NFL could be in Oklahoma City soon!

[Joe Biden 2020]

It looks like the Oakland Raiders are looking to move to Oklahoma City in a few years.  Part of OKC's continual development plan calls for an Oakland Raiders stadium.  I'll get a link this evening, but this would be awesome have two professional franchises in Oklahoma

[Paul Kemp]

No they aren't.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

No they aren't.

[President Tyrion]

Next season, O.co Coliseum will be geographically closest to the lion's share of the population. Naturally, they're still the inferior team in the worse stadium, but I doubt they move until they ascertain the attendance impact of having SF essentially empty.

[7,052,770]

I don't think teams should be allowed to move.  Expansion teams are the way to go -- there's plenty of talent to add teams in LA, London, Toronto, and San Antonio (or Oklahoma City).

[President Tyrion]

I don't think teams should be allowed to move.  Expansion teams are the way to go -- there's plenty of talent to add teams in LA, London, Toronto, and San Antonio (or Oklahoma City).

London would be incredibly difficult.

[traininthedistance]

I don't think teams should be allowed to move.  Expansion teams are the way to go -- there's plenty of talent to add teams in LA, London, Toronto, and San Antonio (or Oklahoma City).

I think the Jaguars should be allowed to move to make up for the the mistake of awarding a franchise to such a tiny, college-sports-preferring city in the first place.  As for where they should go, San Antonio and LA are IMO the two serious options.

I would not object to the Los Angeles Raiders, either, the Bay Area would still have a team and it's not like the Raiders don't have history there.

The idea of a London franchise is bonkers.

[AkSaber]

Jerry Jones would raise all kinds of hell, though.

[President Tyrion]

Jerry Jones would raise all kinds of hell, though.

Is a significant amount of OKC Cowboy revenue country?

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Boo!  OKC isn't big enough to have any pro sports team, even the Thunder.  I want the Jaguars to move to LA instead.

[Keystone Phil]

I don't think teams should be allowed to move.  Expansion teams are the way to go -- there's plenty of talent to add teams in LA, London, Toronto, and San Antonio (or Oklahoma City).

London would be incredibly difficult.

The NFC Atlantic Division would be the most competitive in the league!

[© tweed]

what goes on here Bushie is owners threaten to move the team away in order to extort public funding for a new stadium in the current city.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

He probably meant London, Ontario.

[© tweed]

He probably meant London, Ontario.

no he didn't.  it's a hot topic now with the Vikings about to "host" the Steelers in the real London this Sunday.  which you should know as an ostensible Vikings fan.

[Paul Kemp]

He probably meant London, Ontario.

Joke?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I'm only a Vikings "fan" in that I support them by default in any game they play. I only watch the games if they're playing somewhere I find myself at.

[7,052,770]

He probably meant London, Ontario.

No, there have been a lot of articles lately talking about how a team in London is a real possibility in the next decade.

Here's one that discusses potential issues: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/9716479/nfl-team-london-raises-legal-issues

[Cobbler]

At the risk of coming off as biased due to where I live, I feel like there are cities that they should prioritize over OKC if they were going to expand/relocate a team.

[Paul Kemp]

At the risk of coming off as biased due to where I live, I feel like there are cities that they should prioritize over OKC if they were going to expand/relocate a team.

Yea, it's not even in the top 5. LA will almost certainly get the next franchise unless they don't.

[7,052,770]

Here's a possibility:

NFC East - NYC - London, NYC - Toronto, Washington - London, etc., great potential for even more new great rivalries
Dallas Cowboys
(London)
New York Giants
Philadelphia Eagles
(Toronto)
Washington Redskins

NFC Central
Chicago Bears
Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
Minnesota Vikings
St. Louis Rams
and one team moved over from the AFC East

NFC West - Largely a reunion of old NFC West foes from back in the day
Arizona Cardinals
Atlanta Falcons
Carolina Panthers
New Orleans Saints
San Francisco 49ers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers

AFC East - unfortunately this is 7 teams, so one will have to switch to the NFC Central
Baltimore Ravens
Buffalo Bills
Cincinnati Bengals
Cleveland Browns
New England Patriots
New York Jets
Pittsburgh Steelers

AFC Central
Miami Dolphins
Houston Texans
Indianapolis Colts
Jacksonville Jaguars
(San Antonio) [or Oklahoma City]
Tennessee Titans

AFC West
Denver Broncos
Kansas City Chiefs
(Los Angeles)
Oakland Raiders
San Diego Chargers
Seattle Seahawks - back to the AFC!


