Rubes Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 From Mark Gaughan's Inside the NFL column: Weaver also predicted the NFL will not get a team back in Los Angeles for at least another 10 years due in part to the current recession. This was from Wayne Weaver, Jacksonville's owner. Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphadawg7 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 From Mark Gaughan's Inside the NFL column: This was from Wayne Weaver, Jacksonville's owner. Interesting. Living in LA, I would love to see a team here. Truth is, its ambitious at best to think we could get one here in the near future given the stadium issue. I think we do get one, but I think it takes a while...5-10 years sounds about right...but who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Living in LA Sloan, I would love to see a team here. Truth is, its ambitious at best to think we could get one here in the near future given the stadium issue. I think we do get one, but I think it takes a while...5-10 years sounds about right...but who knows. fixed hahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Between the Rams, Raiders, and Chargers, LA has lost 3 teams over a span of 35 years LA doesn't deserve a team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Im not too worried about the Bills moving to LA. Our lone threat is Toronto I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobillsinytown Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 The current economic downturn is going to prevent any movement in the NFL for the immediate future. The financing and the tax money just isn't going to be there. Even Toronto is feeling the pinch. Even with the NFL being pretty much the dominant sport in North America, this recession/depression is severe enough that no financial bet is a sure thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphadawg7 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 fixed hahahaha its amazing how little you actually contribute to this board yet how often you post...its either something lame like this or another post about your man crush Dike Leach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 its amazing how little you actually contribute to this board yet how often you post...its either something lame like this or another post about your man crush Dike Leach lol...do the math...if i posted as often as you, i'd have well over 10,000 posts by now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphadawg7 Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 lol...do the math...if i posted as often as you, i'd have well over 10,000 posts by now I was saying you post too much, was saying how often you post and yet offer no real football input most of the time...its usually some lame post like yours here or some gibberish post about Dike Leach, your man crush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flbillsfan#1 Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Between the Rams, Raiders, and Chargers, LA has lost 3 teams over a span of 35 years LA doesn't deserve a team. I think they lost the Raiders TWICE didn't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Weaver is 100% right....do you really think banks and municipalities are excited to dole out over 1B for a football team and stadium? Especially in a market that has failed twice! Not a big interest for NFL football in LA. They do after all have an MLS team to keep them busy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Weaver is 100% right....do you really think banks and municipalities are excited to dole out over 1B for a football team and stadium? Especially in a market that has failed twice! Not a big interest for NFL football in LA. They do after all have an MLS team to keep them busy. Not to mention two NBA teams, two MLB teams, and an NHL team. In a city where nobody seems to actually care about sports, the market is already saturated. Any NFL franchise would probably fail, barring a superbowl win in the first season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Plenty of people I know there are not from LA so they root for other teams. Among media types etc...they seem to want it more than the average fan. I am not worried at all about LA wanting/taking the Bills. Too many hurdles to overcome for LA including new stadium, is there a "real" desire there, they lost TWO teams already due to lack of interest. Biggest population in the US but nonetheless NOT an NFL town. Most people identify with other teams. They seem to be happy with USC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Im not too worried about the Bills moving to LA. Our lone threat is Toronto I believe. Yeah, but after Toronto tires of the Bills (3 years tops) LA will be ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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