Which One Of These Cities Most Deserve An NFL Expansion Team In The Future?

[Haystacks]

32 teams is perfect. if you don't support your team, they should leave and go where it will have support

 

[HacheMan]

32 teams is perfect. if you don't support your team, they should leave and go where it will have support

Yep & exactly the reason LA doesn't deserve yet another shot.

But I do personally like the idea of expansion because there are definitely more than 32 cities nationwide who are deserving...

 

[CHOPTALK]

Could you imagine some of the starting qbs if we had 8 more teams?

 

[HarryCaray]

Birmingham......

I live here and I think it would get good support.

People down here love their college football, but just love sports in general.

 

[CoachCB]

San Antonio would fill the stadium every week.

Agree. They don't have a major CFB team to contend w/ either (UT-Austin is down the road, but not enough to interfere). A lot of Cowboys loyalty to steal away (and I'm sure Jerry would fight it).

Some of those cities are a joke. Honolulu? Seriously? No way in hell.

Salt Lake and Orlando? No way in hell. Orlando is too close to Tampa (who would fight the expansion there, as Orlando residents tend to be Bucs fans). Salt Lake, not enough population.

 

[CoachCB]

I live here and I think it would get good support.

People down here love their college football, but just love sports in general.

Same thing they said about Jacksonville.....and now that they SUCK the fans don't come. They had no problems filling the seats from 1995-2002 though....

Many fans from Jax go to Tallahassee or Gainesville the day before a Jags game. If it's a night game in those college towns then a 1pm Sunday game in Jax the attendance takes a hit. Just too hard for an FSU fan to go to an 8pm game....drive 3 hours home and be up for a 1pm game in Jax.

 

[HacheMan]

Birmingham......

I live here and I think it would get good support.

People down here love their college football, but just love sports in general.

Most definitely.

USFL Birmingham Stallions were huge...

 

[VIEJODINOSAUR]

London is lobbying......

 

[REDEYE]

I would rather not have a team out here in Portland....

 

[EverFresh]

Toronto.

 

[Akillies]

i dont understand London, the logistics would be a nightmare and time differences. but all the nfl cares about is ...

 

[Akillies]

Chicago could use a football team, they havent had one in awhile

 

[EverFresh]

Toronto.

The Bills will relocate to T O eventually, its the majority of their fan base

 

[Vancouverfan]

I also think it will be Toronto even though it's not on the list. 4th largest market in North America and basically gets an entire country behind the team if you use the Toronto Raptors and Blue Jays as an example (Raps are very popular all over the country now)

 

[quantumleap]

To leave the second largest population center in the country out of the equation is certifiable insanity. I don't know how anyone could make an excuse for this, political, economic or otherwise.

Can anyone mention any other large country where this takes place in any major sport?