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Can you say stupid. Two teams didn't work when one of the teams was established, it certainly isn't going to work when neither team has a strong following.
Schwarzenegger wants two NFL teams in Los Angeles area
By STEPHEN HAWKINS, AP Sports Writer
May 2, 2006
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger responds to a question during a press conference following a meeting with NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue and several NFL team owners at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Grapevine, Texas, Tuesday, May 2, 2006.
AP - May 2, 1:01 pm EDT
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GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Tuesday he wants the NFL to return to the Los Angeles area -- with two teams.
After meeting with a group of NFL owners, Schwarzenegger said he was there to make sure "we're getting not only one NFL team to the Los Angeles area, Southern California, but to actually get two teams. That's why I came. Why limit it?"
NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue and a committee of 11 owners met to hear proposals from Los Angeles and Anaheim. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle were there to make separate presentations but joined the governor for a joint session.
"There is enough room and enough audience to have two teams," Schwarzenegger said. "We just have to all work together and make it happen."
Los Angeles, the nation's second-largest television market, has been without an NFL team since the Raiders and Rams both left after the 1994 season. When the NFL expanded in 2002, the new team went to Houston after Los Angeles leaders couldn't agree on a suitable site for the team.
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New York Giants chairman Steve Tisch, a longtime Los Angeles resident who is on the committee, said it was unlikely two teams would be added in Southern California at the same time.
"I'd be shocked if the suggestion internally to recommend two teams ever comes up. I think the numbers are too big. I think it would be an overwhelming suggestion," Tisch said. "Over time, possibly."
Tagliabue, who is retiring in July, has long made it a priority to get a franchise back in Los Angeles.
The owners' committee, which includes Dan Rooney of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys and Bob Kraft of the New England Patriots, planned to hear stadium proposals from the Anaheim and Los Angeles officials. The cost estimates of $800 million are considerably higher than previous price tags.
Anaheim's plan calls for a new facility near Angel Stadium, which was converted to a baseball-only complex after the Rams left. The NFL team and the Los Angeles Angels had shared the stadium.
The Los Angeles plan is to construct a stadium inside the existing Los Angeles Coliseum, home to the Rams from 1946-70 and the Raiders from 1982-94.
The NFL owners' group won't make any decisions on the proposals during their meeting at a Dallas-Fort Worth Airport hotel. Instead, the group will make a presentation at the league's spring meetings in Denver, scheduled May 22-24.
After Schwarzenegger and the two mayors emerged from a 10-minute meeting with the owners, the governor chatted in the hallway with Jones, the Cowboys' owner.
The governor returned to Los Angeles immediately afterward. The individual presentations by the cities were later in the day.
Can you say stupid. Two teams didn't work when one of the teams was established, it certainly isn't going to work when neither team has a strong following.
Reggie Bush will help get the team an LA following
Once we get rid of TAG we can get an expansion team.
I think Houstons owners called there team Texans to try to dominate the state and keep San Antonio under the radar..
Really all we have to do it throw like 100 million at the alamodome. We already put in brand new jumbotron just need to convert some plaza to more Lux boxes and then put some like fancy fake wood flooring in and more artsey stuff like AT&TCTR has.
Exactly.thats waht the NFL wants.
lol The Texans dont dominate Houston, let alone state of Texas. I think San Antonio can support an NFL team. Besides, I'd like another home game for the Cowboys when they play in San Antonio.
Need to put in a bunch more club seats too! Can't forget those...
He is retiring after this season. He announced it a couple of months ago.
There will be no expansions teams anytime soon... any teams that find their way to a new city will do so via relocation.
Typical greedy ing Californian
i don't even know anyone here who wants an nfl team.
i certainly don't if it means they will play in the coliseum. i hope they go to anaheim.
AHNOLD
NFL Commish: No teams arnold.
Ahnold: WHAAT.. I break you in 2 if not 2 teams! (angrily)
Nfl commish: don't hurt me
Ahnold: Shut up and pass my stogie. (lights stogie.. blowing smoke in commish face).. now get out of my office..
It's just a matter of time. We will get a team. After Jerry Jones dies...
Let's hope a big ass glob of Botulism tox will move from his face into his dark force crystal encrusted heart.
You think any other owner of the Cowboys would want SA to get a team? This is not a Jerry Jones thing, it is a common-sense business thing.
It's excessive. His franchise has an excellent community and good books.
Jerry Jones does not need all of our money. And we as a community want an NFL team.
Same things with Texans. Tries to get a name to COVER the whole state.
Common sense business should mean that we take his hand out of our pocket and put the cash back into the San Antonio community. We are not Dallas...
You do realize that several teams have been called the Texans, even one from San Antonio IIRC.
Cutely, one from each of the top 3 metropolisi at least. The Dallas Texans of the AFL (now Kansas City Chiefs), the San Antonio Texans of the CFL (folded because no other US teams survived), and now the Houston Texans of the NFL...
It's been passed around like a $2 hooker...
You forgot the original Houston Texans from the old World Football League.Cutely, one from each of the top 3 metropolisi at least. The Dallas Texans of the AFL (now Kansas City Chiefs), the San Antonio Texans of the CFL (folded because no other US teams survived), and now the Houston Texans of the NFL...
Yes...give two teams to LA...that way in a few years, they can move too.
Hey Mikey- that would double our chances of landing one. I am all for it! Let the NFL embarass themselves yet again in LA.
Back in the '50s, there was another Dallas Texans, whom no one would go see; they moved and became the Baltimore Colts
Your conspiracy theory is spot-on. Obviously the Texans picked their name solely with San Antonio in mind. They're obsessed with keeping an NFL team from S.A. This preoccupation in fact is apparently keeping them from focusing on the Houston market in any meaningful fashion. Just the other day Charley Casserly was saying how the opinion of Houston fans doesn't matter. You've stumbled onto the insight that SAN ANTONIO is what matters to them.
The Mario Williams pick makes sense now. Mario is a Hispanic-sounding name. Also, by letting Reggie Bush go to New Orleans, it strengthens the financial foundation of the Saints, decreasing the likelihood they move to S.A. either because they can survive in New Orleans, or making an obvious segueway to Los Angeles.
The bull logo on the helmet sends a subliminal message to UT fans in San Antonio as well. Truly diabolical.
I think at&t is in on the conspiracy as well. Think about it. They could have called themselves AT&T with LARGE letters meaning they're HQ'd in a LARGE MARKET. But they used SMALL letters which mean they're telling people that their HQ is in a SMALL market. Obviously this is because they're trying to protect the Spurs in the at&t Center.
Now if they can only get CBS to show their games in SA on a weekly basis... Didn't we only get 4 of the Texans games last year?
Nice post.
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