"Raiders" may stay in Oakland?
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Updated some I believe:

Actually, here is a link to the full map:
https://seatgeek.com/tba/articles/where-do-nfl-fans-live-mapping-football-fandom-across-the-u-s/
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A couple of notes from the updated map (the link) :
A. Browns have taken back much of eastern Ohio.
B. Steelers have lost what foothold they had in South Carolina to the Panthers.
C. Texans have encroached on Cowboy territory in south and central Texas.
D. Rams have taken over Southern California.
E. Raiders have come back in parts of No Cal and Northern Nevada
F. The Broncos have already lost about half of Utah....to 49ers some, Seahawks, Cardinals. (so, as I said above...it is ripe to be picked)
G. Steelers have lost ground in Eastern KY and Western WVa....to the Bengals.
H. It looks like the Jets have taken over as the most popular team in the New York Metro area, over the Giants!
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Like I said, I was simply coming up with any possible scenarios, no matter how far fetched. (What you are also saying, apparently, is that if they did play in Phoenix, it would have to be in that dome there, and not in the Sun Devil field)
I think a college and pro team can share. Chargers and SDSU did it for years. I just don't see how it works with 2 NFL teams and a college team also playing there unless it was one of those new fancy grass/turf fields that wouldn't get all torn to shit with that much usage on it.
I know you were throwing out all the ideas....I was just shooting down some of the most far fetched of your far fetched ideas.
I think a college and pro team can share. Chargers and SDSU did it for years. I just don't see how it works with 2 NFL teams and a college team also playing there unless it was one of those new fancy grass/turf fields that wouldn't get all torn to shit with that much usage on it.
I know you were throwing out all the ideas....I was just shooting down some of the most far fetched of your far fetched ideas.
That's OK. Some shotgun pellets miss, some hit the groin.....other get you in the teeth

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I think a college and pro team can share. Chargers and SDSU did it for years. I just don't see how it works with 2 NFL teams and a college team also playing there unless it was one of those new fancy grass/turf fields that wouldn't get all torn to shit with that much usage on it.
I know you were throwing out all the ideas....I was just shooting down some of the most far fetched of your far fetched ideas.
That's OK. Some shotgun pellets miss, some hit the groin.....other get you in the teeth

That's OK. Some shotgun pellets miss, some hit the groin.....other get you in the teeth

Thankfully I'm quick and agile enough to dodge the bullets.
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What a mess from start to finish this has been. Kroenke seems to blame for most of it.
Baffling the Raiders arent just now in LA and the Chargers were staying in SD until Vegas was ready.
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Id be ok with them keeping the raiders name. As muvh as i cant stand raiders fans, they earned it to keep thst name there. Its also not a bad idea to start fresh in Vegas for that team.
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Seems that the raiders, name and all have moved before. I wonder if that comes into play? Looks like they really thought this move through. Maybe their new name should just be The Idiots?
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That's OK. Some shotgun pellets miss, some hit the groin.....other get you in the teeth

Thankfully I'm quick and agile enough to dodge the bullets.
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You need some edumacation on pellets from shotguns vs bullets. Bullets are far easier to dodge individually than a shogun that spreads pellets in widening patterns.?
Whatever...
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I'd laugh my dago ass off if the Davis family lost the Raiders name, logo, colors.
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I'd laugh my dago ass off if the Davis family lost the Raiders name, logo, colors.
I'd laugh my dago ass off if the Davis family lost the Raiders name, logo, colors.
My dago ass would be happy as hell.. They could fall off the earth for all I care.. They suck!
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By my title, I do NOT mean that the team we know as the Oakland Raiders, owned by Mark Davis, coached for the next 9 years by Jon Gruden, would be staying in Oakland....BUT....the City of Oakland has filed a lawsuit against the Raiders, asking for damages for a variety of reasons.
And....one of the remedies that the city apparently is asking? That the Raiders franchise REMAIN in Oakland....with his history, records, colors, etc. etc. etc. remaining there as well. In other words...they are asking, apparently, for a Cleveland Browns type solution to their suit.
One big difference of course is that, unlike the Browns, who had a specific performance lease that required the Browns to play in Cleveland Muni. Stad. for another 3 years, there is no such lease on the Raiders. But that may not mean that the Raiders may not be liable for other damages of sorts.
So, let's ask this first question.....What would you think if the Raiders franchise ended up staying in Oakland....and not moving to Vegas (it could be an indefinite suspended franchise)......and the NFL creating a NEW franchise to play in Las Vegas, to be owned by the Davis family?
Alternately....these Raiders have vowed to not play in Oakland in 2019 ...because of this lawsuit.
