[dfwgator]

"The city of Los Angeles has been the Holy Grail as far as a place to relocate an NFL franchise," he said.

LA couldn't even support one team, much less two. Jacksonville has a bad team, and the local economy doesn't help, but LA isn't that much better.

The only team that should move to LA is the Chargers, there is already a built-in fan base, and at least some sense of history and tradition.

[max americana]

I live in L.A. and a Seahawks booster. Obviously, I was ecstatic that Hasselbeck could throw 4 TD’s w broken ribs but JAX move or any franchise move could be sustained if a winning team would move there instead of the hapless Rams who got their butts kicked by a 40 yr old QB last night.

The Chargers have a better chance of staying but I prefer them to be in SD. BTW, the site in L.A. is in Industry. Just to drive there one 1 freeway is already a nightmare.

[Dr. Sivana]

LA couldn't even support one team, much less two.

I am a lifelong Rams fan, and know that statement is not true. Of course L.A. supported two teams for over a decade, the Rams and the Raiders. Both teams moved for better stadium deals.

Because the NFL revenue sharing deal is largely socialist in the way TV contracts and even basic gate receipts are passed around, cities compete almost solely on new stadiums and the special revenues luxury boxes, etc. can bring in.

Los Angeles wisely decided that they weren't going to spend the taxpayers' money on a new stadium. That's why there is no team. Take the same stadium, and place it in Los Angeles, Jacksonville, Carolina, Baltimore, St. Louis and Miami (assuming no team in those cities), and see where it would be placed. If revenue sharing weren't in play, LA would beat out all but the largest and most football obssessed cities (NY, Chicago, Dallas, Denver).

[Joe Boucher]

dfwgator,
I understand why you do not want them to move but Jacksonville has one of the smallest fan basses in all football.
They will forever be under financed.
Were they to go to L.S. and make it,
They;’d be.
Well watch the movie Major League.

[screaminsunshine]

Tampa will give them the Bucs if they will take them.

[SoCalPol]

The Chargers were only in LA for one or two years, what history. They could only draw around 12,000 in LA.

The Raiders didn’t last long in LA either and moved back.

[fkabuckeyesrule]

Back in the 90’s I had a part time job working for a market research firm and once we did surveys for the Jacksonville Jags. I’m sure the NFL would like to move someone to Jacksonville.