the saints would have moved to San Antonio if the NFL had not paid them off.

[PublicOption]

.....and Jerry Jones made sure that happened.

SO FUCK THE COWBOYS.


lets go SAINTS:toast

[badfish22]

keep telling yourself that.

No one wants to move to San Antonio

[BRHornet45]

son you guys tried to rob us of our team while our city was down, but everyone knew it wouldn't happen. other than that ... I like your attitude

[LakerHater]

son you guys tried to rob us of our team while our city was down, but everyone knew it wouldn't happen. other than that ... I like your attitude

Nah, I think Benson just used San Antonio, this city will never have a team as long as Jerrah Jones is still around!

[samikeyp]

You guys give Jerry wayyyy too much credit and power in this league. He and the NFL have never gotten along so they are the last people who will placate him.

[bresilhac]

You guys give Jerry wayyyy too much credit and power in this league. He and the NFL have never gotten along so they are the last people who will placate him.

Good point. And as San Antonio continues to grow and prosper the city will look more and more like a truly viable spot for a team eventually. And one thing's for sure, if the likes of Nola can host and successfully support an NFL franchise I know San Antonio can.

[Dr. Gonzo]

Nah, I think Benson just used San Antonio, this city will never have a team as long as Jerrah Jones is still around!

Don't forget the stupid ass Cowboys fans that would rather have training camp here than their own team. Fuck them and the Cowboys.

[kamikazi_player]

Don't forget the stupid ass Cowboys fans that would rather have training camp here than their own team. Fuck them and the Cowboys.
lol cowboys obsession is eating you up.

[Dr. Gonzo]

Not really eating me up. But it does annoy me when this city should have their own NFL team but Cowboys fan complains about it.

[longhorn]

I would say after LA/Toronto (even though LA has proved to be nothing but a failure as far as supporting an NFL team goes) San Antonio should be next in line for a NFL franchise.

Perhaps a move would be to put it in San Marcos and draw from both the San Antonio and Austin markets (like Arlington for Dallas and Fort Worth).

[Buddy Holly]

Dude, you can't just plop an NFL franshice is some town (i.e. New Braunfels) like it's some Burger King or something. First off, the town is going to have to want the team and second if the stadium isn't privatly financed (probably not) then you have to get the small town to get its tax payers to pay for it. Not happening. Arlington did it because its tax payers were somewhat tricked and because it's a small city with a population of nearly 400,000 people. Almost twice as big as Corpus Christi.

[Buddy Holly]

Fyi, for those saying SA can't support an NFL team, the Bizjournal released a recent study they did that measures a metro area's ability to support a pro sports team by analyzing total personal income and SA was considered a borderline economic market being just 4 billion dollars from a 100% suitable market for the NFL even with the Spurs.

Depending on what years numbers they used for the TPI of SA, we may have reached that number already as the total personal income of SA grows by nearly 4 billion each year.

SA's TPI is 70 billion.

There are markets out there that are overextended.

Examples:

Charlotte (NBA; NFL) : 66 billion

Indianapolis (NBA; NFL): 66 billion

Nashville (NFL; NHL): 60 billion

New Orleans (NFL; NBA): 50 billion

However, Los Angeles, with 2 NBA teams, 2 MLB teams, 2 NFL teams and 1 MLS team has enough TPI left over to support FIVE NFL teams.

You see why the NFL wants badly to return.

edit: it was a study done by portfolio.com and bizjournal.

[ShoogarBear]

Interesting analysis, you have a link for that?

And also, it seems to support the position of those of us who were saying that San Antonio didn't have enough of an economic base to support an NFL team five years ago.

[Buddy Holly]

Yeah, here's the link.

http://www.portfolio.com/industry-news/sports/2009/12/04/how-cities-rank-for-potential-sports-expansion/index.html

Shoogar, I think many argued in 2005 that if SA didn't have the economic base to support the NFL then they would eventually within 5-10 years. They were right. That was my position then.