
Every team plays a round robin schedule in their conference. The top six teams from each conference make the playoffs, with the top two seeds in each getting a first round bye, as it is now.
Seeds 3-6 of each conference would go like this:
1) AFC 3 hosts NFC 6
2) NFC 3 hosts AFC 6
3) A4 hosts N5
4) N4 hosts A5
5) Winner of game 1 travels to NFC 2
6) Winner of game 2 travels to AFC 2
7) Winner of game 3 travels to NFC 1
8) Winner of game 4 travels to AFC 1
Winner of game 5 travels to winner of game 8
Winner of game 6 travels to winner of game 7
I say add one team to each conference.
Every team plays a round robin schedule in their conference. The top six teams from each conference make the playoffs, with the top two seeds in each getting a first round bye, as it is now.
Seeds 3-6 of each conference would go like this:
1) AFC 3 hosts NFC 6
2) NFC 3 hosts AFC 6
3) A4 hosts N5
4) N4 hosts A5
5) Winner of game 1 travels to NFC 2
6) Winner of game 2 travels to AFC 2
7) Winner of game 3 travels to NFC 1
8) Winner of game 4 travels to AFC 1
Winner of game 5 travels to winner of game 8
Winner of game 6 travels to winner of game 7
Posted on 8/30/09 at 2:12 pm to Charles Bronson
Birmingham is bigger than GB and near the size of NOLA & Jacksonville.
Posted on 8/30/09 at 2:14 pm to hg
Thinking outside the box... Mexico City. Huge fanbase, breaks into the foreign makret, and it would probably sell incredibly well outside of the market.
Green and red. Or go with the established Chivas brand and tie it into soccer fans.
Green and red. Or go with the established Chivas brand and tie it into soccer fans.
Posted on 8/30/09 at 2:14 pm to NIH
As Jacksonville's epic fail has shown us, putting an expansion team in a place that if college football crazy does not necessarily mean that they would go to a pro game.
Posted on 8/30/09 at 2:15 pm to tiger band trumpet
Los Angeles. Southern California supports two baseball, two basketball, and two hockey teams. It is a great sports market. The Rams and Raiders had fan support. Al Davis and Georgia Frontierre just made money grabs.
A new stadium seating 70,000 with luxury boxes and club seats would be a goldmine.
I'd call the team the Los Angeles Tigers or Cougars or Panthers or something and have red, green, and brown, as team colors which are colors on the State Flag.
A new stadium seating 70,000 with luxury boxes and club seats would be a goldmine.
I'd call the team the Los Angeles Tigers or Cougars or Panthers or something and have red, green, and brown, as team colors which are colors on the State Flag.
Posted on 8/30/09 at 2:15 pm to Baloo
Yeah, Mexico City and Toronto (though that might take fans from the Bills) would be cool additions.
Posted on 8/30/09 at 2:17 pm to Ralph_Wiggum
Los Angeles is easily one of the worst, if not THE worst sports town in America.
But your post is one reason that the league will NOT put a team there. They can always spout of irrelavent stuff like what you said and threaten to move there if they don't get a publicly funded stadium.
But your post is one reason that the league will NOT put a team there. They can always spout of irrelavent stuff like what you said and threaten to move there if they don't get a publicly funded stadium.
Posted on 8/30/09 at 2:18 pm to Sophandros
Add a team in Vancouver and Toronto to have some new Canadian teams. They will be close to other franchises, but who really cares.
Posted on 8/30/09 at 2:18 pm to Sophandros
Memphis Kings
Blue (as in suede shoes) and white
Blue (as in suede shoes) and white
Posted on 8/30/09 at 2:18 pm to lsutiger2486
Besides LA, San Antonio is the biggest city in terms of pop. that doesn't have a football team.
then
San Jose
Austin
Columbus
Fort Worth
Memphis
El Paso
Milwaukee
Las Vegas
Portland
Louisville
San Antonio could have a tan in their colors based off the Alamo...
then
San Jose
Austin
Columbus
Fort Worth
Memphis
El Paso
Milwaukee
Las Vegas
Portland
Louisville
San Antonio could have a tan in their colors based off the Alamo...
This post was edited on 8/30/09 at 2:19 pm
Posted on 8/30/09 at 2:21 pm to hg
quote:
Besides LA, San Antonio is the biggest city in terms of pop. that doesn't have a football team.
In terms of the metro area, Portland is larger
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