Around the NFL - 2011

[ice grillin you]

bookie = any betting outlet that is accepting your money

[Diomedes]

bookie schmookie

whatever the terminology is...the people who set the line aren't losing money on the f'n Pro Bowl

and you can book that

[Munson]

Hasn't been posted or talked about here, but a big financial deal went down for the naming rights to an undetermined sports complex in an undetermined spot in LA....700 Mill....they talked about it on 97.5 last night, said no doubt it's for an NFL team for that price.


My money's on the Jags moving

[QB Eagles]

They money is contingent on a downtown LA stadium ("Farmers Field") being built, which in turn is contingent on an NFL team moving to LA. It doesn't mean a team is definitely moving to LA, just that if one does, it will probably have a home.

As has been mentioned before, the Jags have a brutal stadium lease in Jacksonville (among the toughest in the league) that will be very legally and financially difficult to break until 2030 or so. The NFL would love to move that franchise but it's easier said than done. I think the Chargers, Rams, and Bills are all in good position to move within the next five years if the ownership of those any one of those clubs can be convinced.

[ice grillin you]

they would like it to be the chargers so that they can cyphon off some of the san diego fanbase since la doesnt care about the nfl..not that san diego does care but they will need all the fans they can get and being southern californias team as opposed to just la's team would help

[Diomedes]

siphon

[Sgt PSN]

Hasn't been posted or talked about here, but a big financial deal went down for the naming rights to an undetermined sports complex in an undetermined spot in LA....700 Mill....they talked about it on 97.5 last night, said no doubt it's for an NFL team for that price.


My money's on the Jags moving

There's 2 separate proposals out there.  1 is a stadium in City of Industry and the other would put the stadium right next to Staples Center in downtown LA.  The downtown stadium was probably the one they were talking about because they just came to an agreement with Farmers Insurance on naming rights.  To my knowledge, there's no such deal in place for the proposed stadium in CoI. 

The Jags would probably make the most sense from an NFL perspective but igy's on point with the Chargers scenerio from a local viewpoint.  When they were talking about this on local news the other day, they kept showing Chargers highlights during most of the story, which tells me that the locals want the Chargers. 

[SD]

Found this while watching the Mudd/Washburn man love video, but it's Peyton Manning and Jeff Saturday going at it on the sidelines. Good stuff:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQtX6dm2KG8&NR=1

[ice grillin you]

just saw something that made me spit up my hawaiian punch

espn just teased tonights sportscenter and one of the teasers was i kid you not "what advice does donovan mcnabb have for ben roethlisburger?"

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Could be worse...

"What advice does Juan Castillo have for Dick LeBeau?"

[MDS]

just saw something that made me spit up my hawaiian punch

espn just teased tonights sportscenter and one of the teasers was i kid you not "what advice does donovan mcnabb have for ben roethlisburger?"

hes on right now and looks...chubby.

[Diomedes]

Brad my brother!

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/02/keisel-says-hell-dig-ditches-if-theres-a-lockout/

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Or even Brett.

[QB Eagles]

I'm usually the only guy who cares about the Hall of Fame on here, but here's this year's class anyway:

Deion Sanders
Marshall Faulk
Shannon Sharpe
Richard Dent (who played one washed-up year with the Eagles)
Ed Sabol
Les Richter
Chris Hanburger

Guys like Curtis Martin, Jerome Bettis, and Cris Carter will have to wait.

[BigEd76]

Andre Reed and Charles Haley missed out too