The Los Angeles Lions?

[Marchie]

Take the Lions. Please! - Shutdown Corner - NFL - Yahoo! Sports

I'd lol.

I guess if this happened, my home team would be Cleveland....

[Laika Come Home]

They don't need to move, they just need competent owners and staff members.

[Maximum Spider]

Los Angeles Lions sounds like an AFL team.

I'm sure nearly all the football fans in LA wouldn't want the Lions to be their franchise.

[Laika Come Home]

Right you are.

All three of them came to that conclusion yesterday.

[Lurch1982]

Actual threats to move:

San Diego (stadium), St. Louis (ownership), Buffalo (ownership/stadium/market), New Orleans (stadium/market), Oakland/49ers (expiring leases), Minnesota (stadium).

Even then, Buffalo would pretty much only move to Toronto. New Orleans is either San Antonio or Los Angeles. The rest are more likely to go back to LA because of ties to the area or lack of a better option (Minnesota).

Unfortunately the Lions will remain in Detroit and fester.

[Eagle Eye]

Oakland is the most likely of those to move IMO, Lions won't be going anywhere.

They have some talent, they just can't seem to make it work. Smith has broken out recently, Culpepper is a deep ball threat and won't fumble as much as Kitna.

[Lurch1982]

Originally Posted by GURU ANT

Oakland is the most likely of those to move IMO, Lions won't be going anywhere.

They have some talent, they just can't seem to make it work. Smith has broken out recently, Culpepper is a deep ball threat and won't fumble as much as Kitna.

I think the question of Buffalo moving completely to Toronto is a question of when at this point, not if.

After the Bills, its a tough call. The Bay Area team leases expire in 2010 I think, but the Niners were already tapped to potentially move into Santa Clara or something. Oakland moving again is entirely dependent on Davis. I'm not sure the league would let them, preferring to wait for him to die and get a more agreeable owner in place before letting Davis ruin relations with two locations.

Rams are an interesting one because of the ownership flux. They could easily move back to LA or get pushed into San Antonio.

The teams that need stadiums all have a reprieve from the economic downturn. Its an almost impossible sell to push new stadium projects during a recession. If Minnesota's stadium falls through completely, they'll probably relocate. San Diego would probably be the best "To LA" team due to the close proximity, history, and overall painless factor of it.

New Orleans is a problem waiting to happen. The Superdome is old and ****ty by NFL standards and should have been replaced 10 years ago. The state/city won't replace it and have all intents of using it until it collapses or the team leaves.

[Eagle Eye]

Originally Posted by Lurch1982

I think the question of Buffalo moving completely to Toronto is a question of when at this point, not if.

After the Bills, its a tough call. The Bay Area team leases expire in 2010 I think, but the Niners were already tapped to potentially move into Santa Clara or something. Oakland moving again is entirely dependent on Davis. I'm not sure the league would let them, preferring to wait for him to die and get a more agreeable owner in place before letting Davis ruin relations with two locations.

I meant moving to LA, not so much moving period.

Rams are an interesting one because of the ownership flux. They could easily move back to LA or get pushed into San Antonio.

I know it's an odd thought, but has anyone thought of pulling a Giants Stadium with KC/STL? I mean they could both be in Kansas City? It would require the Rams to move, but they'd remain in state and wouldn't shake things up too much.

The teams that need stadiums all have a reprieve from the economic downturn. Its an almost impossible sell to push new stadium projects during a recession. If Minnesota's stadium falls through completely, they'll probably relocate. San Diego would probably be the best "To LA" team due to the close proximity, history, and overall painless factor of it.

Agreed 100%

New Orleans is a problem waiting to happen. The Superdome is old and ****ty by NFL standards and should have been replaced 10 years ago. The state/city won't replace it and have all intents of using it until it collapses or the team leaves.

I think San Antonio is the most likely for New Orleans, but I've heard Birmingham's nutcase Langford is pushing for a team in Birmingham....could the Saints possibly head there? (Not like this city has the money to fund them, they'd probably just end up at Legion.....or worse, Hoover High).