This is of course only one of many possibilities.

[Keystone Phil]

He probably meant London, Ontario.

You're already grossly idiotic in 95% of the threads you post in. Because that apparently isn't enough for you, you decide to amp it up with this gem...

[7,052,770]

If the NFL wanted to scrap the NFC/AFC split and just go to 6 geographically compact divisions of 6, it could try something like this.

Say the Jaguars move to one of these 5, and the other 4 are expansion teams: Los Angeles, Toronto, Mexico City, San Antonio, London



Part of me thinks the Cowboys need to be in with the Giants, Eagles, and Redskins though.  Perhaps we could contrive a successor to the NFC East, and go geographic with the other 5.

[DemPGH]

That would be a horrible idea. Isn't OK City basically in the Dallas market anyway? Dallas would dwarf a pro team in OK City so bad it wouldn't be funny. Plus, if a team can't make it in Jacksonville or Oakland, why OK City? I just think that would be a bad move.

[AkSaber]

Is a significant amount of OKC Cowboy revenue country?

I figured. Everyone I've met from New Mexico are diehard Dallas fans.

[traininthedistance]

Here's a possibility:

NFC East - NYC - London, NYC - Toronto, Washington - London, etc., great potential for even more new great rivalries
Dallas Cowboys
(London)
New York Giants
Philadelphia Eagles
(Toronto)
Washington Redskins

NFC Central
Chicago Bears
Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
Minnesota Vikings
St. Louis Rams
and one team moved over from the AFC East

NFC West - Largely a reunion of old NFC West foes from back in the day
Arizona Cardinals
Atlanta Falcons
Carolina Panthers
New Orleans Saints
San Francisco 49ers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers

AFC East - unfortunately this is 7 teams, so one will have to switch to the NFC Central
Baltimore Ravens
Buffalo Bills
Cincinnati Bengals
Cleveland Browns
New England Patriots
New York Jets
Pittsburgh Steelers

AFC Central
Miami Dolphins
Houston Texans
Indianapolis Colts
Jacksonville Jaguars
(San Antonio) [or Oklahoma City]
Tennessee Titans

AFC West
Denver Broncos
Kansas City Chiefs
(Los Angeles)
Oakland Raiders
San Diego Chargers
Seattle Seahawks - back to the AFC!


This is of course only one of many possibilities.

The idea of a London team is ridiculous enough without putting it in the same division as flipping Dallas.  It would have to go in the AFC East, where all the teams really are near the coast.

But, just for the sake of argument, if we were to go to 36 teams this is how I'd do it (and if we go to 36 that's enough for Jacksonville to be justifiable).  Note the lack of team in London:

NFC East: NY Giants, Washington, Philly Eagles, Dallas Cowboys, Carolina Panthers, Tampa Bay Bucs
NFC Central: Chicago Bears, GB Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Detroit Lions, Atlanta Falcons, NO Saints
NFC West: St. Louis Rams, San Fran 49ers, Arizona Cardinals, Seattle Seahawks, (Los Angeles), (Portland)

AFC East: NE Patriots, NY Jets, Buffalo/Toronto Bills, Miami Dolphins, Jacksonville Jaguars, (Tidewater)
AFC Central: Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns, Cincy Bengals, Pittsburgh Steelers, Tennessee Titans, Indianapolis Colts
AFC West: KC Chiefs, Denver Broncos, San Diego Chargers, Oakland/LA Raiders, (San Antonio), Houston Texans

Or, if the Jags move, slide the Colts to the East, the Texans to the Central, and that opens up OKC or Mexico City as possibilities.

As for the "Tidewater" choice- the Hampton Roads area is the largest metro in the nation with no pro team.  I guess that's kind of R**s***s area right now, but whatever.  San Antonio is kind of Cowboys country, too, and so is OKC.