lolsurebro Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 (edited) What could you rename a team based in Oklahoma City? Edited January 23, 2020 by lolsurebro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtait93 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 7 minutes ago, lolsurebro said: What could you rename a team based in Oklahoma City? The Oklahoma City Scissor-Tailed Flycatchers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFlaccoSeagulls Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 I'm surprised to see Portland so high up. We're about to get an MLB team, and that's on top of the Blazers and Timbers that already occupy downtown. I can't imagine the amount of traffic if we also included an NFL team on top of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamblinMan99 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Columbus Ohio could use another NFL team. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 21 minutes ago, lolsurebro said: What could you rename a team based in Oklahoma City? OKC Lightning 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedTheClock Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 25 minutes ago, lolsurebro said: What could you rename a team based in Oklahoma City? Bombers would be cool. Or Redskins since they no longer have an (R) attached to their brand. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leoric Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Whatever city is willing to mortgage it’s future and spend a billion dollars all for the benefit of letting a business come to your town and do business. Public funds should never be used on a stadium to subsidize a business as large as the NFL. It’s gotten beyond ridiculous at this point. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnifico Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Toronto is a good shout if outside the states. Raptors prove that the city will rally around a decent team let alone a contender; turned out in droves to get Lebronto'd every year or embarassed by the Wizards till last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolts223 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 (edited) I don't really like the idea of any teams moving tbh. As much as I want to say San Diego, San Diego didn't really try that hard to keep the Chargers. Probably San Antonio and Toronto. OKC or St. Louis wouldn't be a bad choice either. Edited January 23, 2020 by Bolts223 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargers Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 None. Keep the NFL at 32 teams. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayRaider Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Portland is a good sports town I’ve heard and we need more west coast teams. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x0x Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 I find it's easier to mark off the cities that wouldn't be good options: Sacramento & Memphis struggle with attendance of their NBA teams and until their new stadium the Kings were going to relocate while Memphis is the next likeliest relocation target. Oklahoma City is doing well with the NBA so far but will be going through their first rebuild stage and are one of the smallest markets. Salt Lake's only pro team is valued 19th of 30 which isn't bad but when you consider how relatively remote the city is being the main hub in the state and the average income, the question is how passionate fans would be to support an NFL team which would require a new stadium and higher prices than their college team. St. Louis lost their team just recently because they wouldn't build a new stadium and that's the 2nd time in 25 years so unlikely any time soon. Mexico City, Vancouver and Montreal are international markets which brings up currency exchange issues and while both Toronto and Vancouver have the financial base to support a team when built, both would need new stadiums with Canadian permit laws and existing NFL teams in close enough proximity. That leaves Portland and San Antonio. From that short-list it's San Antonio by a pretty healthy margin because of the money and population. Now in Portland's defense they are close in metro population to San Antonio (they're listed one spot below at 25th to San Antonio's 24th) and are valued 14th in NBA teams, again just below San Antonio but they don't have the surrounding population which with only 8 regular season games can very well be seen as within 3 hours driving distance or the financial wealth of the area not to mention expected growth. San Antonio's Mayor has also been vocal for whatever it's worth. That said I think either Portland or San Antonio would likely be successful in maintaining an NFL team. Realistically though I've kept saying that with only 4 teams per division I could see a 4 team Euro-Division coming sooner than later because a single London team, even with long home and road stretches would be too big a gap for very long to exist on its own for an entire continent. And Germany did support the NFL-Europe teams it had until the end (even if most were losing money). I also think if you're looking at a 20 year conquest plan for the league, investing heavily in a cross-Atlantic build-up would seem to make sense. You also have less stadium issues in Europe because of euro-football. Sure you'd probably need stadium upgrades for serious NFL franchises but you wouldn't have to worry about brand new builds. So I think London, Manchester, Berlin and Dortmund (metro area and stadium, look it up) make sense. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigInBoys Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 2 hours ago, Boltstrikes said: Whatever city is willing to mortgage it’s future and spend a billion dollars all for the benefit of letting a business come to your town and do business. Public funds should never be used on a stadium to subsidize a business as large as the NFL. It’s gotten beyond ridiculous at this point. Indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoleINGout Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 5 hours ago, Humble_Beast said: if another team decides to move, which city deserves a team? I'll add a poll when I get suggestions. I could see the Chargers moving soon Portland Salt Lake City Sacramento San Antonio Vancouver Memphis Definitely not: Memphis/San Antonio/Sacramento. Probably not Oklahoma City, yet, either. Salt Lake City is my top choice, followed by a Canadian team or a team in Oregon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoleINGout Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 I think Oakland deserves a team. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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