So....be it this "Raiders" franchise....or some new Las Vegas franchise.....they must have a place to play in 2019. It will NOT be in Las Vegas. They do not really have a facility. The only stadium there is UNLV's 40,000 seat stadium, but apparently Davis does not want to "half ass" his arrival in Vegas. He wants to go there only when the new, fancy stadium is completed....so that he can arrive as if he were Julius Caesar coming back to Rome after triumph over the Gauls.
Where else is possible? The article which I will link hereafter talks about a number of possible sites since the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum will no longer be an option.
I. Bay area options:
A. Preferred by NFL maybe is Levi Stadium...home of the 49ers. But, apparently the 49ers want nothing to do with them, and Davis wants nothing to do with that stadium.
B. San Jose State stadium? Has same issues as UNLV stadium
C. AT&T park...baseball stadium in downtown San Fran? Giants don't want them there to muck up their field.
D. Either the Cal Bears Stadium or the Stanford Cardinal Stadium? No real joy being given over these options by any side.
II. Non Bay area options:
A. Play in the (abandoned by the Chargers) fka Jack Murphy/Qualcomm...wtfever Stadium....still being used by San Diego State (Holiday Bowl)
B. Play in the LA Coliseum....where they played for some years while in LA. (per MarkO...they would still be the most popular team in that town). Or they could play in the Rose Bowl?
C. Play in San Antonio Alamodome. Apparently Davis wants no part of that....because its field is old artificial turf, which he hates.
D. Play in Phoenix area....either in Glendale in the Dome there where the Cardinals play....or in Sun Devil Stadium, home of ASU.
E. Derek Carr says he wants the team to play in Fresno at the Fresno State stadium where he went to college, capacity of about 41,000.
F. I thought about Sacremento...but the biggest stadium there is a 26,000 college stadium......about what the Chargers are playing in now though.
G. There are some decent sized Auto Racing Venues....which has been done before for college games...specifically Bristol International Speedway in Tenn. There is one in Fontana CA and in Sonoma, both not far from the Bay area.
But....no matter where they play for now.....what would their new name be if in fact the "Raiders" franchise were to stay located in Oakland?
The Las Vegas_________________________?
By my title, I do NOT mean that the team we know as the Oakland Raiders, owned by Mark Davis, coached for the next 9 years by Jon Gruden, would be staying in Oakland....BUT....the City of Oakland has filed a lawsuit against the Raiders, asking for damages for a variety of reasons.
And....one of the remedies that the city apparently is asking? That the Raiders franchise REMAIN in Oakland....with his history, records, colors, etc. etc. etc. remaining there as well. In other words...they are asking, apparently, for a Cleveland Browns type solution to their suit.
One big difference of course is that, unlike the Browns, who had a specific performance lease that required the Browns to play in Cleveland Muni. Stad. for another 3 years, there is no such lease on the Raiders. But that may not mean that the Raiders may not be liable for other damages of sorts.
So, let's ask this first question.....What would you think if the Raiders franchise ended up staying in Oakland....and not moving to Vegas (it could be an indefinite suspended franchise)......and the NFL creating a NEW franchise to play in Las Vegas, to be owned by the Davis family?
Alternately....these Raiders have vowed to not play in Oakland in 2019 ...because of this lawsuit.
So....be it this "Raiders" franchise....or some new Las Vegas franchise.....they must have a place to play in 2019. It will NOT be in Las Vegas. They do not really have a facility. The only stadium there is UNLV's 40,000 seat stadium, but apparently Davis does not want to "half ass" his arrival in Vegas. He wants to go there only when the new, fancy stadium is completed....so that he can arrive as if he were Julius Caesar coming back to Rome after triumph over the Gauls.
Where else is possible? The article which I will link hereafter talks about a number of possible sites since the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum will no longer be an option.
I. Bay area options:
A. Preferred by NFL maybe is Levi Stadium...home of the 49ers. But, apparently the 49ers want nothing to do with them, and Davis wants nothing to do with that stadium.
B. San Jose State stadium? Has same issues as UNLV stadium
C. AT&T park...baseball stadium in downtown San Fran? Giants don't want them there to muck up their field.
D. Either the Cal Bears Stadium or the Stanford Cardinal Stadium? No real joy being given over these options by any side.
II. Non Bay area options:
A. Play in the (abandoned by the Chargers) fka Jack Murphy/Qualcomm...wtfever Stadium....still being used by San Diego State (Holiday Bowl)
B. Play in the LA Coliseum....where they played for some years while in LA. (per MarkO...they would still be the most popular team in that town). Or they could play in the Rose Bowl?
C. Play in San Antonio Alamodome. Apparently Davis wants no part of that....because its field is old artificial turf, which he hates.
D. Play in Phoenix area....either in Glendale in the Dome there where the Cardinals play....or in Sun Devil Stadium, home of ASU.
E. Derek Carr says he wants the team to play in Fresno at the Fresno State stadium where he went to college, capacity of about 41,000.
