Just read a headline off MSNBC, where the NFL is reportedly considering moving the Saints to Los Angeles, if New Orlenas is unable to recover from Katrina according to the Washington Post.

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It frankly would not surprise me a bit, as sad as that is for New Orleans. The city may never have the population base to support an NFL team after this. It will also take years to re-build the stadium, and frankly IMO, New Orleans has other priorities..

I would say San Antonio also has a shot....

I wonder if the NFL will give New Orleans the Cleveland Browns treatment allowing the city to keep the Saints name for the team to be reborn in a few years. Whatever happens, Tom Benson will make out like a bandit. His pockets were already lined for years with New Orleans tax dollars.

The Los Angeles Saints...

As I posted on another thread about this, if they move to LA (and it's far from being a sure thing) the Saints should change their names. Los Angeles and Saints are incongruous, sort of like the Utah Jazz--another former New Orleans team.

LA has made numerous promises to improve/update the venerable Colisseum for the Saints, should they make the move west.

~Adam

Seems like LA is FINALLY gonna get a team (if no suit happens by 4/1/09, that is). Bills, Vikings, Raiders (oh no pleez not again), or one of 5 other teams? Hmmm! Frankly, I wish it would be an expansion team, but...

If anything, it'll certainly be good for our local economy. Not only building the stadium, but also the revenues that come w/ having a team.

Well I wonder who the other 5 teams are? Why wouldn't the article identify them?

Because it's just a guessing game. They have no concrete plan to get a team, they're just hoping on it. And I doubt they get the Bills, because if the Bills go anywhere it'll be Toronto.

The possibility of a suit aside, seems that the NFL & LA are serious enough to get a team here. If the stadium gets a green light I think it's gonna happen. What team wouldn't want to land on a brand-spanking-new stadium in the 2nd largest media market in the country?! I think both the city & the NFL sees this fact alone as a win-win situation.

Why did LA lose its teams before? Why did the NFL allow both teams to leave? Size alone the only factor that makes for a good market, although LA's overwhelming size makes it a mystery why the NFL isn't there. Based on support for USC/UCLA, it's certainly an area that likes football.

They left for several reasons, but it boiled down to Georgia Frontiere & Al Davis wanting to bolt.

Yeah! On any given Sat home games there are 150K+ between both stadiums. Imagine a Sun NFL stadium. Go figure!