After Los Angeles, where should the NFL expand next?
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I think Mexico City is the next logical market, as the league is obviously interested in international expansion with NFL Europe and taking preseason games out of the country almost every year now. And since they have sold out a large stadium everytime the game has gone to Mexico City, they appear to have the support and the population base to support a team.\n \nAnd the least likely is Las Vegas. While perhaps one of the strongest candidates on paper, the perception of the influence of gambling will be too great for the near future for any professional sports league to place a team there (above the minor league or developmental league level).
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The 2006 NFL Draft will be held in New York City.
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49ers, Cowboys, Rams, Raiders, Jets
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not far. the offense relies on Lee and Ramirez. they need more backup to get more runs and win more games. don't expect a championship anytime soon.
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More power to them.  LA has not been awarded a team because they (like san Diego) refuse to build a new stadium.  They want a team to share the colesium and that's not even cool..  If Chula wants to build them a stadium, Good for them!
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I'll take them one at a time:\n\n1 Mexico City- This would be a good choice. Big stadium, big market (all of Mexico). This could be a logical first global expansion point.\n2 Birmingham- I don't think the NFL wants to expand much more into the south. I could be wrong. Alabama is big for college football-I'm sure it'd be a big NFL state.\n3 Las Vegas- Absolutely not. For all the Pro Leagues, Las Vegas is the untouchable city. The gambling/sports connection is one they stay far away from.\n4 Hawaii- Not sure what kind of market Hawaii would be. Cities with weather that good, typically have people who make their own fun outdoors.\n5 Canada- Possible, although the late year weather would be a problem. Also, Canadian government protection of CFL could be a problem.\n6 Germany Could be a good first expansion if they went global.\n7 the UK- Would be most probable point for european expanisio\n8 Oklahoma City- Not sure. most people there are already Cowboy fans.\n9 Albuqueque- Could be a possibility. Small overall population of state is a drawback.\n10 LA- There will be a team in LA\n11 San Antonio- Texas is large enough to support another team. San Antonio would be a good bet.\n12 others- Portland, Connecticut, Virginia(Va Beach/Norfolk), Orlando(too close to Tampa ?), Louisville(too close to Cincy ?) Puerto Rico. If Cuba became a free nation after Castro's death, Havana(who played NCAA football in the 30's and 40's).
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the talent pool is currently so diluted, and there is already too many teams... expansion wont happen unless teams start folding which isnt likely. what is most likely is that teams will move into some of the cities you mentioned. \n\nCleveland: that is possible\nOklahoma City: that is possible\nLas Vegas: there has been rumours of that, but i dont think it will happen\nSeattle: they need a new arena to be able to have a team; Portland Oregon is more likely\n\nToronto: Not likely because the leafs like being the only team in town and would have to approve another team entering their market which they likely wont do!\nQuebec City: Always possible\nWinnipeg: the next team that moves will likely go to the 'peg\nHalifax: probably need a bigger arena and a bigger population, but possible years from now\nst john's: probably need a bigger arena and a bigger population, but possible years from now
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I think the L.A. Stars had a nice ring to it, while being somewhat apporopriate for the locale.\n\nHowever, in keeping with the more traditional theme of animals, some that are native to L.A. that would make good team names in my opinion are:\n\nCoyotes\nBobcats\nMountain Lions\nGray Foxes\nRed-Tailed Hawks(shortened to just the L.A. Hawks, perhaps?)\nSea Lions\n\nThere are plenty more on the California Wildlife Center site at the following link, but not many of them would make good team names (The L.A. Striped Skunks, anyone?)  Link:http://www.californiawildlifecenter.org/\n\nIt's worth noting that a couple of these are already used in other pro sports and college teams as well, so they should be plenty suitable for a pro football team.\n\nLastly, if irony is on the new commish's agenda, he can name them the L.A. Temps, since they'll surely move out in a few years anyway...\n\nHope this helps-\n--J.
