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Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't "guarantee a team" will be in Los Angeles. |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Sun Feb 7 06:57:24 2010 Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't "guarantee a team" will be in Los Angeles.Speaking at the commissioner's annual news conference before Sunday's Super Bowl, Goodell acknowledged that local billionaire Ed Roski Jr.'s 75,000-seat stadium proposal in Industry had clearance to be built but noted that questions remained. "I think we are working hard to get a team back into the Los Angeles market because we know there are millions of fans that would love to see NFL football as part of their community, and I think progress is being made," he said. But financing the $800-million stadium in today's economy will be a challenge, Goodell said. "And with the labor agreement that we have, the cost of building that stadium is almost entirely on the ownership, and that is a big burden to pay, particularly in this kind of environment," he said. Roski and Majestic Realty Co. Vice President John Semcken, who oversees the project, are in Miami for the Super Bowl. star news |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Feb 7 07:19:43 2010, in response to Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't "guarantee a team" will be in Los Angeles., posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Sun Feb 7 06:57:24 2010. The Coliseum's wiki page has an interesting picture from a proposal to make the Coliseum suitable for the NFL.There's talk of Jacksonville losing the Jaguars to LA or one of several other cities trying to lure them away. I think the Jags have a long-term contract with the city, but they can get out of it if they don't draw well. Tampa is in the running for the 2014 Super Bowl. NYC/NJ are trying hard to get it too. |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Sun Feb 7 08:09:14 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by LuchAAA on Sun Feb 7 07:19:43 2010. the Los Angeles Coliseum ramains as it is today with little improvements done to itremember the los angeles rams ? |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Feb 7 08:47:47 2010, in response to Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't "guarantee a team" will be in Los Angeles., posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Sun Feb 7 06:57:24 2010. Roski is trying to lure an existing team. The Bills, Rams, or most likely the Jaguars. Of course the NFL couldn't guarantee that an existing team would move. This is not really news. |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Feb 7 08:49:22 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by LuchAAA on Sun Feb 7 07:19:43 2010. The Jaguars are the team that everyone talks about moving to LA. I think that it's more likely than not. |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Feb 7 08:56:36 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Sun Feb 7 08:09:14 2010. False. The Coliseum has been improved since the Rams. In fact it was upgraded after the Raiders left. But it's not going to ever be a modern football stadium and there's only so much that can be done to improve it. I'm pretty sure that it's registered as a historic place and they can't change too much.Los Angeles really killed their chances for one of the expansion teams when they refused to build a new stadium and voted for Mark Ridley-Thomas' proposal that the city of LA would support the NFL returning >b>only to the Coliseum. NFL owners hated the Coliseum because at the time gangs were bad in that neighborhood and because they also wanted a new modern stadium to be built complete with luxury boxes, etc. |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Sun Feb 7 09:10:08 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by Easy on Sun Feb 7 08:56:36 2010. well kinda false easy !lol... hell we are not gonna pay for a new stadium like the other sucker cities |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Feb 7 09:54:35 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Sun Feb 7 09:10:08 2010. True, but you are aware that a new state of the art stadium is being built in the city of industry with private money? That's what the article is about. |
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Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Sun Feb 7 10:07:31 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by Easy on Sun Feb 7 08:47:47 2010. "This is not really news. "I think the most intersting part of the story was the last sentence. Now I can sleep better at night that some random owners are in Miami this weekend. Tied the whole story together. I bet it's AP. |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Feb 7 10:48:16 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by Orange Blossom Special on Sun Feb 7 10:07:31 2010. Roski isn't an owner. He's the multibillionaire building a stadium that needs a team. I really don't know what he's thinking by building it privately. They only play 8 regular season games a year at home. And he's too far from LA to get a major college like USC or UCLA as a tenant. He's also too far to reasonably get big Latin American soccer matches. I think that he wants his stadium to be like Citywalk and it will have restaurants, a movie theater, etc, but still. The reason that Staples has been so successful is that they have something going on (Kings, Lakers, Clippers, concerts nearly every day. He can't copy that model with a football stadium, plus put it far from most of wealthy LA. |