F. I thought about Sacremento...but the biggest stadium there is a 26,000 college stadium......about what the Chargers are playing in now though.
G. There are some decent sized Auto Racing Venues....which has been done before for college games...specifically Bristol International Speedway in Tenn. There is one in Fontana CA and in Sonoma, both not far from the Bay area.
But....no matter where they play for now.....what would their new name be if in fact the "Raiders" franchise were to stay located in Oakland?
The Las Vegas_________________________?
Who gives a shit?
I mean, it will be my new hometown team. I would like to see a new name, Vegas - Whales, High Rollers, etc,, but really, who gives a shit?
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By my title, I do NOT mean that the team we know as the Oakland Raiders, owned by Mark Davis, coached for the next 9 years by Jon Gruden, would be staying in Oakland....BUT....the City of Oakland has filed a lawsuit against the Raiders, asking for damages for a variety of reasons.
And....one of the remedies that the city apparently is asking? That the Raiders franchise REMAIN in Oakland....with his history, records, colors, etc. etc. etc. remaining there as well. In other words...they are asking, apparently, for a Cleveland Browns type solution to their suit.
One big difference of course is that, unlike the Browns, who had a specific performance lease that required the Browns to play in Cleveland Muni. Stad. for another 3 years, there is no such lease on the Raiders. But that may not mean that the Raiders may not be liable for other damages of sorts.
So, let's ask this first question.....What would you think if the Raiders franchise ended up staying in Oakland....and not moving to Vegas (it could be an indefinite suspended franchise)......and the NFL creating a NEW franchise to play in Las Vegas, to be owned by the Davis family?
Alternately....these Raiders have vowed to not play in Oakland in 2019 ...because of this lawsuit.
So....be it this "Raiders" franchise....or some new Las Vegas franchise.....they must have a place to play in 2019. It will NOT be in Las Vegas. They do not really have a facility. The only stadium there is UNLV's 40,000 seat stadium, but apparently Davis does not want to "half ass" his arrival in Vegas. He wants to go there only when the new, fancy stadium is completed....so that he can arrive as if he were Julius Caesar coming back to Rome after triumph over the Gauls.
Where else is possible? The article which I will link hereafter talks about a number of possible sites since the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum will no longer be an option.
I. Bay area options:
A. Preferred by NFL maybe is Levi Stadium...home of the 49ers. But, apparently the 49ers want nothing to do with them, and Davis wants nothing to do with that stadium.
B. San Jose State stadium? Has same issues as UNLV stadium
C. AT&T park...baseball stadium in downtown San Fran? Giants don't want them there to muck up their field.
D. Either the Cal Bears Stadium or the Stanford Cardinal Stadium? No real joy being given over these options by any side.
II. Non Bay area options:
A. Play in the (abandoned by the Chargers) fka Jack Murphy/Qualcomm...wtfever Stadium....still being used by San Diego State (Holiday Bowl)
B. Play in the LA Coliseum....where they played for some years while in LA. (per MarkO...they would still be the most popular team in that town). Or they could play in the Rose Bowl?
C. Play in San Antonio Alamodome. Apparently Davis wants no part of that....because its field is old artificial turf, which he hates.
D. Play in Phoenix area....either in Glendale in the Dome there where the Cardinals play....or in Sun Devil Stadium, home of ASU.
E. Derek Carr says he wants the team to play in Fresno at the Fresno State stadium where he went to college, capacity of about 41,000.
F. I thought about Sacremento...but the biggest stadium there is a 26,000 college stadium......about what the Chargers are playing in now though.
G. There are some decent sized Auto Racing Venues....which has been done before for college games...specifically Bristol International Speedway in Tenn. There is one in Fontana CA and in Sonoma, both not far from the Bay area.
But....no matter where they play for now.....what would their new name be if in fact the "Raiders" franchise were to stay located in Oakland?
The Las Vegas_________________________?
Who gives a shit?
I mean, it will be my new hometown team. I would like to see a new name, Vegas - Whales, High Rollers, etc,, but really, who gives a shit?
Who gives a shit?
I mean, it will be my new hometown team. I would like to see a new name, Vegas - Whales, High Rollers, etc,, but really, who gives a shit?
Apparently the city of Oakland gives a shit. And the Raiders apparently give a shit because they have Declared they will not play in Oakland again
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By my title, I do NOT mean that the team we know as the Oakland Raiders, owned by Mark Davis, coached for the next 9 years by Jon Gruden, would be staying in Oakland....BUT....the City of Oakland has filed a lawsuit against the Raiders, asking for damages for a variety of reasons.
And....one of the remedies that the city apparently is asking? That the Raiders franchise REMAIN in Oakland....with his history, records, colors, etc. etc. etc. remaining there as well. In other words...they are asking, apparently, for a Cleveland Browns type solution to their suit.
