MightyMouse07 Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 5 minutes ago, EliteTexan80 said: I'm actually thinking - San Antonio was getting really excited over the thought of the Raiders in San Antonio. They'd probably get equally geeked over the Chargers, too. They're a passionate fanbase - they live and die for the Spurs, and they're really rallying behind their college programs such as UTSA. TV market is small, but no smaller than San Diego. Could still call them a "West" team, hypothetically. Would create a fun dynamic with the Cowboys and Texans. The Alamodome would be an ideal venue, better than StubHubTub. Thoughts? Jerry would never let that happen. Would cut into his revenue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malik Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Move the Pats out of the AFC East please god Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scar988 Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 31 minutes ago, EliteTexan80 said: I'm actually thinking - San Antonio was getting really excited over the thought of the Raiders in San Antonio. They'd probably get equally geeked over the Chargers, too. They're a passionate fanbase - they live and die for the Spurs, and they're really rallying behind their college programs such as UTSA. TV market is small, but no smaller than San Diego. Could still call them a "West" team, hypothetically. Would create a fun dynamic with the Cowboys and Texans. The Alamodome would be an ideal venue, better than StubHubTub. Thoughts? IT'd make more sense to move them to Oklahoma City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakuvious Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Can someone explain the obsession with making the divisions more geographically accurate, to me? Yeah, some of the placements don't make as much sense as they possibly could, but who cares, really? It's less than a 30 minute difference, the travel time between Miami and Buffalo or Boston, and Miami and any of the Texas teams. It's maybe an hour difference to have Indy go to Cincy/Cleveland/Pittsburgh, compared to Jacksonville/Tennessee/Houston. So the distance really isn't any kind of problem or disadvantage whatsoever for the teams. The divisions themselves have no real reason to be geographically based, they just kind of are. There's reasons not to have East Coast and West Coast mix, because time zones, but that's really it. I just kind of don't get what these kinds of proposals, even if accepted, would actually accomplish, aside from making the maps a little bit neater. To me, there's clear negatives (messing with league history and rivalries) with no positives at all to counter them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cddolphin Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 33 minutes ago, EliteTexan80 said: Thoughts? Anywhere but LA, Jerruh might have a problem with it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter2_1 Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 39 minutes ago, Malik said: Move the Pats out of the AFC East please god We thought the same when Marino was carving us up left, right and centre. Our turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET80 Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 6 minutes ago, cddolphin said: IT'd make more sense to move them to Oklahoma City. Yeah, that would make sense as well. 42 minutes ago, MightyMouse07 said: Jerry would never let that happen. Would cut into his revenue. 13 minutes ago, cddolphin said: Anywhere but LA, Jerruh might have a problem with it though. I don't disagree, but I think Spanos is stubborn enough to do it even if Jerruh stands in his way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August4th Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 I think the NFL was close to moving the colts to the AFC north and ravens to the east when the Texans joined but ravens owner wanted to keep playing steelers and browns for the rivalry.. could be wrong but I remember hearing talk of the colts joining the steelers division around that time wonder if the colts would of stayed in the east if the realignment happened right in the middle of Brady vs Manning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamcanadian Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 It actually makes a lot of sense IMO, originally Baltmore was the ex Cleveland franchise and they did not want to split them away from Pittsburgh, Cincy and Cleveland, but I think it could be done today. The NFL is just reluctant to make the change as all teams would have to approve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August4th Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 I think the realignment took away what could of been a good steelers vs titans rivalry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footbull3196 Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 14 minutes ago, August4th said: I think the realignment took away what could of been a good steelers vs titans rivalry Same with Steelers and jaguars. They had some really great games in the late 90s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August4th Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 5 minutes ago, footbull3196 said: Same with Steelers and jaguars. They had some really great games in the late 90s yeah.. as a kid I used to be more annoyed with the jags and titans during those yrs than the ravens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugboat Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 With modern travel considerations and everything, i don't see how it makes much difference. Plus, there are obviously the "rivalries" built up as is. If they were to do anything with the divisional stuff, i'd really just prefer they cut "divisional games" down to once per team per season. I honestly get a little tired of seeing the same 3 teams 6 times a year, every year. Though considering the Jaguars division...it's probably a good thing for their winning potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cddolphin Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 15 hours ago, EliteTexan80 said: I don't disagree, but I think Spanos is stubborn enough to do it even if Jerruh stands in his way. It takes a 2/3 majority to move a team correct? Doesn't Jerry hold a lot of sway over other owners? That's always been the word on the interwebs. By the way, I don't know how you did it, but your first quote on the above post^^ wasn't me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET80 Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 12 minutes ago, cddolphin said: I don't know how you did it, but your first quote on the above post^^ wasn't me. Yeah, weird software snafu. Fret did the same thing to me yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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