To make them stay (Jax)

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TrueOrange

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it appears the movement to keep the jaguars in jacksonville has begun....in the form of a bumper sticker campaign

http://www.nowayla.com/

sorry i just felt this worth posting because, well it's funny
 
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To get them to stay they need to start winning and getting to the playoffs. Oh and they also need to have a better fan base who actually wants to attend home games...
 
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Burhead said:
To get them to stay they need to start winning and getting to the playoffs. Oh and they also need to have a better fan base who actually wants to attend home games...
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it's really the latter, almost solely the latter.

they start attending their games it would stop the blackouts and stop those move considerations


but apparently not everyone there gets it
 
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I personally laughed at this part:

Nothing spells loser better than the California Economy, the Laker fans rioting in the streets, the Stanford girls getting beat by UConn, USC losing to the Gators, the annoying whine of Jim Rome and LA trying to be an NFL city.

Stick to making movies, playing volleyball, breathing your smog filled air, sitting in traffic and surfing in your frigid shark infested waters. I really think you west coasters have been smoking too much medical marijuana to think anyone, let alone a football team, would give up Florida for the hell you live in. The Jaguars are committed to Jacksonville and the sunshine state.
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fans in the state of Florida generally suck when it comes to fan support, ie Tampa Bay Rays, Jags, Miami Canes
 
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TrueOrange said:
I personally laughed at this part:
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Whoever wrote this is a complete moron. This team is ending up in LA, book it.

Most franchises have fans that wait years and pay exorbitant amounts for ho-hum season tickets in stadiums with 150% the capacity, people in Jacksonville can practically walk up on gameday and get seats on the 50.
 
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Burhead said:
To get them to stay they need to start winning and getting to the playoffs. Oh and they also need to have a better fan base who actually wants to attend home games...
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I am always amazed to watch Jags games and see thousands of empty seats. They have had some really good teams and been pretty successful.
 
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Burhead said:
To get them to stay they need to start winning and getting to the playoffs. Oh and they also need to have a better fan base who actually wants to attend home games...
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is there any reason to think that the people in LA are any better than those in Jax when it comes to attending NFL games?
 
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attendance matters when it comes to blackouts, don't fill the stadium, the local market can't watch the game on TV
 
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MG1968 said:
attendance matters when it comes to blackouts, don't fill the stadium, the local market can't watch the game on TV
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and the problem is that, as of now, Jacksonville has a current history of that while L.A. doesn't (even if it's for lack of a team)....combine that with the fact that it's a much larger city that the NFL (commisioner and all) currently wants to get into (due to size, marketability / popularity, and potential profit) and it becomes much more favorable

currently it has a lot of positive strikes to it while it seems jacksonville is starting to carry more and more negative ones
 
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actually, LA does have a history for lax attendance at NFL games, that's one of the reasons the Rams left in the first place.
 
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MG1968 said:
actually, LA does have a history for lax attendance at NFL games, that's one of the reasons the Rams left in the first place.
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i know but - being the big business that it is - the NFL has been thinking more about currently, as they want to make a much larger profit than they already have.

While LA does have a back and forth history on the attendance, currently in the minds of the suits, it's a blank slate with some risk but very heavy reward if it pans out; that's why goodell has been so big on being a supporter of the idea of putting a team there (he's stressed it in several articles and interviews along the lines of "it's important that the NFL return to the city of Los Angeles"). It's a really big market they want to milk along with the others.

Again the problem is, while LA had a back and forth history with teams, currently they're pushing for it and could probably guarantee several seasons without blackouts (3-4 at least), while the current state in jacksonville has been a string of blackouts that unfortunately does not currently look like it will get better (and even when they were doing well it was still almost blacked out :banghead2:)

It's really all up to the owner in the end. But if the people do want to keep the team there, they need to be buying tickets more than protesting. It's all about the revenue and profit.....and if Jax's keeps looking worse and worse it's quite a fair assumption that the owner choose to move the team to greener looking pastures
 
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milohimself said:
Would you rather have a team with poor attendance in the #47 TV market or the #2 TV market?
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if you can't fill the stadium on Sunday, it doesn't matter how big the TV market is because you'll be watching somebody else play football.
 
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MG1968 said:
if you can't fill the stadium on Sunday, it doesn't matter how big the TV market is because you'll be watching somebody else play football.
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yeah he worded that a bit poorly (I doubt it's that he just doesn't understand it)

i think it's more "if you're having problems in a #47 sized TV market are you really going to tell yourself that it's a bad idea to move to the 2nd largest TV market?"
 
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Correct.

Consider that a team from LA will also have a larger national following than a team from north Florida.

Also, it is true that LA has been inconsistent at best about filling a stadium for pro football (if they are doing well, tickets will sell), Jacksonville has been consistent -- consistently awful.

Make no doubt, Jacksonville is the #1 target for a franchise move to LA, so the league can maintain symmetry, and this is for good reason.

I wonder if they would do a realignment of sorts? I doubt they would let 3/4 California teams be AFC squads.
 
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milohimself said:
Correct.

Consider that a team from LA will also have a larger national following than a team from north Florida.

Also, it is true that LA has been inconsistent at best about filling a stadium for pro football (if they are doing well, tickets will sell), Jacksonville has been consistent -- consistently awful.

Make no doubt, Jacksonville is the #1 target for a franchise move to LA, so the league can maintain symmetry, and this is for good reason.

I wonder if they would do a realignment of sorts? I doubt they would let 3/4 California teams be AFC squads.
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Odds are the jags would probably still be in the AFC South for another few seasons.

Then the most likely scenario would be a swap where they moved the St. Louis Rams into the AFC South and the Jaguars then became an NFC West team. Works best geographically and avoids several teams making unnecessarily long trips for divisional games.
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I realize they are on the hot seat as a franchise, but aren't the Chargers in worse shape? I am pretty sure I heard that the Chargers will be the most likely franchise to relocate.
 
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Panthro said:
I realize they are on the hot seat as a franchise, but aren't the Chargers in worse shape? I am pretty sure I heard that the Chargers will be the most likely franchise to relocate.
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They aren't leaving here. They just approved a ton of $ and are researching putting a new stadium right downtown next to Petco Park.
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Panthro said:
I realize they are on the hot seat as a franchise, but aren't the Chargers in worse shape? I am pretty sure I heard that the Chargers will be the most likely franchise to relocate.
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I haven't heard that one at all

I've heard (ticket sales-wise) that jax or buffalo would be

But then I've also seen that "demanding a new stadium" crowd: which would include teams like the Minnesota Vikings
 
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