Caution: LA is coming to steal your NFL team in 2011

[Sportmotor]

I normally agree with all your post....but I say no on expanding...Everyone doesn't deserve a team. It is elite company. The media says Jax does not deserve a team, but Jax has one. 32 teams is perfect. I say let the Raiders 4 games in La and 4 in Oak.

I wonder how many people said that when the Jags where formed

[blizz01]

Yet another NFL stadium plan for L.A.?  Meh.

From the L.A. Times:
http://mobile.latimes.com/inf/infomo?view=SportItem&feed:a=latimes_1min&feed:c=sportsnews&feed:i=53330275

[blizz01]

ESPN's Poll of the day - "How important is Los Angeles to the NFL"........17% say Very Important; Collective 83% responding with Somewhat Important or Not Important at All (55%)

BTW, 37% of Californians responded with Very Important.....

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/fp/flashPollResultsState?sportIndex=nfl&pollId=90823

Suck it L.A.

[Mattius92]

Cali already has three teams, only Florida has that many. They dont need to steal a team from some other state, but just relocate a team in Cali. Either the Raiders or the Chargers. The most practical seems the Raiders, since there is already a team pretty much representing that area, aka the 49ers. And San Diego is large enough to have a team, and its supports it. So the Raiders are the team to move, which they have done before. The Raider were originally from LA and they can go back to LA. Nuff Said.

Raiders suck anyways.

[I-10east]

^^^Actually Mattius it's the opposite; The Chargers were originally from L.A., and the Raiders were originally from Oakland; The Raiders have moved from OAK, to LA, then back to OAK.

[copperfiend]

The Raiders are the obvious team. I don't think the NFL wants to abandon a market like St. Louis, Minneapolis, Jacksonville or Buffalo to put a fourth team in California. The Raiders can move and 49ers can have that market to themselves.

[KenFSU]

Love how in the Times-Union's quick links section at the top, there's a quick link for "Tim Tebow" but not for the Jags.

[JabbaTheHuff]

I don't think the NFL is ready to abandon us just yet. Jacksonville is already a ratings monster (#1 city watching the NFL draft, Top Five watching the superbowl) with the potential of growing even more...

[reednavy]

what is your point? It isn't that hard to navigate the site.

[Sportmotor]

Loves me some Tebow

[reednavy]

we know, we know.

I love his future teammates, Stokley, Decker, and Quinn.

[blizz01]

Excellent read - nice way to cap off the weekend -If only the writer could have correctly spelled FOOTBALL in the headline.......

When it comes to buying a fooball team, it looks like slim pickins for Majestic Realty's Ed Roski, experts say

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_15334692

[blizz01]

Hehe - here's another blog posted in the LA Weekly (I think I'll pick up a decal):



When It Comes To NFL's Jaguars Moving To Los Angeles, Jacksonville Says 'No Way L.A.'


http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/sports/nfl-stadium-jaguars/

[gridsketch]

It will happen. If not L.A., it will be some other city. Sorry. Maybe if we generate more diplomas and jobs we could keep the Jags. Our NFL team has been a symbol of a city living beyond its means.

[JeffreyS]

Not on Mr. Weavers watch.