There's a company that plans to build a stadium outside of L.A., and that company also has plans to steal a couple of NFL teams from other cities. Their intended targets of thievery: the Buffalo Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars. From the AP:
Majestic Realty Co. managing partner John Semcken said the company is still considering at least seven franchises for a new stadium some 25 miles east of Los Angeles.
They also include the San Francisco 49ers, San Diego Chargers, Minnesota Vikings, St. Louis Rams and Oakland Raiders.
But he said the Jaguars and the Bills are at the top of the list because they play in small markets that tamp down their earning potential and because they have little hope of building larger venues in their home regions.
At the very least, that last part is true. Building a bigger stadium for Jacksonville football fans would be like building a bigger public library for high school drop-out crystal meth tweakers. It's just not going to get much use.
It's kind of a strange announcement, and if I were a Jaguars or Bills fan, I'd take it a little personally. Basically, the L.A. people have just announced that they hate you and are planning on taking something that you love. That's just not very nice.
There's no reason to panic yet, though, as we're a long way from anything like that happening. A lot of people have wanted to put a team in L.A., and every single one of them has failed to get their act together. When it comes to landing an NFL team, L.A., for about fifteen years now, has been all talk.
I wouldn't worry too much about it just yet, Bills and Jags fans. Of course, it probably wouldn't hurt to start, you know, filling your stadium, either.
Granted, this quote is from a blog,but it is still a fact that this company wants to steal away an NFL team. Now, I could care less about any of these teams. I have no allegiances to them, as they aren't ones that I cheer for, but I do have issue with the fact that these people want to take away what amounts to billions of dollars from small markets just so almighty Los Angeles can have a team.
Maybe its just me, but shouldn't you have a team before you about building a stadium? Correct me if I'm wrong, but about 20 yrs ago, they had 2 teams (Raiders and Rams) and lost them both. What's to make people believe they can keep a team now?
They should leave these teams alone and wait for the next NFL expansion or for a team's current contract with a city or be up. Besides, its not like L.A. needs the money, they already have at least 2 teams in all the major sports!
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