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Originally Posted by Echostatic
I think in a decade or so the Austin-San Antonio market could definitely support a NFL team. The Cowboys are popular, certainly, but Texans love football. San Antonio's AAFL team was the most attended for the few weeks that league existed. The problem of course is that no teams are ever being added, so somebody'd have to relocate here, which I doubt Jerry Jones would be happy with/allow.
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I wish people would stop talking about the Austin-San Antonio as a "market." It's not a single economic market and in terms of a professional franchise, it will never be considered one. The cities are too far apart from one another to be able to support one team - located in-between.
Each individual city (Austin/San Antonio) will have to be able to support a team on its own - and maybe hope to get a fan or two to attend a game or two from the other city.
In any case, an NFL franchise, in either Austin or San Antonio, will be the most difficult to secure out of all the top professional leagues.