Vikings moving to LA after this coming season?

[Scott Campbell]

Goodell is now piling on:

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/19/goodell-tells-minnesota-governor-failure-to-pass-stadium-bill-will-trigger-serious-consequences/

[ND72]

Why would we bring in a Buffalo, Cincy, Cleveland, or Indy? If you move to LA, you are our west, St. Louis is in the NFC WEST...it's an easy transition putting LA in the West, and move St. Louis to the North. plus it's NFC for NFC. Why over think this?

[Gunakor]

Why would we bring in a Buffalo, Cincy, Cleveland, or Indy? If you move to LA, you are our west, St. Louis is in the NFC WEST...it's an easy transition putting LA in the West, and move St. Louis to the North. plus it's NFC for NFC. Why over think this?

There was, and maybe still is for the fans, a strong rivalry between the Niners and Rams that they might not want to break up.

[Scott Campbell]

There was, and maybe still is for the fans, a strong rivalry between the Niners and Rams that they might not want to break up.

I've never even heard of that rivalry. And I lived there.

[sharpe1027]

There was, and maybe still is for the fans, a strong rivalry between the Niners and Rams that they might not want to break up.

I would think the Bills-Dolphins rivalry is at least on par with Niners-Rams, probably more.

[Lurker64]

The obvious swap, if the Vikings move to LA, would be St. Louis moves from the NFC West to the NFC North and the Vikings move from the NFC North to the NFC West. It's simple, and makes geographical sense (much more sense than the Rams playing in the West.)

That being said, I hope that the Vikings don't leave. As a Twin Cities resident, the Vikings are a reliable source to satisfy all of my schadenfreude needs. With the Lions suddenly good, I don't think I could take the Vikings leaving.

[Gunakor]

I've never even heard of that rivalry. And I lived there.

Lived where, St. Louis or LA?

[Zool]

As a resident of the great state of Minnesota

[Scott Campbell]

Lived where, St. Louis or LA?

Neither.

Bay Area.

[woodbuck27]

Yeach, wouldn't like Buffalo in the division! I'm afraid their tundra is often more frozen than Green Bay's!

Seriously, I'd be torn by the idea of Buffalo in the same division as the Pack. Because they're close, and AFC, I tend to follow and pull for them as a secondary team. I'd lose that...but the idea of the Pack playing in my backyard once a year would make me smile! There's a lot of Pack fans up here, poor Buffalo would be swamped with green and gold in their own stadium!

The Vikings moving though, eh? LA not having a team is like this trump card every disenfranchised owner can play. The sooner they get a team so cities/state the small market teams won't have that thrown in their faces the better. Has Cincy made noise about that too? I know Jax has; what about Tampa? I think St-L, who's attendance is in the toilet is in a long term lease.

Holy Mackeral NO!

Packers @ Bills is alot closer than Packers @ Rams in terms of travel and rooms are cheap in Buffalo after Tom Brady slam'd that city's hospitality efforts.

[ND72]

The obvious swap, if the Vikings move to LA, would be St. Louis moves from the NFC West to the NFC North and the Vikings move from the NFC North to the NFC West. It's simple, and makes geographical sense (much more sense than the Rams playing in the West.)

That being said, I hope that the Vikings don't leave. As a Twin Cities resident, the Vikings are a reliable source to satisfy all of my schadenfreude needs. With the Lions suddenly good, I don't think I could take the Vikings leaving.

I don't want them to leave just because I enjoy making fun of all my Minnesota Viking friends. I get 2 weeks of enjoyment a year. Granted a few years ago many deleted me off facebook when I was cheering for Favre to get broken.

[Tony Oday]

Of the nine no votes, five came from Democrats and four were Republicans.

All the Repubs voted for it on the committee and the Dems wont even call the governor back!

[ND72]

All the Repubs voted for it on the committee and the Dems wont even call the governor back!

I might be the only Anti-Walker/Anti-Republican guy here, but why do politics come in to play here and who cares? Talk football...

[Gunakor]

This is a wholly political topic that has nothing to do with football other than the occupant of a stadium with an expiring lease. There's no football to discuss here.

[Cheesehead Craig]

All the Repubs voted for it on the committee and the Dems wont even call the governor back!

What? 5 Republicans voted for it, 4 voted against it. If all the Repubs had voted for the bill, it would have passed.