Professional Football Researchers Association Forum

"You have people that have been fans of this team for 55 years, and they now will be able to go into a stadium worthy of the support that they've given. The team is still within the geography that will allow the fan base to attend games. I personally wish [the stadium] had been in downtown San Diego, but the powers that be didn't want to cooperate. Dean's family was willing to commit nine figures of capital and just couldn't get the cooperation. In one sense it's sad, but in the other it's nice that it's still close by and true fans will be able to support the Chargers."

BD Sullivan wrote:

JuggernautJ wrote:For decades Monday Night Football was the best show in the NFL.
But someone decided it would generate more revenue if the Sunday Night Game became the highlight of the week.

And so MNF was designated second best, getting poorer games and far less advertising hoopla than the Sunday Nigth Game.
Now "Football Night in America" (gag, wretch) is supposedly the hot ticket and MNF is seeing its ratings fall (perhaps in an orchestrated move to lead to its demise?) along with the rest of the NFL games.

The point is (IMO), the NFL decided what was best for the league (and to hell with their customers' opinions) and forced a change down the public's throat.
And the same thing is happening now with the Chargers and Raiders.

Tradition, reality and logic be damned, the NFL will have two franchises in LA and Oakland is too small a market too hold a big-league team.
It has been decided.

Next up: is Green Bay too small a market for an NFL team?
Marketing has decided to re-name the team the Wisconsin Packers and they will play their games in Milwaukee with an occasional game in Green Bay, to be phased out as the population ages.

Another aspect that's changed when it comes to giving the middle finger to the fans is that the scheduling of a late-season night game in a cold climate city is actually now encouraged as opposed to being essentially forbidden before.

MIKEBENNIDICT wrote:

BD Sullivan wrote:

JuggernautJ wrote:For decades Monday Night Football was the best show in the NFL.
But someone decided it would generate more revenue if the Sunday Night Game became the highlight of the week.

And so MNF was designated second best, getting poorer games and far less advertising hoopla than the Sunday Nigth Game.
Now "Football Night in America" (gag, wretch) is supposedly the hot ticket and MNF is seeing its ratings fall (perhaps in an orchestrated move to lead to its demise?) along with the rest of the NFL games.

The point is (IMO), the NFL decided what was best for the league (and to hell with their customers' opinions) and forced a change down the public's throat.
And the same thing is happening now with the Chargers and Raiders.

Tradition, reality and logic be damned, the NFL will have two franchises in LA and Oakland is too small a market too hold a big-league team.
It has been decided.

Next up: is Green Bay too small a market for an NFL team?
Marketing has decided to re-name the team the Wisconsin Packers and they will play their games in Milwaukee with an occasional game in Green Bay, to be phased out as the population ages.

Another aspect that's changed when it comes to giving the middle finger to the fans is that the scheduling of a late-season night game in a cold climate city is actually now encouraged as opposed to being essentially forbidden before.

I don't see what you're complaining about.

MIKEBENNIDICT wrote:

BD Sullivan wrote:

JuggernautJ wrote:For decades Monday Night Football was the best show in the NFL.
But someone decided it would generate more revenue if the Sunday Night Game became the highlight of the week.

And so MNF was designated second best, getting poorer games and far less advertising hoopla than the Sunday Nigth Game.
Now "Football Night in America" (gag, wretch) is supposedly the hot ticket and MNF is seeing its ratings fall (perhaps in an orchestrated move to lead to its demise?) along with the rest of the NFL games.

The point is (IMO), the NFL decided what was best for the league (and to hell with their customers' opinions) and forced a change down the public's throat.
And the same thing is happening now with the Chargers and Raiders.

Tradition, reality and logic be damned, the NFL will have two franchises in LA and Oakland is too small a market too hold a big-league team.
It has been decided.

Next up: is Green Bay too small a market for an NFL team?
Marketing has decided to re-name the team the Wisconsin Packers and they will play their games in Milwaukee with an occasional game in Green Bay, to be phased out as the population ages.

Another aspect that's changed when it comes to giving the middle finger to the fans is that the scheduling of a late-season night game in a cold climate city is actually now encouraged as opposed to being essentially forbidden before.

I don't see what you're complaining about.

Something that I don't understand is why they'll play at a 30,000 seat soccer stadium in Carson for two seasons instead of playing at the Rose Bowl, or wait two years at Qualcomm and move when the LA new stadium is ready.

JohnH19 wrote:I'm becoming little more than a casual fan. It wasn't long ago that I watched every game I could but this year I didn't care all that much if the Vikings weren't playing.