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Posted by 9 local on Sun Feb 7 11:12:32 2010, in response to Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't "guarantee a team" will be in Los Angeles., posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Sun Feb 7 06:57:24 2010. Goodell can't even guarantee that football will be played in 2011. |
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Posted by Peter Rosa on Sun Feb 7 11:20:26 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by LuchAAA on Sun Feb 7 07:19:43 2010. There's talk of Jacksonville losing the Jaguars to LA or one of several other cities trying to lure them away. I think the Jags have a long-term contract with the city, but they can get out of it if they don't draw well.The Jaguars sold out only one of their eight home games this season, despite being in playoff contention until almost the end. IINM the Raiders had only one or two sellouts as well. My blog |
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Posted by FYBklyn1959 on Sun Feb 7 22:44:04 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by Easy on Sun Feb 7 10:48:16 2010. Not to go on-topic, but would the Gold Line Foothill extension pass near the proposed stadium? |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Feb 7 22:51:05 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by FYBklyn1959 on Sun Feb 7 22:44:04 2010. No, the stadium is on the 60 and the gold line will be on the 10 (adjacent to Metrolink). But one of the proposals for extending the East LA gold line is to follow the 60. |
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Posted by Grand Concourse on Sun Feb 7 23:02:28 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by Easy on Sun Feb 7 08:49:22 2010. Should the Jags move to LA, would they still be in the 'south', or will they shift one of the West teams to the south so the 'jags' becomes part of the west? |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Feb 7 23:04:55 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by Grand Concourse on Sun Feb 7 23:02:28 2010. Most likely leave it like it is for a while. That's the SOP. |
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Posted by Grand Concourse on Sun Feb 7 23:13:05 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by Easy on Sun Feb 7 23:04:55 2010. I still don't get why Dallas is in the 'East' when even south makes more sense. I would switch dallas with Carolina. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Feb 7 23:19:45 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by Easy on Sun Feb 7 08:49:22 2010. I wonder if they would play at the Coliseum until a new stadium is ready? It would make sense to do it that way. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Feb 7 23:21:38 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by Grand Concourse on Sun Feb 7 23:13:05 2010. It made some sense when there were only two divisions in the 60s. They probably did this to keep some key rivalries alive. Travel isn't much of an issue since the minimum time between games is 4 days (Thursday games preceded by a Sunday game). |
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Posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Sun Feb 7 23:25:30 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by Peter Rosa on Sun Feb 7 11:20:26 2010. The Raiders likely will move into a new stadium in either Oakland or Santa Clara that is shared with the 49ers. The teams most likely to move to LA are: 1.) The Jaguars 2.) The Rams and 3.) The Chargers |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Feb 7 23:26:05 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Feb 7 23:21:38 2010. Rivalries is the issue. They can't move Dallas away from the Giants, Eagles, or Redskins. |
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Posted by Grand Concourse on Sun Feb 7 23:26:21 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Feb 7 23:21:38 2010. Yeah, for the rivalry, but isn't it enough with the Eagles-Giants? I wished they'd at least make sense of the divisions.I mean like before the Rays were created in the MLB, I never understood why the Tigers were in the East. [I know the Central was 'new' and there was no other team that could be moved without making the divisions uneven.] |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Feb 7 23:27:11 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Sun Feb 7 23:25:30 2010. The Chargers used to play in LA. |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Feb 7 23:27:52 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by LuchAAA on Sun Feb 7 23:19:45 2010. That's what they are saying that they will do if they get a team this year or next. |
