Petition to Move Redskins back to Washington DC.

[sportscurmudgeon]

Jack Kent Cooke tried for ten years to build a new stadium in the District using his own money. The DC Government - under two different mayors - couldn't find a way to say "Yes, thank you." to that offer. They couldn't even find an acceptable piece of land to condemn so it could be built.

What makes anyone think all that has changed?

IF Danny Boy builds a new stadium in this area with his own money, you can be certain it will have a dome or a retractable roof because that is the ONLY way he will get a Super Bowl here in DC. And if you gave him truth serum and offered him this choice:

A. You have a new stadium AND you will have the Super Bowl here on a regular rotation (every 8 years at the worst)... OR

B. You can have the Redskins in the Super Bowl - - but no new stadium

I'm not sure which he would pick.

Jack Kent Cooke built this mausoleum of a stadium on the cheap and in a hurry so he could put his name on it before he died. [How'd that work out?] Fifteen years later it looks like a building built cheaply and quickly - - but it rakes in cash hand over fist for it's owner - - Danny Boy.

I suspect no changes are coming unless the DC government comes up with some kind of sweetheart deal that would be a political nightmare in these recession times.

Bottom Line: Learn to love FedEx Field. You'll be seeing games there for many years to come...