Comments by "Itinerant Patriot" (@itinerantpatriot1196) on "8 Cities at risk of LOSING their team to Relocation" video.
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I can see Tampa relocating to Orlando. St. Pete is not a good spot for a ballpark. The traffic control is crap and the parking situation outside of the reserved spots is lousy. The roads are two, maybe four lane in spots and the cops rely on the lights to control the flow which, as anyone who lives in Florida will tell you, is a dumb idea because the lights are timed like crap down this way.
I'm not following the logic of moving Jacksonville to Austin and moving the Texans out of Houston. Houston was very loyal to the Oilers. I can't speak to the current situation since I moved out of Texas a while ago but having a team closer to the Cowboys fanbase is, well just not a bright idea. Oklahoma City, maybe. As for the Chargers, they never should have left San Diego. They actually started in LA when they were an AFL franchise and figured out pretty quick LA is primarily a baseball and basketball town. The Rams left and I'm not sure people really cared too much. It's not the kind of city that will support two NFL franchises, at least not based on what I've observed over the years. But what are the Chargers going to do, tuck their tale and move back to San Diego? Seemed to me they had a solid fanbase, not sure how they'd feel about welcoming them back though. Maybe they can go to Oakland. Al Davis would roll over in his grave, that alone would make it worth it.
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