34 teams in the NFL?!
 

[url=http://eye-on-football.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22475988/34676017]Goodell: If NFL expands, it'll add two more teams - CBSSports.com[/url]

[COLOR="DarkRed"]Commissioner Roger Goodell said Thursday on Costas Live on the NBC Sports Network that if the league places a team in L.A., the NFL probably would add two more franchises to make it an even 34.[/COLOR]

So, maybe not move a team to LA but create a new one.....
And then another city yet to be named gets a team.

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Crap.....meant to post this in the Locker Room.

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Hellooooo London and Mexico City!

Nah, I'm just kidding Sioux City and Cheyenne are the early favorites actually

I hope they don't expand

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Mexico City Swashbucklers or Toronto Ontarios or Orlando Sharks or Las Vegas Gamblers or Las Vegas Slots.

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[quote=SmootSmack;881503]Hellooooo London and Mexico City!

Nah, I'm just kidding [B]Sioux City and Cheyenne[/B] are the early favorites actually

I hope they don't expand[/quote]

I hope your joking about these cities. If the NFL expands it would be

Vegas
Portland
San Antonio
Toronto

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Really? You're wondering if I'm serious about Sioux City and Cheyenne being NFL expansion cities?

I've also heard Terrell Owens' Allen Wranglers may join the NFC West

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Toronto is smack dab in the middle of Buffalo's "territory". As long as Ralph Wilson is alive as one of the original AFL owners, I don't think that is going to happen to him.

Portland and Las Vegas would definitely need new stadium facilities.

Why not Birmingham for an NFL team? They supported teams in the past and Alabama is a "hotbed" for football. Just a thought...

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I oppose expansion. It will dilute talent and hence the game. Besides, 32 teams works out so neatly in terms of divisions, etc.

However, if there is expansion, one of the new teams had better be the Hattiesburg Heretics.

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LA Rioters
Chattanooga Choo Choos

Chicago could support two teams like NY does.

I would like to see a team in Vegas. I think they could sell a lot of tickets to non residents. It would make a great super bowl host too.

Salt Lake City would be interesting too. (they have a larger population than Indy for example)

No to Yerp and Mexico.

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[quote=Lotus;881513]I oppose expansion. It will dilute talent and hence the game. Besides, 32 teams works out so neatly in terms of divisions, etc.

However, if there is expansion, one of the new teams had better be the Hattiesburg Heretics.[/quote]

I think both of the new expansion teams should be in NYC, making the number of teams 4.

Or two more teams in Jacksonville. :cheeky-sm

Seriously though, I don't think there needs to be anymore teams in California, especially if LA gets a team. I like Las Vegas. I am surprised they don't have more professional teams there will the big draws of people to the city. Texas doesn't need any more teams either.

Talk about small market teams, I think Sioux City or Cheyenne would be way too small for an NFL base. Why not a team in Salt Lake and get the mormon fan base energized and into the NFL?

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What's Yerp?

Speaking of expansion, Goodell just announced that NFL Network's Thursday night games will expand. Weeks 2-15 now. With every team on at least once

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[quote=SmootSmack;881518]What's Yerp?

Speaking of expansion, Goodell just announced that NFL Network's Thursday night games will expand. Weeks 2-15 now. With every team on at least once[/quote]

Europe

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What a horrible idea! It's so obvious the Jax is the team that needs to go to LA. Jax never should have had a team in the first place. they have to cover half the stadium with tarps because no one goes to their games. Rediculous...half the teams in the league have terrible QB's and now we are adding 2 more teams to the mix. It will just weaken the product that much more...

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I think it's been proving time and time again that the people in LA don't give a shit about football. So they'll put a team there, it'll fail and they'll move off to some other city.


Also, any expansion in the NFL right now is a horrible idea. Nobody wants a team in London and any team is going to dread having to go there every year to play them. (if in conference)

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[quote=SmootSmack;881518]What's Yerp?

[B]Speaking of expansion, Goodell just announced that NFL Network's Thursday night games will expand. Weeks 2-15 now. With every team on at least once[/B][/quote]

Wives everywhere are groaning over this news, especially mine.

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[quote=Mattyk;881531]Wives everywhere are groaning over this news, especially mine.[/quote]

Looks like you need to upgrade. Tell her you are expanding your own league.