One big difference of course is that, unlike the Browns, who had a specific performance lease that required the Browns to play in Cleveland Muni. Stad. for another 3 years, there is no such lease on the Raiders. But that may not mean that the Raiders may not be liable for other damages of sorts.
So, let's ask this first question.....What would you think if the Raiders franchise ended up staying in Oakland....and not moving to Vegas (it could be an indefinite suspended franchise)......and the NFL creating a NEW franchise to play in Las Vegas, to be owned by the Davis family?
Alternately....these Raiders have vowed to not play in Oakland in 2019 ...because of this lawsuit.
So....be it this "Raiders" franchise....or some new Las Vegas franchise.....they must have a place to play in 2019. It will NOT be in Las Vegas. They do not really have a facility. The only stadium there is UNLV's 40,000 seat stadium, but apparently Davis does not want to "half ass" his arrival in Vegas. He wants to go there only when the new, fancy stadium is completed....so that he can arrive as if he were Julius Caesar coming back to Rome after triumph over the Gauls.
Where else is possible? The article which I will link hereafter talks about a number of possible sites since the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum will no longer be an option.
I. Bay area options:
A. Preferred by NFL maybe is Levi Stadium...home of the 49ers. But, apparently the 49ers want nothing to do with them, and Davis wants nothing to do with that stadium.
B. San Jose State stadium? Has same issues as UNLV stadium
C. AT&T park...baseball stadium in downtown San Fran? Giants don't want them there to muck up their field.
D. Either the Cal Bears Stadium or the Stanford Cardinal Stadium? No real joy being given over these options by any side.
II. Non Bay area options:
A. Play in the (abandoned by the Chargers) fka Jack Murphy/Qualcomm...wtfever Stadium....still being used by San Diego State (Holiday Bowl)
B. Play in the LA Coliseum....where they played for some years while in LA. (per MarkO...they would still be the most popular team in that town). Or they could play in the Rose Bowl?
C. Play in San Antonio Alamodome. Apparently Davis wants no part of that....because its field is old artificial turf, which he hates.
D. Play in Phoenix area....either in Glendale in the Dome there where the Cardinals play....or in Sun Devil Stadium, home of ASU.
E. Derek Carr says he wants the team to play in Fresno at the Fresno State stadium where he went to college, capacity of about 41,000.
F. I thought about Sacremento...but the biggest stadium there is a 26,000 college stadium......about what the Chargers are playing in now though.
G. There are some decent sized Auto Racing Venues....which has been done before for college games...specifically Bristol International Speedway in Tenn. There is one in Fontana CA and in Sonoma, both not far from the Bay area.
But....no matter where they play for now.....what would their new name be if in fact the "Raiders" franchise were to stay located in Oakland?
The Las Vegas_________________________?
Who gives a shit?
I mean, it will be my new hometown team. I would like to see a new name, Vegas - Whales, High Rollers, etc,, but really, who gives a shit?
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Las Vegas Mirages
Las Vegas Sands
Las Vegas Fremont Streeters
Las Vegas Open Containers
That's all folks...my creativity isn't real good lol
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Las Vegas Losers.......because they didn't build all those beautiful buildings from letting people win.
I beg to differ. Here are a few from our recent trips
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Who gives a shit?
I mean, it will be my new hometown team. I would like to see a new name, Vegas - Whales, High Rollers, etc,, but really, who gives a shit?
Apparently the city of Oakland gives a shit. And the Raiders apparently give a shit because they have Declared they will not play in Oakland again
Apparently the city of Oakland gives a shit. And the Raiders apparently give a shit because they have Declared they will not play in Oakland again
Yeah the city of Oakland gives a shit. But outsode that....who gives a shit?
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So are they proposing a new team, or just retaining the rights to the franchise name? I wonder if a move from Jacksonville would appease them.
But then who the fuck would Goodell ship to London? I guess they could add a new team in both places, but that messes with the current division set-up. I guess if the NFL is okay with going away from the four teams per division, they can figure out the logistics.
Hell, one of the mayoral candidates here in Omaha is pushing hard for an NFL team. There’s no fucking way that happens. The TD Ameritrade Park where they host the College World Series has a max capacity of 35,000. There’s nowhere left for them to build unless they want to go out of downtown into one of the surrounding cities, like the AAA Royals team does. I can’t imagine the city would be willing to give up that commerce.
That leaves the ghetto. Considering the gang wars that have tons of shootings every night (when it’s above freezing. Gangbangers can’t handle the cold, apparently), I can’t imagine that going well.
Not to mention Omaha isn’t exactly a lucrative market.
I guess this all amounts to me saying jack shit just to see my thoughts written out.
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Las Vegas Losers.......because they didn't build all those beautiful buildings from letting people win.
I beg to differ. Here are a few from our recent trips
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