>The mayor of Oakland announced that the city has reached a framework agreement with the Ronnie Lott group for a new stadium, with the hopes of keeping the Raiders in Oakland.
I hope nothing comes of this, but why do sports leagues have such a hard on with this small region of California?
The NBA didn't allow the Kings to move to Seattle, like everyone wanted The NFL are making it hard for the Raiders to leave Oakland for Las Vegas/LA, like everyone wants The MLB made it impossible for the Giants to move to Toronto and Tampa Bay, even though everyone wanted to do
You're not NYC. You're not LA. You're not even Chicago.
Bentley Murphy
>Finland >You're not NYC. You're not LA. You're not even Chicago You got that right
Mason Miller
I still think Raiders end up in Vegas.
Vegas is much more lucrative than Oakland. You ever see how much money the casinos make? There's no company in Oakland or Oakland area that makes as much money as the average casino
Sheldon Adelson is worth more than the CITY OF OAKLAND
Sands is worth $2.5 billion
Nice job.
Nolan Price
There's a reason people pay out the ass to live here - it's fucking based. The economy is booming and the weather is perfect year-round. San Diego is next to the nicest beaches in the world and it still costs half as much to live there.
Took this from my balcony
Oliver Miller
Yeah, people live in crime ridden Oakland.
Jayden Foster
This faggot thinks we want to be Jew York or Smell-A. Top kek m8
Jayden Jackson
Northern California as a whole has 15 million people though
That's more people than Pennsylvania and Illinois
John Ramirez
>look at California'state economy literally bigger then most countries in the world >Look at population size
How is Sup Forums this retarded about California?
Levi Carter
>like everyone wants
Why would anyone want sports teams to move anywhere? It's an embarrassment for sports and should be limited as much as possible
Christopher Hughes
The post i responded to specifically cited the Bay Area fucktard.
Aaron Howard
50 billion.
Alexander Rogers
m8 uber is worth over 50 BILLION DOLLARS
lol
Austin Perry
>about California
Daniel Green
Liu Kang is correct
Colton King
It makes sense for LA to have teams
Not anywhere else in Cali
Ian Wright
>The NBA didn't allow the Kings to move to Seattle, like everyone wanted
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Jose Cruz
Serious question - why does the Bay need two NFL and MLB teams?
Colton Foster
What is, economics?
Hunter Wright
No, it's an embarrassment for that team. It's funny so we can all laugh at them whenever we are feeling bad.
Just like how I am absolutely rooting for the browns to go 0-16, even though I am a lions fan.
Blake Peterson
At this point you can't just take a team from the bay area as they are institutional fixtures. You've never lived in the Bay Area I can tell, because the Giants/A's and 49ers/Raiders rivalries are some of the greatest in sports.
Asher Turner
Isnt california like the 7th biggest economy in the world? And Also quite populated? I get why a team would like to move given the amount of teams making it a market of more competition, there probablly aint shit to do in fucking tampa bay other than seeing the bucaneers, but still it makes a lot of sense for leagues to have a strong pressence in the area
Angel Bennett
>Raiders >went to LA for 13 years >have been pretty much on the edge of relocation for last 10 years >institution
Uh huh
Thomas Adams
>went to LA for 13 years >went BACK to oakland and have been BACK for more than 13 years
Adrian Wood
the raiders have spent the majority of their time as an oakland team.
peopel talking about moving them to las vegas are fucking insane
Dylan Russell
Have you been to LA? I doubt the Oakland Raider fanbase is larger than the LA Raider fanbase
Most Bay Area NFL fans are Niner fans. Why is everyone in denial about that?
Nolan Perez
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not even going to reply to bait this shitty
Julian Murphy
Yes California as a whole has a lot of people
Most live around LA
Adrian Morris
wrong
Daniel Martinez
California is the world's 6th largest economy, bigger than Italy.
Jason Hall
I'm just stating facts
Let's see since the Kings have stayed in Sacramento they've literally become Warrior home games. You think that would've happened in Seattle?
Most Raider fans fly in from LA
William Parker
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still nothing
Jason Morales
This doesn't mean they stay dumbass
Lucas Hughes
Why is it insane?
The Raider image fits Vegas
Aaron Williams
Jets surprisingly have one of the most dedicated and passionate fanbases in the NFL believe it or not
Hudson Martinez
Isn't most of California's economy based around LA?
Chase Perez
Lifelong here
It is because northern California is the most beautiful and eloquently cultured part of the US
Christian Mitchell
Ok
But there's no need for the Sac Kings Oakland A's or Oakland Raiders to be there
You'll still have those teams
Jose Sanders
That and San Fransisco
Jackson Cook
when were the giants going to move to Toronto or tampa?
Thomas Nelson
Sacramento is a town of 500,000 people with a metropolitan base of more than a million. It deserves at least one professional sports team and it's been one of the most passionate basketball fanbases in the history of the league.
Jason White
I'll be willing to bet OP is some butthurt faggot from Seattlel.
Camden Allen
I grew up in Sacramento, it has nothing to do with the Bay Area, it is firmly in the Valley and has a completely different culture.
New York is only 90 miles from Philadelphia, and they have far more teams put together than Northern California, yet I don't hear you bitching about that
Camden Bennett
>you're not nyc ....good?
>you're not LA
... yes we are.
>you're not even chicago
.... why the fuck would we want to be?
Leo Price
Toronto: 1976 Tampa: 1992
Elijah Bell
How is the Bay Area LA?
No one thinks of the Bay Area as anywhere nearly as important or noteworthy
There's also the fact that Northern California is naturally resource-rich while most of Southern California is converted desert wasteland turned agriculture-based.
Jose Robinson
I'm still amazed that Seattle didn't get the Kings
James Wood
There are no Niners fans here anymore. Not so long as Baalke is the GM anyways.
Charles Green
Then most people there arent watching the NFL
Joseph Morales
In the real world, for better and worse, most sports fans associate the Raiders with LA
Jose Smith
>In my own mind, for better and worse, most sports fans associate the Raiders with LA ftfy
