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jacki

11-11-2005, 12:55 AM

SI.com story (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/football/nfl/11/10/bc.fbn.nfl.losangeles.ap/index.html)

SammyKid11

11-11-2005, 01:06 AM

Where's the "WHO CARES" option?

And by that I mean, does the city of Los Angeles even give a damn? The NFL bent over BACKWARDS to award LA the 32nd franchise over Houston...and LA just couldn't get its [censored] together.

If this happens, I hope it's an existing team...the NFL talent pool is watered down enough as it is - we don't need a 33rd and (then ultimately) 34th team.

jacki

11-11-2005, 01:09 AM

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If this happens, I hope it's an existing team...the NFL talent pool is watered down enough as it is - we don't need a 33rd and (then ultimately) 34th team.

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Expansion would also ruin the nice symmetry the league has right now with the 8 4-team divisions.

lastsamurai

11-11-2005, 02:20 AM

I VOTE WHO CARES! LA IS TOO INTO THEMSELVES TO EVEN CARE ABOUT A TEAM IN LA!

Plus i could watch all the good games on regular TV..why do we need a team anyways!

IndyGuy

11-11-2005, 02:34 AM

It's bad business for the NFL to put a team in LA. Right now, every team wanting a new stadium just needs to threaten to move to LA. Once there's a team there, that leverage is gone.

FWIW, the Colts new stadium here in Indy is already being built.

SammyKid11

11-11-2005, 03:39 AM

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Expansion would also ruin the nice symmetry the league has right now with the 8 4-team divisions.

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Also a fine point. The divisional layout in baseball absolutely blows. Football has the right idea (except I would rather there be 4 8-team divisions, so that there weren't automatic playoff bids to teams like whoever wins the NFC North -- in my scenario, the four divisional winners would at least all be deserving of a bye and home-field and even a playoff berth at all).

New001

11-11-2005, 04:33 AM

So what if a "bad" team wins in a weak division? They still have to play teams outside of the division, and they all have to play each other. And, should a bad team ultimately make it (which has happened many times), shouldn't they just lose their first playoff game? What's the harm in that?

Bulldog

11-11-2005, 10:39 AM

Ten years from now:

NFC South
Atlanta
Tampa Bay
Carolina
St. Louis

NFC West
Arizona
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Seattle

AFC World
Monterrey
Mexico City
Rio de Janeiro
Tokyo

NFC World
London
Paris
Toronto
Rome

IndieMatty

11-11-2005, 11:13 AM

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Ten years from now:

NFC South
Atlanta
Tampa Bay
Carolina
St. Louis

NFC West
Arizona
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Seattle

AFC World
Monterrey
Mexico City
Rio de Janeiro
Tokyo

NFC World
London
Paris
Toronto
Rome

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So, the East Coast is going to be destroyed? What do you know Bulldog. WHAT DO YOU KNOW?! /images/graemlins/confused.gif

kschellenger

11-11-2005, 11:45 AM

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Ten years from now:

NFC South
Atlanta
Tampa Bay
Carolina
St. Louis

NFC West
Arizona
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Seattle

AFC World
Monterrey
Mexico City
Rio de Janeiro
Tokyo

NFC World
London
Paris
Toronto
Rome

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It will take way more than 10 years for the NFL to expand outside the US so much that it warrants two divisions of international teams.