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As a european football (you might call it soccer) fan, this sounds absolutely insane. Having a club move to a different city is a sure way to alienate large par
by thirdsun 8y ago
As a european football (you might call it soccer) fan, this sounds absolutely insane. Having a club move to a different city is a sure way to alienate large parts of the fan base.
- skinnymuch 8y agoMoving to LA has mostly upside though. The city hasn’t had a steady NFL team in a long time and the leading favorite team for locals, the Oakland (aka San Fran area) Raiders are relocating to Vegas themselves so that’ll probably make it easier to get more fans for new LA teams. I’d think it would be profitable or fine enough for any team to move to a top 5-10 non- sports congested metro area in the US. Adjust that amount for other country’s sizes and I’d think it’s the same. Also, what are fans going to do if their only local team that they’ve been long time fans of leaves? It’s hard for many fans to get emotionally invested into another team. And people enjoy being fans of local teams so the new location will bring new fans. Maybe Europe isn’t like that. I personally am not like that, but I’m def not the norm.