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[quote=NC_Skins;881533]Looks like you need to upgrade. Tell her you are expanding your own league.[/quote]

Nice! That is some entrepreunerial foresight there! (though they say in biz you can't be afraid to fail, that might not be good advice here)

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[quote=NC_Skins;881533]Looks like you need to upgrade. Tell her you are expanding your own league.[/quote]

In Salt Lake City!

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What would you name a team from Salt Lake City?

The Shakers?

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[quote=Alvin Walton;881599]What would you name a team from Salt Lake City?

The Shakers?[/quote]

Salt Lake City Polygamists.

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Okc...

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[quote=tryfuhl;881601]Okc...[/quote]

I don't know why they wouldn't just put an expansion team in LA. Spare one of the actual NFL cities from losing their team. But OKC I could see getting an expansion team. Or 'Bama. Although Bama has always been a college football state.

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[quote=SmootSmack;881518]What's Yerp?

Speaking of expansion, Goodell just announced that NFL Network's Thursday night games will expand. Weeks 2-15 now. With every team on at least once[/quote]

I watch all NFL games whether they are good matchups or not but the goal of getting every team on Thursday night is going to lead to some AWFUL matchups. And the Thursday night schedule was never exactly a strong one to begin with.

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The NFL is trying to create new jobs. 106 of them.

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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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I suspect it's all a ploy by Goodell to get more cities beyond LA as relocation opportunities

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two teams in LA probably...

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Hhhmmmmm....three nights of NFL Football....I LIKE IT!

34 teams huh? How is that going to work? 32 teams make all divisions in both conferences even. 34 is just going to over load a division or two unless they completely rework all divisions again. Am I not seeing this right?

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I am all in favor of expanding but not this way. I love football and hate this time of year. I think if the NFL would parter up more with the Arena League and use the teams in the NFL it would increase ratings and give more opportunities for the future stars of the league. For instance I would root for an Arena League team that wore B & G and was called the Redskins. I remember when Dallass had there team. Although they were not the cowboys they wore blue and sliver, I found my self rooting against them.

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[url=http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa042700d.htm]Map of the National Football League (NFL) Teams[/url]

Looking at this map, I see the Boise Spuds coming soon.

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[quote=Leader In Sports;881874][url=http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa042700d.htm]Map of the National Football League (NFL) Teams[/url]

Looking at this map, I see the Boise Spuds coming soon.[/quote]

Map doesn't have Houston listed. FOR SHAME!!

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[quote=NC_Skins;881875]Map doesn't have Houston listed. FOR SHAME!![/quote]

That's funny because if someone were to ask me to name all of the NFL teams, I'd probably forget them or the Jaguars.

No reason why, the Texans just seem to rarely be in the media.

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doesn't virginia want a piece of any professional sports pie? i know it's a police state, but come on...

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Virginia Destroyers. Their not sure what's going to happen to the UFL anyway might as well incorporate those teams. Their already in place, and already have players.

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the virginia vampires has a much nicer ring to it, the bloodsuckers

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The state of "Virginia" will......fair well when the negative slang terms begin to be contrived.

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what about the commonwealth of virginia? :Flush:

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The NFL had enough teams when there were 28 teams back in the day. Now 34 teams will be in the league? That's too many. 32 teams are enough.

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^ I remember when there were less teams but the divisions were bigger by one team. It was nice when we were;

Redskins
Giants
Dallas
Eagles
Cardinals

I specifically put the Cards last cause thats where they were every year :0

Edit: for this reason alone I'd take on more teams so each division could go back to 5.

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[quote=los panda;881911]doesn't virginia want a piece of any professional sports pie? i know it's a police state, but come on...[/quote]

I have lived in Richmond my whole life and have always loved the idea of having a major sports franchise here. I just don't think it will ever happen. We have been through a litany of minor league teams.

The most well-known of these, the Richmond Braves AAA affiliate of the Atlanta Braves just moved out of town because the a-hole city council couldn't get its act together to build a new stadium. We have also had hockey, Richmond Renegades, Richmond Riverdogs, Richmond Renegades 2.0, several arena league football teams. But none of them have stuck.

I think Richmond is a bit too small market of a team with allegiances divided between DC, NC, and MD. I would love for this to happen one day but I doubt it ever will.