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Posted by Grand Concourse on Sun Feb 7 23:27:58 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by Easy on Sun Feb 7 23:26:05 2010. Yeah, but geographically it makes no sense at all. So let the Cowboys have a rivalry with someone else. It's crowded enough with just the Giants-Eagles, redskins to a lesser extent imo. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Feb 7 23:28:48 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by Grand Concourse on Sun Feb 7 23:26:21 2010. Like I implied, geographic convenience is not much of an issue. The game is more entertaining with more rivalries rather than with teams that spend less time traveling. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Feb 7 23:29:01 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Sun Feb 7 23:25:30 2010. I wonder how Jacksonville won an NFL team? It's a small market. They must've figured that by being at the intersection of two major Interstates, that it would help fill the stadium.Jacksonville will probably try to steal the Bucs from Tampa. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Feb 7 23:29:42 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Feb 7 23:28:48 2010. Although I think more time traveling might add some really entertaining parts to the game. Who'd like to see the '72 Dolphins play the '07 Patriots? |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Feb 7 23:31:57 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by Grand Concourse on Sun Feb 7 23:27:58 2010. Maybe they should go back to the named divisions of the 1967-69 seasons: Century, Capitol, Central, Coastal. I don't know why they went with C though. |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Feb 7 23:32:38 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by LuchAAA on Sun Feb 7 23:29:01 2010. Is it any smaller than Charlotte? Jacksonville, Green Bay, and Charlotte are probably the smallest. |
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Posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Sun Feb 7 23:36:58 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by Easy on Sun Feb 7 23:32:38 2010. Green Bay is an interesting case where they do have a fairly loyal nationwide fan base, kind of like Notre Dame has in college football. You've got to put Nashville in there too (I think Charlotte metro is bigger than Nashville metro). |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Feb 7 23:42:10 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Sun Feb 7 23:36:58 2010. Yeah, I forgot about Nashville. |
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Posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Sun Feb 7 23:44:53 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by Easy on Sun Feb 7 23:42:10 2010. For kicks:New Orleans metro population: 1,167,294 Nashville metro population: 1,550,733 Charlotte metro population: 1,521,278 Jacksonville metro population: 1,313,228 |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Feb 7 23:49:32 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Sun Feb 7 23:44:53 2010. Green Bay metro population: 226,778 |
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Posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Sun Feb 7 23:52:53 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by Easy on Sun Feb 7 23:49:32 2010. Yeah, but again, Green Bay doesn't really count. While it's technically a small market team it has one of the top 5 largest fan bases in the NFL. I'd venture to say that the Cowboys, Giants, Patriots, Steelers, and Packers (in that order) are the 5 most popular teams in the league. The Panthers, Jaguars, Titans, and probably Rams all have the smallest fan bases in the NFL. |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Feb 7 23:58:45 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Sun Feb 7 23:52:53 2010. I don't think that Green Bay has as much of a following as those. I think that the Raiders, Dolphins, and Redskins have more fans than Green Bay. |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Feb 7 23:59:12 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by Easy on Sun Feb 7 23:58:45 2010. And the Bears. |
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Posted by Grand Concourse on Mon Feb 8 00:01:04 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Feb 7 23:31:57 2010. Damn, that's kinda confusing. |
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Posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Mon Feb 8 00:01:14 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by Easy on Sun Feb 7 23:58:45 2010. I guess what I meant was nationwide following. Nationwide fans that watch the games, buy the merchandise, etc. The Bears, Dolphins, Eagles, Forty-Niners, Lions, Raiders, and Redskins all likely have more "local" fans. |
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Posted by Grand Concourse on Mon Feb 8 00:01:56 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Feb 7 23:28:48 2010. Yeah, I guess. |
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Posted by jimmymc25 on Mon Feb 8 00:19:34 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by 9 local on Sun Feb 7 11:12:32 2010. That's a very sad point.On top of that, dont kow how a strike or a lockout will be percived by fans , especially if the economy doesn't sgnicantly improve. Jimmymc25 |