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had heard of american football in europe. Kurt Warner play in that league b4 leading the rams to a  super bowl win.  I think spain and germany it is very big over there
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San Antonio - 7th largest city in the country - still has a Double A team for God's sake!  The Marlins came close to relocating here.  With 62% of the population being Hispanic, it should be the San Antonio Tacos, but would probably wind up being something like the Missions (the current minor league team) or Armadillos.\n\nLas Vegas will have a team in the next few years as well, either through expansion or relocation, just like San Antonio.  No way could Vegas call their team the Gamblers, so it would have to be something else, Desert Rats maybe.\n\nPortland is another good possibility.  Maybe they could call them the Sasquatches.\n\nAnother possible place is Charlotte.  I'd like the Charlotte Hicks or Hillbillies, but they'd probably be called something like the Racers to honor NASCAR (whoopie).\n\nAnd there's always the possibility of the Tidewater area of Northern Virginia which could take the name of the minor league team, the Tides.\n\nBuffalo is another good candidate, but the weather there is a big drawback.  Hard to tell what they would call them, the Bisons maybe?\n\nAnd one place you can be sure they WON'T put a team into is Montreal.  Think they learned their lesson there.
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LA, Philly (mostly), Miami and KC.
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Houston\nSt. Louis\nDallas\nIndianapolis\n\nNew York City, Chicago and San Francisco would have a hard time because there isn't much area in the city itself to build all the facilities, nor are there facilities that would work well for all the sports. It has to be a city with room to spread around it and area to build the facilities.
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You are crazy. LA isn't that civilized, and football isn't as barbaric as you think. Oh and also remember the Raiders were in LA with their crazy fans. Now they are back in Oakland, which isn't far away and I'm sure some people from LA go there.
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On October 26, 1993, NFL owners unanimously selected Carolina as the 29th NFL franchise and the first expansion team since 1976. Fireworks exploded over uptown Charlotte as jubilant fans gathered to celebrate the news. "This is a dream come true for me and my partners and for the 10 million people in the Carolinas," said Carolina Panthers Owner/Founder Jerry Richardson, who became just the second former player to own an NFL team along with George Halas of the Chicago Bears. \n\nThe "dream" began on July 16, 1987 when Richardson met in Charlotte with a group of interested parties to discuss the feasibility of entering the multi-city competition for two NFL expansion franchises. On December 15, Richardson officially announced an NFL franchise bid for the Carolinas. \n\nOne of the first orders of business was to choose a stadium site. Locations in North and South Carolina were considered. On December 15, 1989, Richardson Sports selected a site in uptown Charlotte as the future home of a privately financed NFL stadium that would seat more than 70,000 fans. \n\nAcross the Carolinas, support for an NFL expansion team poured in at an unprecedented rate. U.S. Sens. Jesse Helms of North Carolina and Ernest Hollings of South Carolina lobbied NFL owners on the Carolinas behalf. Likewise, North Carolina Gov. Jim Martin and South Carolina Gov. Carroll Campbell formed a blue-ribbon committee of leading citizens in both states. Fans demonstrated their enthusiasm by selling out preseason games in Raleigh, NC in 1989, Chapel Hill, NC in 1990 and Columbia, SC in 1991. \n\nAt the League owners meeting on March 18, 1992, the NFL reduced the list of expansion candidate cities from eleven to seven with the Carolinas making the cut. Two months later, the NFL narrowed the list of expansion hopefuls to five communities – Baltimore, St. Louis, Memphis, Jacksonville and the Carolinas. \n\nHowever, on October 20, 1992, NFL owners decided to delay the expansion vote until the fall of 1993 because of a labor dispute between the League and the players. Fortunately, on January 6, 1993, the League and the players approved a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. On March 23, 1993, the expansion race officially resumed. \n\nOn June 3, Richardson Sports revealed its impressive plan to privately finance a 72,300-seat stadium from the sale of Permanent Seat Licenses, club seats and luxury boxes, beginning on July 1. A remarkable 15,000 pieces of mail from first-day orders were collected. By the end of the first day, all 8,314 club seats sold out and all 104 luxury suites were reserved and ultimately leased. First-day PSL orders totaled 41,632. \n\nFinally, on October 26, 1993, NFL owners unanimously selected Carolina as the 29th NFL franchise.
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Pittsburgh, they have a good solid nucleus that is going to stick together. San Fran is so far out of contention it will be a long time before they are even in the playoffs again and Dallas needs to get a top QB before they will compete for a title.
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The venue is chosen in advance during a meeting of the NFL Owners, generally staying five years ahead of the meeting date (which is usually held mid-season around October). The following future sites have already been picked\n2007 -- Miami, Florida\n2008 -- Glendale, Arizona\n2009 -- Tampa, Florida\n2010 -- Miami, Florida
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Although I'm a niners fan, I think the cowboys actually have a better chance at it.  Once they get in their QB groove (possibly this year with Free agency), then they will have everything they need to be a legit contender. Unfortunately, the niners are a couple of years away i think.