NFL in OKC

[Bellaboo]

Let's just say the population is one obsticle, the real criteria is having enough sports dollars to go around. For all we know, the NFL could be in contraction in 20 years. Los Angeles would be next in line if we were looking at population vs. number of teams. They now have 2 hockey, 2 basketball and 2 baseball teams......am I missing any ? Maybe a WNBA team or two, USC & UCLA ? They could be sports poor right now which could be the real reason they have no pro football..?

[Snowman]

Let's just say the population is one obsticle, the real criteria is having enough sports dollars to go around. For all we know, the NFL could be in contraction in 20 years. Los Angeles would be next in line if we were looking at population vs. number of teams. They now have 2 hockey, 2 basketball and 2 baseball teams......am I missing any ? Maybe a WNBA team or two, USC & UCLA ? They could be sports poor right now which could be the real reason they have no pro football..?

They lost their football teams largely for the same reason Seattle lost the Sonics, they were unwilling to publicly finance a new stadium or at least a major upgrade when their existing facility made it difficult for the team to make a profit years ago and other cities are