New Stadium Resolution.....

saintswhodi · 07-02-2007, 04:25 PM

Originally Posted by blacksaint

The facts you have are a little more bias than you want to admit. The fact that you proved my point a few posts ago when you said that San Antonians didn't have money to waste on a Championship finals that they knew the Spurs were going to win. During the finals that was all they talked about, the lack of excitement and interest the fans had in their home town team. Fact, there's always been Saints fans in Dallas, a hell of a lot more than in San Antonio. Fact, I knew at some point in this conversation you were going to bring up the Saints games in San Antonio, what you fail to mention was a lot of those fans that were in attendence were dislocated New Orleanians. Majority of those fans were true Saints fans from New Orleans, and that my friend is a FACT. I told you before, San Antonio is nothing more than leverage in contract talks for Mr. Benson and the State of Louisiana, as well as L.A. You honestly think Benson would pick San Antonio over Los Angeles when Texas have two franchises there already and L.A. have none, let's be real about this, it'll never happen. Look Whodi, I not disrespecting San Antonio in any way but the true facts remain, San Antonio will never, ever, have a NFL franchise located there, if it were possible it would have happen. And as far as Oklahoma City goes, what else is there? Nothing, no competition, the only thing in the State of Oklahoma are the Sooners and the Cowboys.

I think you are confusing your facts with conjecture, and what you heard reported. NO ONE reported a lack of interest in the Spurs, they reported a lack of interest in the Spurs OPPONENT. The fact you keep trying to raise that as some kind of point is troubling, cause it's flat untrue. The Spurs sold out every playoff game until they got to Utah(no shot) and Cleveland(no shot), and as a matter of fact, this was the first time in their 4 years in AT&T Center history they didn't sell out. And it was by like 500 tickets. Ooh. That's a reflection of who they were playing, and that is what was reported, not a lack of interest in the team. If anything, if you were in San Antonio you would be sick with all the Spurs support there is. Also, as I pointed out with missile, do you think New England and Indianapolis fans are disinterested in their championship teams? I don't. Yet attendance numbers for Indy was dead last last year, and the Pats were never higher than 14th even in their dynasty run. That point still hold sno weight, but you are still trying to twist what was reported to make it so. If I didn't live here, I might ave fallen for it.

What does the number of Saints fans in Dallas have to do with the price of tea in china, and why would that need to be stated sa "fact?"

Also, I went to all 3 games in San An. A lot of the fans were dislocated New Orleanians, more were San Antonians and people from the surrounding area. It didn't help though the team was mired in one of it's worst season ever. Check out attendance for the Hornets when they moved to New Orleans if you wanna know what a slumping franchise does to a new fan base.

And um yeah, Benson would pick San An over Los Angeles cause of the business ties he has to San An. Hell, no one wants to move to Los Angeles cause Los Angeles has proven it's indifference to football. Also, Benson would not be able to Lord his team over Los Angeles and gain concessions like he would in San An, and like he does in New Orleans. He may be greedy, but he's not stupid. Even when Minnesota was owned by Red McCombs and he talked about moving them, it was to San An, and not Los Angeles.

So, you can believe San An will prob never have a team, hell they may not. The league is perfect at 32 teams, and most cities seem to find a way to work out issues that cause owners to want to move. But if you don't realize San An is a viable option, you're probably misinformed.

07-02-2007, 04:25 PM	#30
saintswhodi 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 6,941	Originally Posted by blacksaint The facts you have are a little more bias than you want to admit. The fact that you proved my point a few posts ago when you said that San Antonians didn't have money to waste on a Championship finals that they knew the Spurs were going to win. During the finals that was all they talked about, the lack of excitement and interest the fans had in their home town team. Fact, there's always been Saints fans in Dallas, a hell of a lot more than in San Antonio. Fact, I knew at some point in this conversation you were going to bring up the Saints games in San Antonio, what you fail to mention was a lot of those fans that were in attendence were dislocated New Orleanians. Majority of those fans were true Saints fans from New Orleans, and that my friend is a FACT. I told you before, San Antonio is nothing more than leverage in contract talks for Mr. Benson and the State of Louisiana, as well as L.A. You honestly think Benson would pick San Antonio over Los Angeles when Texas have two franchises there already and L.A. have none, let's be real about this, it'll never happen. Look Whodi, I not disrespecting San Antonio in any way but the true facts remain, San Antonio will never, ever, have a NFL franchise located there, if it were possible it would have happen. And as far as Oklahoma City goes, what else is there? Nothing, no competition, the only thing in the State of Oklahoma are the Sooners and the Cowboys. I think you are confusing your facts with conjecture, and what you heard reported. NO ONE reported a lack of interest in the Spurs, they reported a lack of interest in the Spurs OPPONENT. The fact you keep trying to raise that as some kind of point is troubling, cause it's flat untrue. The Spurs sold out every playoff game until they got to Utah(no shot) and Cleveland(no shot), and as a matter of fact, this was the first time in their 4 years in AT&T Center history they didn't sell out. And it was by like 500 tickets. Ooh. That's a reflection of who they were playing, and that is what was reported, not a lack of interest in the team. If anything, if you were in San Antonio you would be sick with all the Spurs support there is. Also, as I pointed out with missile, do you think New England and Indianapolis fans are disinterested in their championship teams? I don't. Yet attendance numbers for Indy was dead last last year, and the Pats were never higher than 14th even in their dynasty run. That point still hold sno weight, but you are still trying to twist what was reported to make it so. If I didn't live here, I might ave fallen for it. What does the number of Saints fans in Dallas have to do with the price of tea in china, and why would that need to be stated sa "fact?" Also, I went to all 3 games in San An. A lot of the fans were dislocated New Orleanians, more were San Antonians and people from the surrounding area. It didn't help though the team was mired in one of it's worst season ever. Check out attendance for the Hornets when they moved to New Orleans if you wanna know what a slumping franchise does to a new fan base. And um yeah, Benson would pick San An over Los Angeles cause of the business ties he has to San An. Hell, no one wants to move to Los Angeles cause Los Angeles has proven it's indifference to football. Also, Benson would not be able to Lord his team over Los Angeles and gain concessions like he would in San An, and like he does in New Orleans. He may be greedy, but he's not stupid. Even when Minnesota was owned by Red McCombs and he talked about moving them, it was to San An, and not Los Angeles. So, you can believe San An will prob never have a team, hell they may not. The league is perfect at 32 teams, and most cities seem to find a way to work out issues that cause owners to want to move. But if you don't realize San An is a viable option, you're probably misinformed.
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