CC: raiders to stay in Oakland
December 21st, 2014 at 10:27 PM ^
December 21st, 2014 at 10:27 PM ^
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December 21st, 2014 at 10:28 PM ^
They won't be moving to LA this year, but there was also talk of them moving to San Antonio.
December 21st, 2014 at 10:34 PM ^
Damn! The Los Angeles Raiders of Anahiem had such a nice ring to it.
December 21st, 2014 at 10:40 PM ^
Huge metro with no NFL team. Seems like San Antonio is likely 90+% Cowboys fans right now. I would think it would be hard to get a consistent fanbase (like the Jags)
December 21st, 2014 at 10:51 PM ^
San Antonio was a ploy. If the Raiders move, it will be to LA. The Raiders are, easily, still the most popular team in SoCal, and the LA area actually houses the majority of their fanbase. It's a natural move, the question is really whether Davis will give up equity to AEG or Roski.
December 21st, 2014 at 10:30 PM ^
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Source: Chargers and Raiders to L.A. in 2016
The Chargers/Raiders to LA combination seems very likely if Oakland and San Diego can't come up with new stadiums. I've also heard that Davis wanted to move in 2015, but the Rose Bowl refused to house the Raiders.
December 21st, 2014 at 11:38 PM ^
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December 21st, 2014 at 11:57 PM ^
Spanos likes San Diego and wants to stay there, but he needs a stadium. However, if he can't get that done, he is willing to move to LA. Same thing with Davis, although he isn't as deeply attached to Oakland as Spanos is to SD. Davis would love to piggyback to LA and would probably jump at the chance right now if given. At this point, I think that's doubtful, because that's probably dependent on if Kroenke is willing to share. Kroenke has shown no interest in sharing a stadium. He has the land and money to build it himself. The NFL wants too much control(league owned stadium shared by two teams) in the process and is dictating where, who and when, effectively holding everyone hostage. We'll see what happens next year.
December 22nd, 2014 at 12:05 AM ^
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December 21st, 2014 at 11:30 PM ^
December 21st, 2014 at 11:50 PM ^
The Raiders are the worst franchise in the NFL. Worse than the Browns. Worse than the Bills.
I get the pull of being in the NFL and wanting a Super Bowl. I don't get the idea he'd want to try it in Oakland. A coach with real control in Buffalo or Jacksonville could make something happen. The Raiders are like Michigan the last few years. They need an ownership change and to remove a bunch of top staffers. Especially in the NFL, it's not about the head coach. It's about drafting, organization, and having a top QB. Oakland has nothing going for it except a great location.
December 22nd, 2014 at 10:09 AM ^
I almost rebutted by saying that the Raiders were at least in a Super Bowl fairly recently, and then I realized that 2002 was actually kind of a while ago.
December 22nd, 2014 at 11:57 AM ^
It's more recent than the Lions have won a playoff game.
December 22nd, 2014 at 12:01 AM ^
It's amazing Buffalo has held onto their team. Small, rapidly decaying rust belt city in vacant western New York state. Nowhere town in the middle of nowhere.
December 22nd, 2014 at 12:51 AM ^
Not sure how they've done it when larger markets like LA, Baltimore, Cleveland (and possibly soon to be St Louis & Oakland) have all lost their teams. Not sure if it has anything to do with them having one of the most reliable fanbases in the league. They haven't made the playoffs in years and still sell a lot of tickets for such a small metro
But FWIW, there are a few million in the Buffalo area. About a million for Buffalo and Rochester each, plus a few hundred thousand just over the border in Canada - though I doubt many of them care about the Bills
December 22nd, 2014 at 1:17 AM ^
The team was recently sold to Terry Pegula. Pegula also owns the Sabres and gave PSU $100 million to start up their hockey program. He also spent $170 million on the HarborCenter in Buffalo. I'm sure he'll find a way to build a new stadium and keep them there.
December 22nd, 2014 at 9:49 AM ^
Yeah Pegula has probably locked the Bills into Buffalo for many more years. I think it's only a matter of time till they move though - unless maybe they get good again and get a Green Bay Packers thing going
December 22nd, 2014 at 11:51 AM ^
How they do it is what else is there in Buffalo (it's like Nebraska football)? In LA, who gives a crap about the NFL -- USC and UCLA have their fanbases and between all the other things to do in SoCal, nobody really cares about the NFL.
The NFL wants LA (becuase it's the 2nd biggest TV market in the country) more than LA needs the NFL. On Pacific time, one can roll out of bed, catch an early game, and then hit the beach.
December 22nd, 2014 at 12:51 AM ^
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