Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2017 6:02 pm
Portland's pretty underrated, and an NFL team there wouldn't be farfetched if it ever were to happen.
Because sometimes even national leaders just want to hang out
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Outer Sparta wrote:The Royal Kingdom of Quebec wrote:Sure it's a gigantic market, but LA only roots only if there's a winner. USC's attendance suffered for many years before Pete Carroll took over; back in those days LAMC only had half the seats filled!
Unless Chargers become contenders, this is not going to go well for Chargers.
They have to share a city with the Rams, instead of dominating the San Diego market 100%.
Baltimore-Ravens wrote:Outer Sparta wrote:They have to share a city with the Rams, instead of dominating the San Diego market 100%.
Correction, share the city with the Rams and everything else there because NFL football just is not paramount to these folks. Portland would have been a far better locale.
Outer Sparta wrote:Baltimore-Ravens wrote:
Correction, share the city with the Rams and everything else there because NFL football just is not paramount to these folks. Portland would have been a far better locale.
Portland, San Antonio, hey, why hasn't San Antonio got many teams? They're also pretty underrated, but a growing city, too.
Baltimore-Ravens wrote:Outer Sparta wrote:Portland, San Antonio, hey, why hasn't San Antonio got many teams? They're also pretty underrated, but a growing city, too.
They had the Saints for a brief time. Maybe they didn't respond enough for the NFL's taste.
Maybe a Mexican team is more likely than San Antonio? What do you think?
Val Halla wrote:LA seems like a bullshit place with no passion. Why even move there anyway?
Neo-Ixania wrote:Baltimore-Ravens wrote:
Huh?
What happened to them when your Ravens came to town? Interest in them essentially evaporated because they couldn't compete.
Chargers are the same. Utterly irrelevant with no interest whatsoever as social media's quick to point out with on-TV polls, etc, unable to compete against the various sports teams already in LA, let alone the Rams.
Neo-Ixania wrote:Baltimore-Ravens wrote:
Huh?
What happened to them when your Ravens came to town? Interest in them essentially evaporated because they couldn't compete.
Chargers are the same. Utterly irrelevant with no interest whatsoever as social media's quick to point out with on-TV polls, etc, unable to compete against the various sports teams already in LA, let alone the Rams.
Outer Sparta wrote:Neo-Ixania wrote:
What happened to them when your Ravens came to town? Interest in them essentially evaporated because they couldn't compete.
Chargers are the same. Utterly irrelevant with no interest whatsoever as social media's quick to point out with on-TV polls, etc, unable to compete against the various sports teams already in LA, let alone the Rams.
Looks like it's a lose-lose situation, where San Diego fans are angry that they were ditched, while the Chargers have to compete with the Rams.
Baltimore-Ravens wrote:Neo-Ixania wrote:
What happened to them when your Ravens came to town? Interest in them essentially evaporated because they couldn't compete.
Chargers are the same. Utterly irrelevant with no interest whatsoever as social media's quick to point out with on-TV polls, etc, unable to compete against the various sports teams already in LA, let alone the Rams.
You are comparing a situation with a CFL franchise competing against NFL teams to that of an NFL franchise competing against the NFL and whatever. Kinda apples and kumquats, ya think?
Besides all the American CFL teams when poof around that time, remember?
So it's really a bad analogy. Sorry, dude.
Outer Sparta wrote:Neo-Ixania wrote:
What happened to them when your Ravens came to town? Interest in them essentially evaporated because they couldn't compete.
Chargers are the same. Utterly irrelevant with no interest whatsoever as social media's quick to point out with on-TV polls, etc, unable to compete against the various sports teams already in LA, let alone the Rams.
Looks like it's a lose-lose situation, where San Diego fans are angry that they were ditched, while the Chargers have to compete with the Rams.
Outer Sparta wrote:The Royal Kingdom of Quebec wrote:Sure it's a gigantic market, but LA only roots only if there's a winner. USC's attendance suffered for many years before Pete Carroll took over; back in those days LAMC only had half the seats filled!
Unless Chargers become contenders, this is not going to go well for Chargers.
They have to share a city with the Rams, instead of dominating the San Diego market 100%.
Ameriganastan wrote:Well, LA just stole something from my team now. Wade Phillips.
Baltimore-Ravens wrote:Neo-Ixania wrote:
What happened to them when your Ravens came to town? Interest in them essentially evaporated because they couldn't compete.
Chargers are the same. Utterly irrelevant with no interest whatsoever as social media's quick to point out with on-TV polls, etc, unable to compete against the various sports teams already in LA, let alone the Rams.
You are comparing a situation with a CFL franchise competing against NFL teams to that of an NFL franchise competing against the NFL and whatever. Kinda apples and kumquats, ya think?
Besides all the American CFL teams when poof around that time, remember?
So it's really a bad analogy. Sorry, dude.
I will add that it was sad what happened to the Stallions, they were 1995 CFL Champs, and came home from the Grey Cup game to find they were soon to be no more. Baltimore is incidentally the only American City to have had a team win that cup in over 100 years of the CFL. I don't doubt the NFL brass didn't like the success the Baltimore CFL football team enjoyed.
Ameriganastan wrote:Well, LA just stole something from my team now. Wade Phillips.
Neo-Ixania wrote:Baltimore-Ravens wrote:
You are comparing a situation with a CFL franchise competing against NFL teams to that of an NFL franchise competing against the NFL and whatever. Kinda apples and kumquats, ya think?
Besides all the American CFL teams when poof around that time, remember?
So it's really a bad analogy. Sorry, dude.
When the NFL came back to Baltimore, interest plummeted. No one cared about the Stallions anymore because the real deal was back.
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Luminesa wrote:Ameriganastan wrote:Well, LA just stole something from my team now. Wade Phillips.
This is...wow.