GDAWG
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27 minutes ago, Wings said:
Let's say the Oakland ballpark doesn't happen and we get the Portland A's & Montreal Expos (Rays). Expansion to 32 (if it happens) could come down to these candidates:
Nashville
Charlotte
Raleigh
Las Vegas
I do think that MLB will expand to 32 before the NBA does. I think that the NBA is taking a "wait and see" approach in regards to Seattle.
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2 minutes ago, Wings said:
They could be a candidate but if MLB gets Portland & Montreal through relocation I can see expansion being tabled if there aren't any viable candidates.
Rob Manfred has hinted at teams South of the Border. I don't see that as a wise idea right now.
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13 minutes ago, Wings said:
Let's say the Oakland ballpark doesn't happen and we get the Portland A's & Montreal Expos (Rays). Expansion to 32 (if it happens) could come down to these candidates:
Nashville
Charlotte
Raleigh
Las Vegas
Las Vegas again? They already have NHL and NFL. Now they want MLS and MLB? Is Las Vegas sustainable enough to hold 5 pro sports teams if the NBA goes there?
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Didn't we almost have something like this with the Raiders for 2019?
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Doesn't that stadium host a college football all star game? The East-West Shrine Bowl I think?
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So how is the attendance for the Lightning as compared to the Rays?
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4 minutes ago, Brian in Boston said:
Technically speaking, it took Dallas seven years to get three teams.
Dallas Cowboys / National Football League / 1960-present
Dallas Chaparrals / American Basketball Association / 1967-1970, 1971-1973
Dallas Tornado / United Soccer Association-North American Soccer League / 1967-1981
You really shouldn't dismiss the Chaparrals and Tornado. The Chaps spent 5 campaigns (six, when you count their 1970-71 season split between Dallas, Fort Worth, and Lubbock) in a league that lasted 9 seasons and forced a merger with the NBA. As for the Tornado, they played 15 seasons competing at what was the top tier of professional soccer in the United States and Canada at the time.I meant NFL (Cowboys in 1960), MLB (Rangers in 1972) and NBA (Mavericks in 1980) among the leagues still around today. Plus the Stars didn't arrive until 1993 and FC Dallas didn't arrive until 1996.
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3 minutes ago, rmc523 said:
The Angels have been discussing a new park, but hardly a stadium issue. The D'backs, like Atlanta seems like they want a new park just to have a new park. Their park is only what, 20 years old? Again, hardly a stadium issue to the degree of Oakland and Tampa.
It seems like the D-Backs want what the Cardinals have: a shiny new house to play in.
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2 minutes ago, 63Bulldogs63 said:
While need is subjective, I see it working. Vegas is an always populated city. The locals there are huge sports fans and would be no less support than the Ray's or A's or Marlins get currently. Couple that with the tourism aspect and the influx weekly of new people, could easily make up the rest of a capacity for the stadium to sell out.
(While in the A's case I feel like they have a great fan base, coliseum is a dump and that :censored:ty neighborhood probably scares away people from the games. Also it seems that city of oakland doesn't care about sports anymore, politically speaking.)
My issue is that Las Vegas is getting three major league teams too fast. I live in Dallas, a much bigger city than Las Vegas and it took 20 years for Dallas to get three teams.
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5 minutes ago, Wings said:
Montreal Rays
Portland A's
Nashville Marlins
Las Vegas Diamondbacks
Long Beach Angels
I think that even if they move to Long Beach, the Angels would prefer to keep Los Angeles, but we'll see.
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2 minutes ago, 63Bulldogs63 said:
That could be the plan all along to put a kibosh to the notion of bringing baseball back to Montreal. This team will eventually be in Nashville or Vegas .
This does not need to happen. They already have the NHL, the NFL is coming and they are going after an MLS team. Vegas doesn't need to go from 0 pro teams in 2015 to potentially 4 by 2021.
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4 of the trending topics on Twitter right now are Expos, Rays, Tampa and Montreal
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3 minutes ago, Magic Dynasty said:
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.
Didn't Pro Player/Joe Robbie/Dolphins/Land Shark/Sun Life/Hard Rock Stadium go through major renovations when the Marlins left?
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Don't the Angels and Diamondbacks have stadium issues themselves? I am thinking that the Angels will at least remain in the Los Angeles area.
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4 minutes ago, gosioux76 said:
From the sounds of it, Oakland is on far firmer ground than they've ever been. Their waterfront ballpark plan still has skeptics, but it's gaining in public support.
It may be farther along, but it's not a done deal, far from it and things could easily go south.
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2 minutes ago, gosioux76 said:
My suspicion is that neither the Rays ownership nor Major League Baseball actually expects this scenario to play out as described. It's a long and complicated scheme to solve the league's Tampa problem, bring baseball back to Montreal, and finally start Manfred's long-awaited league expansion process.
Once Tampa solves their stadium issue, MLB isn't going to expand. They won't until Oakland solves their own stadium issues.
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34 minutes ago, Magic Dynasty said:
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.
Didn't the Jaguars end up reducing their London games to one?
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Huh.....Tampa spent most of the 80's trying to lure Major League Baseball to their city. They finally get one in 1998 and two decades later, that team wants out.
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18 minutes ago, rams80 said:
Southland's got too many weak sisters (all of the Louisiana schools, for example) to add on a bunch of struggling HBCUs.
So McNeese State, UNO, Nicholls State, SE Louisiana and NW State are all struggling? I didn't think the Southland was doing that bad.
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7 minutes ago, Seadragon76 said:
Would Kentucky State even have the financial resources to even consider a jump to Division 1?
The last two HBCU's to make this jump (Winston-Salem State and Savannah State) are back in Division II and a third HBCU, Morris Brown, doesn't even exist anymore. This would be a very, very risky gamble on their part.
The Southland Conference has had more success with former Division II schools with Abilene Christian, Incarnate Word and the University of New Orleans. I wonder how many SWAC schools the Southland Conference would take in if that league was to fold?
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I don't pay attention to FCS but it looks like that the MEAC may need a new member with Savannah State leaving.
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8 minutes ago, SFGiants58 said:
Eh, I'd say that's it's a more distinct difference. The Orange Curtain is a very real phenomenon.
I would argue that it is. It's more different than Brooklyn is from Manhattan. Besides, what was the name of the team that won it all in 2002?
Los Angeles outside of Orange Country doesn't want the Angels, so why should they act otherwise? They're Orange County's team, in the same way that the A's are Oakland's team or the Dodgers were Brooklyn's team.
For now.
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On 6/10/2019 at 5:18 PM, Wings said:
- Seattle Breakers
I left Seattle blank because I could not think of a USFL name to use for them.
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3 hours ago, JH42XCC said:
Why not Houston Gamblers or St. Louis Showboats?
I meant to say Houston Gamblers.
Angels tell Anaheim they're opting out of their lease on Angel Stadium
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So what are the odds that Oakland gets their stadium finalized?