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Posted by Easy on Mon Feb 8 00:23:13 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Mon Feb 8 00:01:14 2010. I mean nationwide as well. Green Bay has a lot of nationwide interest, but how many Green Bay fans are there outside of the northern midwest? How often do you see Green Bay gear in Phoenix versus Raiders gear? |
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Posted by Grand Concourse on Mon Feb 8 00:28:59 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by jimmymc25 on Mon Feb 8 00:19:34 2010. Yeah NFL is the #1 sport in the US, MLB #2 - I believe. I wonder: should there be a lockout, will MLB become #1 again? |
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Posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Mon Feb 8 00:50:22 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by Grand Concourse on Mon Feb 8 00:28:59 2010. MLB is actually stepping up their marketing and, I believe, starting to draw in more fans again. During the early to mid 1990s MLB was losing fans as the younger generation just didn't find it exciting. One of the best side effects of the "steroid era" is it got fans to watch and follow baseball again. Ever since 1998 (except for maybe last season) baseball had been breaking attendance records left and right and TV viewership was increasing.NFL will always be #1 in the USA. Why? The games are almost always a predictable 3 hours long (give or take a few minutes). Heck, when was the last time you were at a bar on Sunday morning (or afternoon) and noticed that all of the early games (or late games) didn't end at approximately the same time. They almost always end at the same time no matter where they are. Baseball, well, it doesn't work that way. |
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Posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Mon Feb 8 00:56:56 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by Easy on Mon Feb 8 00:23:13 2010. Phoenix likely isn't the best example. There are a lot of California "expatriates" in Arizona. That being said, when I was at the bars and watching the games, there was a fairly even division of Packer fans versus Raider fans. The Raiders, I hate to say it, have developed somewhat of a bandwagon fan base.One other thing that I've noticed is that the Bay Area is an NFL town (all everyone talks about Monday morning is the Niners and Raiders during football season). Cal and Stanford have much more "niche" fan bases (generally students and alumni). Los Angeles, to me, seems just the opposite. LA is very much a big college football town and USC and UCLA rule the roost. The general populace (as well as students and alumni) are all divided between USC or UCLA for their football attention. I doubt that even with an NFL team that this would change all that much. LA is for better or worse the country's largest college football dominant football market (it was when the Raiders and Rams were both there and will be in the future). Most other NFL markets are NFL first, college second. |
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Posted by jimmymc25 on Mon Feb 8 01:29:39 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Mon Feb 8 00:50:22 2010. Very true, but personaly I prefer watching my dumb incompetent Mets.Football for me doesn't kick in til either the Giants or Jets are on the verge of something interesting. Jimmymc25 |
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Posted by SMAZ on Mon Feb 8 02:44:06 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Feb 7 23:29:42 2010. Who'd like to see the '72 Dolphins play the '07 Patriots?Nobody would because the '07 Patriots weren't even the best team of 2007. |
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Posted by Union Turnpike on Mon Feb 8 19:04:08 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by Grand Concourse on Sun Feb 7 23:13:05 2010. Indianapolis ended up going A.F.C. South while Miami stayed A.F.C. East. Arizona wanted to stay N.F.C. East too. |
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Posted by Union Turnpike on Mon Feb 8 19:21:42 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Sun Feb 7 23:25:30 2010. The Chargers played as the Los Angeles Chargers in 1960, the Rams played as the Los Angeles Rams from 1946 through 1994 (1980 through 1994 in Anaheim) and the Raiders played as the Los Angeles Raiders from 1982 through 1994.Boston, too, had a rough start with football until the A.F.L. placed the Patriots there in 1960. IIRC, Oakland and Cleveland have been the only cities to get their teams back. Baltimore received a relocated team and Houston an expansion team. |
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Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles. |
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Posted by Grand Concourse on Tue Feb 9 21:44:05 2010, in response to Re: Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that the NFL can't ''guarantee a team'' will be in Los Angeles., posted by jimmymc25 on Mon Feb 8 01:29:39 2010. I have to agree with that. If the Jets made it, I might've been more interested in the game, but I was more channel surfing than paying attention to the whole game. |
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