The San Antonio Raiders? (Or, dickhead coaches)

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Will they change the pirate logo to Santa Anna?

 

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Spurs have drawn well since their ABA days.

 

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Corporate support is the question in San Antonio, especially if the new team sought stadium guarantees.

 

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I wonder how much support, corporate and otherwise, an NFL team would get from Austin.

 

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You have to figure most of them are tied to the Cowboys, Jake. I don't think three hours vs. an hour and a half is going to overcome that.

 

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That's what I thought. I wasn't sure though because they're on one hell of a run of 25+ years and I think they've missed the playoffs once since David Robinson's rookie year.

I know the Raiders have had trouble drawing for awhile. San Antonio is about four hours from Dallas and maybe close to three hours from Houston. Most cities/areas with only one or two professional teams usually draw pretty well. Jacksonville is an exception. The Sacramento Kings haven't drawn as well as they used to, but they sold out all the time even when they sucked in from 1985-2000.

 

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Not just because of the haircut, but I really wonder why any city would want to do billion-dollar business with that buffoon. He is Tommy Boy. Something will go wrong.

 

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Yeah, I wouldn't necessarily expect Joe Longhorn to sign up for Raiders season tickets, but would Dell or Whole Foods be more likely to buy suites and advertising in San Antonio?

 

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From some (limited exposure) to Austin, it doesn't seem to me that the city aligns itself with San Antonio very much. Feels more like South Dallas for stuff like that.

 

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I don't know why, but I'm always interested in pro teams and secondary markets. Who gets support from a nearby city? Who relies on it?

I lived in the Research Triange, N.C., when the Panthers were playing in the Super Bowl and was surprised nobody really seemed to care. Cuban was against the Sonics moving to OKC, but I can't imagine it really made a big difference to him unless he was super concerned about which team's t-shirts the Walmart in Ardmore was carrying. Richmond's always been a Redskins town, but it seems even more now that training camp is there. How important is that to Dan Snyder with more and more Maryland kids growing up Ravens fans?

 

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You're probably right but it's not like there are many other options if you want NFL football. Knowing the Texas mentality, I could see San Antonio going all out to get this done ... if it's a legit effort.

 

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For the NFL, secondary markets do not matter much, except maybe take away radio rights. The Cowboys also own their own merchandising rights, unlike other NFL teams.

Other leagues are different. The arrival of the Thunder took Oklahoma out of the Mavericks TV market.