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  1. PrimalCookie
    Nostalgia, nothing more.
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    There was probably some small change made, and the site therefore wanted us to accept it again.
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    The Trail Blazers had this last year. Enes Kanter: 00 Damian Lillard: 0
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    When I have to make a 4 hour roundtrip drive, alongside actually watching the game? Yeah.
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    That’s exactly it. Now that the fanbase is alienated, even less people will show up. He’ll then use quickly dwindling attendance to justify getting out as fast as he can. Me? I’m taking advantage of those $5 tickets while they last. I’ll go to a few games over the rest of the summer.
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    I'll admit defeat on this one. I remember hearing about high TV ratings, but I guess that was wrong.
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    The noses of Sternberg and everyone else involved with this email just grew 10 feet.
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    Honestly? If I had to choose between this proposal and them moving to Montreal permanently, I’m choosing Montreal for good. If you’re going to relocate, at least have the decency to call it what it is. A relocation. As long as this team is the Tampa Bay Rays, I will support it. The second it becomes the Montreal Expos, it may as well not exist.
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    The interest is definitely there. The Rays consistently get high TV ratings, and I always see a bunch of people with Rays shirts or hats on. I'd say it's a mix of terrible location, terrible stadium in general, and (for most of their history) terrible team. Many still think of the Rays as a bottom of the table team, one not worth paying as much as they charge to see - even in seasons like this, where they aren't bad.
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    What? Every 5 posts on this thread, the one talking about branding, and any other time the Rays come up is “just move the team for good already”.
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    Where are you getting that they "barely make any money"? Even with the second worst attendance in the league, they are still getting tons of money from TV contracts and sponsorships.
  12. PrimalCookie
    Water breaks are mandatory in Orlando if the temperature is above a certain mark (I believe it's 95). However, because we usually get 6:00 or 7:00 games during the summer, it's only happened a few times. I'd assume it's the same in Houston, Dallas, LA, etc.
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    Completely unrelated, but I find it hilarious how the "existing urban areas" on the east coast just stops when you reach the bottom of Brevard County. More related, this is exactly what they're trying to do. The first city to crack, whether that's Tampa (and company) or Montreal, gets the team. If neither gives them money, they try other cities. All that the Rays owners want is a stadium that they doesn't have to pay much for, no matter where it is.
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    Your team moved 14 miles. My team would move to a different country. As far as I know, you stopped following the Nets because they adopted the Brooklyn name. I have nothing against that. The difference is, however, you could still go to games if you wanted to. That’s not a possibility for me or any other Rays fans in Florida. Let’s be real, even if the dual-city thing happened, it wouldn’t last for long. And honestly, I agree with the statement that the Rays never should’ve existed. The Trop was a dump the second it opened. Except they do exist, and whether you (not specifically you, but just saying “you” in general) believe it or not, they will be leaving a pretty sizable fanbase behind. Florida is the third largest state in the country by population. I know very few baseball fans in my generation that, if they were raised here, don’t support the Rays (or Marlins). Their parents may have their separate allegiances (my dad is a Reds fan), but eventually the kids will grow up and the Rays and Marlins will finally have a fanbase that will pay for merchandise and to go to games. The first few people that fit into that group are just emerging now for the Rays, and did a few years ago for the Marlins. If you don’t feel like the Rays should stay, that’s fine. I’m not going to take it personally. I just want to give our side of the argument the light of day. Because, at least for me, I’m not moving on to the Marlins or Braves or whoever if the Rays move. If they leave, my interest in baseball will never be the same, if it will even be there at all.
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    It is, thanks!
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    You can't compare that. The Lightning are in a modern arena in downtown Tampa. The Rays are in the worst stadium in the league, in St. Petersburg, which is 45 minutes to an hour away from their main fanbase on the Tampa side of the bay. So baseball fans in Florida who want to support major league teams from their area can get screwed?
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    Stolen from Reddit, but this sums up the situation really well. ..Montreal would sell the out like crazy in their split of the games becasue YAY BASEBALL IS BACK and maybe we can even get them to move fully to Montreal! ...Meanwhile, back in Tampa, NO ONE WOULD GO. Why would they? They know this is BS and a ploy to get a move to Montreal. If you think attendance is bad now, wait until this happens. They might get attendance in the hundreds for many games. And then....Sternberg and MLB would be able to say "look see? Montreal will support us, AND they'll build us a stadium. We have to move. Bye Tampa Bay!" This is a move designed to make this move look great for everyone....except Tampa.
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    I’m sure that’s the plan. They want attendance in Tampa Bay to plummet, while Montreal’s will be high because they got their team back, even if for just half a season. Ownership then uses those attendance numbers to justify a full move to Montreal, claiming that they “gave Tampa a chance”.
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    Yes, but I'm not sure if the state paid for it. I was just listing Orlando examples that I know.
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    Good luck getting the city/county/state to pay for anything, since they just built the Amway Center, Dr. Phillips Center (a theater), and did major renovations to the Citrus Bowl with public money. Orlando City tried to get tax dollars to build OC Stadium and got hard rejected.
  21. PrimalCookie
    They've always had one London game since the program started. However, one year (IIRC, 2012), there was a proposal to have the Jaguars become a dual-city team - they would have a "base" in Jacksonville so that players, coaches, etc. wouldn't have to live in the UK (and thus pay UK taxes), while also playing primetime and playoff games there (they would never be able to have a night game in London due to the time difference, and teams wouldn't have to make the jump across the Atlantic if the Jaguars ever had a home playoff game). All other games would be in London. I'm pretty sure that the Jaguars at least considered it before the idea fell through.
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    Not sure what the mods may or may not have done, but now the option to change the profile picture has been completely removed. There is usually a blue box in the corner of your picture that allows you to change it (or, the past week or so, just readjust your current picture), but now even that isn't there.
  23. PrimalCookie
    On top of that, they're also saying they don't fully believe in Montreal's ability to support a team. They've somehow found a solution that's made both Rays fans and old/potential Expos fans angry. Now that's a yikes.
  24. PrimalCookie
    This reminds me of the Jaguars proposal to half relocate to London a few years back, where they would have a "US base" in Jacksonville and play their playoff and primetime games there, and every other game in London. It was dumb then, and it's still dumb now.
  25. PrimalCookie
    Tampa wouldn’t show up (before everyone makes a funny original reply to this comment, yes, there are Rays fans in Tampa and the rest of Florida and they show up for games) for a team that “left”, and Montreal wouldn’t show up because the team isn’t “fully theirs”. This is quite possibly the worst solution they could’ve come up with. Either stay or leave. You can’t have both.
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