Jaguars Team to Be Sold

[Peppers90 NC]

del rio out

team to be sold

LA next year? Everyone's thinking it.

Next year? Really, you think next year?

Move to LA and in three years they will be moving again. How many teams does LA get before they figure out LA doesn't care about the NFL?

Wait til you see the amusement park that will be the stadium out there. They will care for 3 years, maybe.

[Reapuh]

Doesn't plan to move the Jaguars.

AlbertBreer Albert Breer

Wayne Weaver: "This is a team that's going to be in Jacksonville many years into the future, want to see my grandson grow up a Jaguar fan."

JasonLaCanfora Jason La Canfora

Weaver is asked if staying in Jacksonville is in writing. He says no but has no doubt team will stay here. "Pretty hard to put in writing."

AlbertBreer Albert Breer

Weaver on Khan keeping team in Jax: "It's a commitment that I said I had to be comfortable with, that his plan was to keep the team in Jax."

[The Saltman]

Doesn't plan to move the Jaguars.

thats what they all say

[Peppers90 NC]

thats what they all say

They still have to sell tickets for games this year and next in Jax.

[The Saltman]

ya that is the freaking reason the team is being sold.

it would be a horrible business decision to just stick it out in jacksonville.

[Reapuh]

AlbertBreer Albert Breer

Weaver said "I had calls from California that I refused to take ... I'd just say, 'We have no interest. We're a Jacksonvillle franchise'."

JasonLaCanfora Jason La Canfora

Weaver says "there is no reason" Khan can't economically sustain the franchise in Jacksonville.

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[The Saltman]

what is he supposed to say?

well uh yeah the jacksonville area sucks so we will probably move the team to LA soon.

[pstall]

called this 3 years ago

[Carolina Husker]

big media market or not all that matters are ticket sales.

That's incorrect. NFL's #1 revenue stream is TV money. #2 is Income Properties (merchandise) and #3 is ticket sales.

Adding the #2 media market to the #1 sport in the country is of huge importance, especially since the network TV contracts come up for bid in 2013.

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[The Saltman]

my b.

so why is it that LA cant sustain an nfl franchise then?

[Jangler]

city of implants...<-------two jokes in one.

[Carolina Husker]

I think they can, especially compared to Jaxville. They just need to put the stadium in the right place (Coliseum is a dump in the worst part of LA). If they get this deal done to build it near the Staples Center, it'll be a huge draw.

And let's not forget Al Davis was one of the owners of the last team to play in LA. Not exactly a stable management group for LA fans to root for.

[Carolina Husker]

called this 3 years ago

omg no way how did you ever see this coming

[Johnny Rockets]

So Jacksonville is the largest city in the contigeous US (size wise) and the 11th most populous city proper in the country also? I had no idea....that may be why the NFL went there in the first place. With it being that big of a city, WTF is there problem?