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NFL considering addition of two teams

By Mark J. Miller | Scoop Du Jour – Fri, Feb 3, 2012 6:43 AM EST

US PresswireThe city of Los Angeles has been without a pro football team since the mid-'90s when the Oakland Raiders and St. Louis Rams both left the area. L.A. has been trying to get a team to commit to moving there for several years now. The San Diego Chargers, Minnesota Vikings, Jacksonville Jaguars and St. Louis Rams have all been mentioned over the past few years as possibilities to make the move.

It's also been rumored that if no team wants to go to the City of Angels, the NFL could just start a new team in town. Now word comes from CBSSports.com that if the league adds a new team in L.A., it will likely also add another team somewhere else in order to keep things balanced. Commissioner Roger Goodell said Thursday that the league "doesn't want to move any of our teams" and "we probably don't want to go to 33" if the NFL decides expansion is a good choice.

Goodell may not have meant to do it, but now other cities will likely start pitching the league on how they would be the best choice for that second team if and when the NFL finally makes that decision.

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  • jim
    jim  •  West Valley, New York  •  3 months ago
    put another team in l a so they can leave that s@#t hole too
  • AP
    AP  •  Clarence, New York  •  3 months ago
    Don't care where the teams end up as long as the stadiums aren't built on taxpayer money. We pay over $150M everytime these idiots upgrade Ralph Wilson Stadium (Bills.)
    • JBssers
      JBssers 3 months ago
      You don't pay a #$%$ thing if it's not in your state. Given there's only one team in New York and they haven't built a stadium lately, you likely haven't paid a dime.
    • Paul
      Paul 3 months ago
      he's saying it's not fair to the taxpayers. he's griping about himself personally. He's being a bigger person. get it? No I didn't think so.
    • Paul
      Paul 3 months ago
      I mean NOT griping.
  • JamesC
    JamesC  •  Atlanta, Georgia  •  3 months ago
    Cleveland could use a professional team.
    • Hannibal
      Hannibal 3 months ago
      Hahahaha!
    • Amar7605
      Amar7605 3 months ago
      Sacramento could use a professional sports team as well. LOL!!
    • Philip EK
      Philip EK 3 months ago
      Dude, James, that was the funniest post I've read in a while. Thank you.
  • A Yahoo! User  •  Cincinnati, Ohio  •  3 months ago
    Sheeit son...someone buy the Cincy BUNGLES pleez...we've suffered enough under the Brown's family ownership...take them we beg!!!...CAPT AHAB
  • Scott Carlson
    Scott Carlson  •  3 months ago
    Fairbanks, Alaska needs a team, go Eskimos! They also invented the dome.
  • dyduchbag
    dyduchbag  •  Warren, Oregon  •  3 months ago
    Think of population before you speak. Omaha, Portland, Oklahoma City, or Salt Lake seem to be good spots. None of these places have a pro team yet, and We definately need teams in states that have none, not Florida, Cali, or Texas.
    • Sean
      Sean 3 months ago
      Over 60% of the population in Utah is LDS (Mormon). The state practically shuts down on Sundays. For religious reasons the NFL wouldnt work in Utah. I dont know much about Omaha to be honest, but the rest of those locations would be ideal spots imo. Oklahoma is so football crazy that they will support any football product. Im pretty sure Portland would be able to keep a team as well.

