July 25, 201313 yr When the Dallas Cowboys opened training camp in Oxnard, Calif. last Saturday, owner Jerry Jones said that the NFL was "closer than ever" to a return to the Los Angeles market. On a Wednesday appearance on the NFL Network, Jones acknowledged that the league had not gotten it right with the second-largest metropolitan area and media market in the United States and that teams — plural — could move to Southern California. "I feel more imminent about a team being in here, that it's more imminent than any time since we haven't had a team in Los Angeles," Jones said (via Dan Hanzus of NFL.com). "And yes, this market is a huge market, it's a little bit of a black eye for all of us to have had this many years and not had an NFL team in Los Angeles. "The owners don't mess much up...but we haven't gotten this one right. There's people, there's locations, there are people that are interested, a lot of people that can help us put this thing together. And as it turns out that we have at least two teams that could move to this area." More: Y! SPORTS
July 25, 201313 yr Author This from PFT: Jerry Jones says two teams could move to L.A., apparently soon | ProFootballTalk
July 25, 201313 yr Author Jacksonville and ????Not Jascksonville ... the three most likely candidates to relocate have all called Los Angeles at some point in their existence.
July 25, 201313 yr Not Jascksonville ... the three most likely candidates to relocate have all called Los Angeles at some point in their existence. That gives us the Rams, Raiders and Chargers. The battle over which city can waste more money to build a new useless, single-occupant stadium that will saddle the civic government with debt for decades begins...
July 26, 201313 yr That gives us the Rams, Raiders and Chargers. The battle over which city can waste more money to build a new useless, single-occupant stadium that will saddle the civic government with debt for decades begins... I'm sure there are a few owners who love the fact that LA is NFL free. Instant leverage for those guys.
July 26, 201313 yr I'm sure there are a few owners who love the fact that LA is NFL free. Instant leverage for those guys. The owner of the Vikings used it perfectly.
July 26, 201313 yr I'm sure there are a few owners who love the fact that LA is NFL free. Instant leverage for those guys. Agreed. As long as there is one extra city then the owner(s) will have all the leverage. I, for one, would bet on the Chargers making move eventually.
July 26, 201313 yr Gotta be the Raiders. If the A's owner gets his wish and professional baseball moves out of Oakland and over to San Jose, then you have to think that their situation as the sole occupant of that stadium will become untenable.
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