Some more "opinions" to ponder over:
Oakland Raiders Relocation: Latest Rumors and Buzz on Potential Move
By Matt Fitzgerald , Featured Columnist
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...potential-move
With a lease for O.co Coliseum expiring after the 2014 NFL season, Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis is looking elsewhere in the event that the franchise has to relocate.
According to Davis' own comments from Friday, the Raiders could find a new home in San Antonio, based on progress made from a recent meeting.
"The meeting went great," said Davis after meeting with City of San Antonio officials, per Scott Bair of CSNBayArea.com. "They let us know what assets San Antonio has to offer."
Bleacher Report's Jason Cole came forward Friday with some inside information:
Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com weighed in on the development on Sunday:
The most important asset could be leverage. Flirting with San Antonio may enhance the team's chances of getting a new venue in Oakland. Few regard San Antonio as a viable candidate to bring the Raiders to town. Former Raiders president Amy Trask expressed significant doubt about the possibility on CBS Sports Network earlier today.
Bair's report also contains testimony from Davis that his first priority is to keep the Raiders in Oakland. Should that be the case, there is some validity to the argument that San Antonio isn't the most viable destination.
Whatever the case may be, the Raiders are a celebrated, major sports franchise with nowhere to go but up following an 0-8 start to this year. There is plenty of upside for cities to court Davis and Co. to catch the team on the upswing—even if Davis ultimately plans to stay put.
This is why you don't let news anchors write about sports.
If other cities were as prepared as San Antonio to host a second (or even first) major professional team, they'd be out selling themselves too. As far as the NFL goes, after LA, San Antonio is next in line. It's only a matter of time before a franchise says yes and ends up relocating here.
Maybe not.
I don't think the Jaguars' being scheduled to play in London was an accident.
That's always seemed like a ridiculous idea to me. London is a huge market but having a team isolated in a different continent, really ?
Would be a start.
Trying to get a foothold in Europe where the real money is.
Not San Antonio.
You're a contrarian. There's bigger markets in Europe but I don't see a team relocating there any time soon, if ever.
Wanna bet SA gets a team before London ?
London presents huge logistical problems such as jet lag, players living arrangements (live here or live there), and scheduling, among other things.
Maybe if SSTs were still around it would be easier, but they aren't.
No, I think London is a pipe dream unless they manage to get a whole division of European teams.
The same goes for putting a team in Hawaii, a huge market for the NFL, but too impractical right now and in the near future IMHO.
San Antonio economy would benefit from Raiders move
Jeremy Baker, KENS 5 6:16 p.m. CST
http://www.kens5.com/story/news/loca...tion/18673037/
City leaders are billing it as an economic development project with the ability to transform South Texas. But in this case, the project is the wooing of a team that currently plays in California.
On Friday, a small delegation of San Antonio city leaders traveled to the Bay Area to meet with Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis about a potential team move to San Antonio
Whenever the Spurs make the playoffs, San Antonio businesses thrive. So if we had a successful NFL team, it only stands to reason that we would see more of the same.
The Dixie Flag company rakes it in when the Spurs are successful. Those working there say bring on the Raiders.
"The initial effect would be people wanting to get flags promoting the Raiders," said Pete Van de Putte, President and CEO of Dixie Flag.
San Antonio hotels would reap the benefits too, just like when the Spurs hit the playoffs.
"The Spurs are certainly a wonderful boost to our economy and business at the hotel," said Hyatt Regency San Antonio General Manager Greg Leonard. "If the Raiders came in, I'm sure we'd have that same kind of excitement. Everybody would love to welcome them open-handed," Leonard said.
The NFL says that if the Raiders were to come to San Antonio, like any other NFL city, they would bring 110,000 new jobs with them and pump $5 billion into the local economy.
While the Chamber of Commerce wouldn't put a dollar figure on how much the city would benefit from the relocation of the franchise, it agrees that San Antonio would get a financial boost, with some of that dough ending up in bars and restaurants up and down the Riverwalk.
"If we had a football team, that would be great. It would bring people in during the football season. We already have tons of business for The NBA and the Final Four," said Samual Rojas, head bartender of The Worm.
Rojas also pointed out that San Antonio would be a perfect home for the Raiders, who wear silver and black, just like our beloved Spurs.
Depends on what the league wants. If they want more money, there's no reason to mess around with SA.
Wanna bet SA gets a team before London ?
I think they want more money.
They just had a game there.
Hawaii is not a huge market for anything.The same goes for putting a team in Hawaii, a huge market for the NFL, but too impractical right now and in the near future IMHO.
Honolulu the 71st largest TV market in the US
Correction, they had a few games there this year already.
But have they figured out all the logistics involved to put a team there permanently?
Not according to reports.
Also there are articles saying they not only want a team there eventually, but also in Toronto and Mexico City where they have also had games.Hawaii is not a huge market for anything. Honolulu the 71st largest TV market in the US
Post those reports and articles.
They were posted already in the other thread by this same name.
If you missed them, then your loss, I'm not going to go find them and post them all over again.
Don't get pissy. You're the one who got all serious and snitched to get the thread deleted.
So butthurt he had to snitch to get his ups deleted.
I think it was Dogbreath's report tbh.
Quit being crybabies and grow up, both of you, or STFU.So butthurt he had to snitch to get his ups deleted.
EDIT: Stick to the topic or go pollute another another thread with your diarrhea if you don't like this one!
Last edited by xmas1997; 11-12-2014 at 08:33 AM.
We are talking about your NFL thread.
lol Hawaii
Sig bet would be fine.
the problem for San Antonio is that TV sets are already turned on to the NFL every Sunday so there's no reason to add a new franchise here.Mark Waller, NFL's vice president of international, told CNBC a move to London was a "definite possibility", after the huge success of the three NFL matches played in the city this year, but "logistic difficulties" still need to be resolved. "We have around 3 million, what we call avid fans in the U.K., who are watching week in, week out. Then we have around 8 million casual fans. Both of those numbers are growing, and on Sky Sports – which is kind of the home of the NFL in the U.K.— we are now the fifth most watched sport,"
Waller told CNBC on Monday. The NFL has already announced plans to stage three regular season games at Wembley in 2015.......
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/busi...nchise-n245256
So that leaves us hoping that a rogue owner will want to move his/her franchise here against the NFL's will.
Blakey, do you realize that this is the same argument used for not having an NFL team in Los Angeles, and more so because of the diversity of team fans living there, or so the reports say.
And consequently they say we have more rabid fans here worthier to have a team who would root for the "home" team like we do the Spurs, only more so since it is football.
No it's not
If the biggest argument against having a team in the second largest media market is that some of the people there are Chargers fans, there is no argument against it.
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