guinnesscrazy Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 A friend of mine told me that he heard there is some secret phone recording of Dan Snyder conversing with other entities about the possibilities of moving the team to L.A. Normally, I'd brush this type of rumor off as pure BS, but this is the same friend that told me he knew Snyder's pilot of Redskins One, and the Skins had been out to Denver [to meet with Shanahan] - a day after the meeting (way before the reports actually came out that this had in fact happened.) Anyway, my real question is - regardless of whether the Snyder conversation took place - could this team ever be packed up and moved to another town? I think this franchise is too storied, too valuable, and too important to this area for it to ever be moved. Could things ever get so bad here, or could the owner ever possibly think he could have a stronger following (more revenue, less fan/media backlash) in another city? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 A friend of mine told me that he heard there is some secret phone recording of Dan Snyder conversing with other entities about the possibilities of moving the team to L.A. Tell your friend he is an idiot and punch him on the shoulder for making you look like a fool on ES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsHokieFan Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 What a moron Do you see how much money the team makes off FedExField? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Clark Fan Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 anything is possible. Danny likes money and apparently movies. I could imagine him trying to hobnob with the hollywood a listers. Vinny on the otherhand might have a future in LA. However not in football but in the porn business. Make that gay porn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsCrushCowboys Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 I have a secret recording predicting this thread will get closed..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckus Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Best. Thread. Ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Tater Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Classic threat to stop fans from trying to do what we can to right a sinking ship! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 I have a secret recording predicting this thread will get closed..... :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuryYourDuke Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Could? Yes. Will? No way in hell. This is one of the most profitable sports entities in the world. No one is going anywhere, and no one is selling anything. So dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD_washingtonredskins Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 I don't think the league would approve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Brown #43 Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Best case scenario would be for Snyder to move the team to LA, and then we get an expansion team here in DC within a couple years. But it's not happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECU-ALUM Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Not a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFKFedEx Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 You can't say never. The Dodgers left Brooklyn and the Colts left Baltimore. Any team can move. Highly unlikely Danny's going anywhere unless the LA figures out a way to GIVE him a new stadium for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DButz65 Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 NO Kick him in da nutz for me please, kthnxbye! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark The Homer Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 The thread's been reported, but we had already seen it. I see it as a valid topic. I personally don't think the team will move, but I don't see a reason not to discuss it or close the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOF44 Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Classic threat to stop fans from trying to do what we can to right a sinking ship! Don't think it would be much leverage for him. He moves and the NFL would have another franchise in here pronto. To big a revenue stream for them to leave this market with no team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 The thread's been reported, but we had already seen it.I see it as a valid topic. I personally don't think the team will move, but I don't see a reason not to discuss it or close the thread. Cool. I was just under the impression the topic had already been beaten to death on several other occasions recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTotalPackage Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 the Washington Redskins is a storied franchise and the league would never let such a move happen no matter how bad things got with Danny. BUT... if we lose the court case and are forced to change the name of the franchise to something else, anything can happen. The NFL won't be as pressed to keep, a franchise not named Redskins in DC if the owner wants to up and move it to a bigger media market. with the way we want to run Danny out of town and our luck as a franchise lately, it's sad but i can see this happening. our only hope is to somehow wrest ownership away from Danny Boy and into someone more competent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHardSkinz Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 That would be great lil danny boy and al davis within miles of each other. Brilliant! Stop dreamin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTotalPackage Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 That would be great lil danny boy and al davis within miles of each other. Brilliant!Stop dreamin! well, the league desperately wants a franchise in LA. (2,3 hours away from the bay area) don't think they care if two neighboring owners are alike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loren Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Not anytime soon. I don't think there's anyway the NFL lets this happen in the next few years to a fanbase as loyal (and, more importantly, as lucrative) as the Redskins'. Basically, I think it would take a decade of pitiful (not just mediocre) play on the field, increasingly acrimonious relations between the team and the fans, burning through that season tickets list, blackouts, and falling revenue. The fans would have to abandon the team. As bad as it is now, if the Redskins find a way to throw a couple of 11-5 or 12-4 seasons, a deep playoff run, a couple of franchise players, into the mix within the next decade, the area will continue to love the team and support them financially. But if it's just season after season of 4-12? Well, anything can happen. Baltimore probably never thought they'd lose their team, Cleveland probably didn't either. When is the lease up on FedEx? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueskin Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Well, the Browns were also storied, and behold now we have the Baltimore Ravens. The Baltimore Colts were storied. The Houston Oilers were loved by their city, if not storied. The Vikings could move, even though they are storied. Bottom line is, if you have some prick as the owner of a franchise, that prick could do what he wants. If he wants to move his property bad enough, he will find a way to do so. Los Angeles Dodgers, anyone? btw, I don't think it will happen, but you never know. If snyder is stubborn enough, I could see it happening in a few seasons, especially if the lucrative fan base starts to jump ship in droves, and revenues dry up substantially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stadium-Armory Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 If they did, I'm sure the name and history would stay with the city (like Cleveland). So if it happened, which it won't, we'd be rid of Dan and this old roster. Fresh start. But it won't happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussieskin Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Why would dan want to move, in dc he has a monopoly, in LA he would be competing againsty the 49ers and the raiders, there is too much money to be made here, and if he did move he would have no credibility at all, and after other teams have tried and failed in LA why leave a sure thing for a maybe, aqnd the name would have to change and to what the LA Warriors or something like that, the skins will never leave DC unless they are kicked out, and the only advantage is that Dan would get to host the SB once every 20 years or so, so we are straying put GO REDSKINS VOTE 1 JON GRUDEN for HEADCOACH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueskin Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Forgot to add: If they were to do that, I wouldn't watch the NFL any longer. You don't replace a deceased relative with someone else, at least on any level beyond the subconscience. No Washington Redskins = No football for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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