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Originally Posted by GoldenBoot
Not necessarily true. (1) The owners "own" the NFL. The NFL commissioner, in this case Roger Goodell, works for the owners of the current 32 teams. (2) Both Jones (Dallas) and McNair (Houston) will do everything in their power not to allow a team to relocate to SA. If I am not mistaken, to relocate a team, ¾ of the current owners must vote in favor of the move. Jones and McNair have too many "friends" to allow that to happen.
The NFL's current focus is placing a team in LA. Several prominent owners have made comments to that fact within the past year or two.
I believe that in 2015 or 2016 we will finally hear an announcement regarding a new LA team (expansion or relocation).
It's just the wrong time for SA. Cisneros is still chasing his failed dream (from the early '90s). And no matter what he tells the Davis family, he cannot guarantee public financing of a new stadium (one which may cost approximately $1 billion).
Having said that, I really do think your hope is very admirable.
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I know the structure of the NFL and how it works in regards to a relocation vote. No matter how powerful people think Jones and McNair are, no matter how mythical their influence continues to be, no matter how many friends they have, the owners will not vote against a relocation. It sets a precedent that owners don't want to deal with in the future shall they want to relocate. The only time NFL owners have voted down relocation was been Davis tried to move the Raiders from Oakland to LA and the owners said no because the Raams were there and the move would infringe on their market. Davis sued and won and was able to relocate. Obviously, the Raiders wouldn't be relocating to a city with an already established NFL team.
You can pretend to know what the current focus is, just as I can pretend to know, but the bottomline is neither of us nor anything else know what is happening or what will happen. LA may end up with two teams or one or none. Their stadium situation is murky and LA itself as a city is pretty apathetic about a team. So, we'll see. I think, in all honesty, the biggest competition for San Antonio isn't Los Angeles. It's Oakland. But as I said, my opinion is no more right than anyone else's and the same can be said for everyone else speaking on this matter.
Bottom line, I will sit back and watch it play out and if it happens, great. If it doesn't, so be it.
I can assure you if it happens, a new billion dollar stadium in or near downtown San Antonio will be fun to talk about.