[bresilhac]

There is no legitimate reason why San Antonio should not have its own NFL team. While Los Angeles is showing a rather disinterested level of enthusiasm toward getting an NFL team, San Antonio and its leaders are doing everything possible to get a franchise to come to town. Mayor Hardberger and others will meet with Commissioner Goodell in a couple of months to discuss San Antonio getting a team sometime in the near future. San Antonio is now big enough and rich enough to have its own team. Of that there is no question. In fact it is puzzling to me how places like Nashville, Jacksonville and Charlotte get to enjoy teams of their own but not San Antonio. All of those places are smaller than San Antonio yet have teams. Also, Kansas City, Cincinnati and Buffalo are all significantly smaller than SA in terms of population yet have their own teams. So that isn’t it. I propose that it has been the fact that the league considers South Central Texas to be apart of the massive Dallas Cowboy TV network. And as such shouldn’t be awarded a team of its own. This may have been true back in 1979 but it shouldn’t preclude the city from having its own team now.

Then there are the Saints. Tom Benson after all was said and done last year was personally convinced that the best thing to do after the disaster in New Orleans would be to relocate the Saints to San Antonio. This deal was very close to going down. And in all business sense should have. But the then commissioner Tagliabue thought it would have been a public relations nightmare to allow the team to move, then. But how about now or next year? New Orleans is hemorrhaging people and jobs, having lost over 200,000 residents who have relocated elsewhere around the country. The area’s economy is a shambles and doesn’t look to improve anytime soon. The team was already considering a move before the storm hit and only stuck around because of a sweet subsidy deal from the state. The point to all this is that San Antonio would be a much better place to have the team in the long run when considered practically. It doesn’t matter if the Saints relocate to San Antonio or not though. I still believe that SA will get its own NFL team within five years by some method.

[EmpireWF]

I dont know the location details but Texas just got a new franchise four years ago. Another one?

[azrael492]

I think if they are going to add another team(s) theyy should go where there are no other franchises. What about going to Alabama or Nebraska. Look at what they do for their college sports. they would never fail to sell out a game.

[EmpireWF]

azrael, you gotta take into account that college factor. Sometimes college athletics do much better in certain towns than pro sports.

[ThePundit]

I think LA needs to get a franchise before anyone else. They're the second largest media market in the country.

[azrael492]

Originally Posted by ThePundit

I think LA needs to get a franchise before anyone else. They're the second largest media market in the country.

They may be the second largest market, but they have already proven twice that they will not support a pro football team. Otherwise, they would not be without one now. They should find an area that is starving for a pro team and give it to them. I am not saying that San Antonio does not deserve one, but does Texas need another team? They should try and find a new market that will support a team.

[bresilhac]

Originally Posted by azrael492

They may be the second largest market, but they have already proven twice that they will not support a pro football team. Otherwise, they would not be without one now. They should find an area that is starving for a pro team and give it to them. I am not saying that San Antonio does not deserve one, but does Texas need another team? They should try and find a new market that will support a team.

California has three teams and so does Florida. So why not Texas? Texas has a larger population than Florida so a third team would work. And as far as being hungry for a team, I guarantee you there is no region hungrier for its own team than San Antonio/South Texas.

[simple simon]

Omaha. The city and its suburbs formed the 60th-largest metropolitan area in the United States in 2000, with a population of 807,305 (2005 [1]) residing in eight counties or about 1.2 million within a 50-mile (80 km) radius.
Omaha, Nebraska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In 2005 the Metropolitan Area of Mexico City had a population of 19.23 million
Mexico City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Greater Birmingham with 1,170,012 inhabitants constituting roughly one quarter of the state of Alabama's entire population.
Birmingham, Alabama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 2005 population of the entire 13-county Nashville Metropolitan Statistical Area was 1,422,544
Nashville, Tennessee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

San Antonio is the second-most populous city in the state of Texas after Houston and seventh-most populated in the United States. As of the 2005 U.S. Census estimate, the city had a population of over 1.2 million. Its eight-county metropolitan area has a population of over 1.8 million
San Antonio, Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

i didnt bother adding info for LA as they already blew it with 2 NFL teams and dont deserve another shot

i added Nashville just for reference and comparison as i consider them one of the smaller existing NFL markets

i still think Mexico City is a great place for relocation......the one downside may be poverty........cant charge as much for tickets to get a sell-out.......although you may be able to make up for that as i believe you could fill a 120,000 seat stadium in Mexico City.......and probably 90% or more of the population would watch the games on TV....so the commercial rights to the games would be huge......even if it was a rebroadcast

but after checking the population #'s of these cities i agree any of them would be decent candidates for a relocating team.........i would probably give San Antonio the nod right behind Mexico City........because of the love for football at all levels in Texas.....which i believe is greater then in the other states