      I am in Cali but I agree that we have plenty of teams. No need to add to it. L.A. had their chance at a team and people proved they didnt care that much about having Football there. Like I said before there is too much to do in LA that sports often come second. Besides, if they want to catch a football game, the Chargers are about an hour and a half away in the south, and you still have the Raiders and Niners up North.
    • Sean
      Sean 3 months ago
      I would also like to add that Vegas needs a pro sports franchise. All the #$%$ about gambling is stupid. I dont care if anyone gambles. Athletes make such good money these days that they dont have to throw games like the Black Sox did. They did that because they were broke. Vegas has the population to support a team, plenty of available space and you know they dont mind building new structures/stadiums out there.
  • Gigity Gigity
    Gigity Gigity  •  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  •  3 months ago
    How about adding some more cheerleaders!
    • Timothy
      Timothy 3 months ago
      When I was in Beirut, Lebanon in '83' the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders came to our ship to visit! Thus began my interest in football!!!
  • Alberto
    Alberto  •  Santa Maria, California  •  3 months ago
    It does not matter because I'm not paying $50 per ticket (probably too low), $18 for a hot dog and a coke, plus parking, just to see a bunch of millionaires act like a bunch of clowns while playing a kids game!..who is the real fool?
    • PatrickR
      PatrickR 3 months ago
      Yep, Ticket prices are higher for Detroit, $50.00 to park your car, so for two people your looking at $ 200.00 for a few hours. I love the Lions, but for $200.oo clams, I can think of a lot of other things to do with that money.
    • T-Rock
      T-Rock 3 months ago
      I don't care where the teams call home. I got a big screen TV. I watch the games I want, drink all the beer I want, stay warm and dry, don't worry about a parking place, or the mad rush to get out of the parking lot. and use the toilet whenever I want. So, all it costs me is price of the beer, and cable. Besides, if the game sucks, and the weather is good I can get my grandkids and go play our own game out back. Life is good.
    • t.j.
      t.j. 3 months ago
      lets see you play that "kids game"
  • Lou
    Lou  •  New Orleans, Louisiana  •  3 months ago
    Rich man's sport at the expense of the poor man.
  • Tim
    Tim  •  Roseville, California  •  3 months ago
    they should put teams in North and South Dakota!
  • Charlieguide
    Charlieguide  •  3 months ago
    This is the media creating a story when there isn't one. Goodell specifically stated in Mike and Mike that the statement was made in response to a hypothetical question: yes, IF we added a team, we'd have to add another to keep an even number of teams. He very clearly stated that they aren't even CONSIDERING adding a team; that a move is what they'd want to do.

    Way to go Yahoo for running with another non-story.
  • RJ White
    RJ White  •  Stratford, Canada  •  3 months ago
    I can't see an expansion franchise going to Toronto because of the Bills. They already play in Toronto and will most likely move there when the current owner (the beloved Mr. Ralph Wilson who is 93 years old) passes. LA and Portland are the most logical spots to put expansion teams.
  • ROBERTM
    ROBERTM  •  Austin, Texas  •  3 months ago
    I am holding my breath to see what the nfl does.
  • Oliver
    Oliver  •  Irvine, California  •  3 months ago
    The L.A. Cholos!!! This is exactly what L.A. needs after the games you'll either get stabbed, shot or beaten.
  • Chidi
    Chidi  •  3 months ago
    The NFL has so little respect for their fans, I really wonder why they keep showing up. The NFL's hot priorities are bilking the fans in Minnesota, Jacksonsoville, or St. Louis, watering down the leave with more teams and an 18-game season.
    The fans keep showing up loyally, and for that they are rewarded with ever increasing prices, and having more and more fan seats taken and given to corporate skyboxes, for people who are only at the stadium to socialize. And then, if the taxpayers refuse to give a billionaire half a billion dollars for a new stadium, the league threatens to moves the team.
  • DennisA
    DennisA  •  Wichita, Kansas  •  3 months ago
    Don't need a team in LA it should go to Los vegas or san Antiano tx
  • beerbellystinker
    beerbellystinker  •  North Hills, California  •  3 months ago
    Goodell your an idiot. That means out of the eight divisions your going to have two of them with 5 teams and the other 6 have four?
  • Bruce
    Bruce  •  Columbus, Ohio  •  3 months ago
    Well just send them the Browns without the name. Worked for friggin NFL when the Colts bailed from Baltimore. And we all know the Browns fans will support the Browns no matter how bad the NFL screws us.
  • Mr. A
    Mr. A  •  Chicago, Illinois  •  3 months ago
    where could they put a 34th team that would have a fan base that could actually support a team?

    Salt Lake City Yetis maybe?
    Las Vegas Gamblers?
    Omaha Cows?...lol
    Maybe get Vancouver or Toronto Canada in there?

    and in another article Goodell mentioned 2 teams in LA, nuts to that!
  • h
    h  •  3 months ago
    Mark Zuckerburg should start a team. Or both teams. Heck why not buy all the teams with all his Facebook money?
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