NFL Announces cut back in number of teams

[Hotrod]

Apparently the NFL in a cost cutting move has decided to reduce the total number of NFL franchises. The two teams targeted are the Tampa Bucs and the Green Bay Packers. Sources close to the discussion say its possible the two teams would be merged into one and renamed the Tampacs.

The hold up seems to suround the idea that it would leave the team with out a second string and would only be good for one period.

[bronco militia]

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[Hotrod]

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Dont forget to tip you........you know the rest :)

[bronco militia]

sometimes the worst jokes are the funniest

[bronco militia]

sometimes

ha ha

[worm]

Apparently the NFL in a cost cutting move has decided to reduce the total number of NFL franchises. The two teams targeted are the Tampa Bucs and the Green Bay Packers. Sources close to the discussion say its possible the two teams would be merged into one and renamed the Tampacs.

The hold up seems to suround the idea that it would leave the team with out a second string and would only be good for one period.

Betcha Farve comes back for this!

[Hotrod]

I'll tell you this much its funnier when your drunk

[bronco militia]

the world is a much better place when you're drunk

[Atlas]

wow how old is that joke?

I remember the Broncos losing the superbowls in the 80's and one of the many jokes would be. What do the Denver Broncos and tampons have in common?
A: They are only good for one period and have no second string. ???

[Bob's your Information Minister]

Please just get rid of the Chiefs. I can't take it anymore.

[BroncoBuff]

Well, they do have to make room for the new LA franchise. Today's news:

Roski Plans $800 Million NFL Stadium in Los Angeles
(Update2)

By Daniel Taub

April 17 (Bloomberg) -- Developer Edward P. Roski Jr (http://search.bloomberg.com/search?q=Edward+P.+Roski+Jr&site=wnews&client=wnews&proxystylesheet=wnews&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=p&getfields=wnnis&sort=date:D:S:d1). announced plans to build a new $800 million stadium in Los Angeles to lure a National Football League team to the city.
The arena would be constructed on an almost 600-acre site in the City of Industry and include 75,000 seats and 175 suites, Roski said today in a statement. He said he wants to purchase a team or become a minority owner in one, and won't build until a franchise agrees to move to Los Angeles.

"A Los Angeles NFL team would become a part of the fabric of the community and a source of pride, just as the Lakers are,'' Roski said at a news conference at the Staples Center, the arena he helped build. ``It's time to put the stadium debate behind us.''

Roski, part owner of the city's Lakers basketball and Kings hockey teams and chief executive officer of Majestic Realty Co. (http://www.majesticrealty.com/), has sought to return professional football to Los Angeles for more than a decade. The stadium would be surrounded by an office, shopping and entertainment complex that would include restaurants, a movie theater and a Broadway-style theater.
The stadium site, which Roski controls, is located east of Los Angeles at the junction of the 60 and 57 freeways. Almost 12 million residents live within a 25-mile radius of the site and it's close to a Metrolink public transportation station, Roski said.

Complete City

Los Angeles, the second-largest U.S. city, has been without an NFL team since 1995, when the Raiders (http://www.raiders.com/IntroPage1.aspx) moved back to Oakland, California, after playing at the Coliseum for 13 years, and the Rams left nearby Anaheim for St. Louis.

The new stadium would make Los Angeles a ``complete city,'' Roski, 69, said. It would anchor 2.9 million square feet of commercial space, including 1.5 million square feet of office buildings, 833,000 square feet of retail shops, 162,000 square feet of restaurants, a 5,000-seat live theater, and movie theaters with 1,200 seats. It would be expandable to 80,000 seats for Super Bowl games and could be built in time for the 2011 season, according to the stadium Web site (http://www.losangelesfootballstadium.com/).

"We're aware of it and we will monitor developments,'' Greg Aiello (http://search.bloomberg.com/search?q=Greg+Aiello&site=wnews&client=wnews&proxystylesheet=wnews&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=p&getfields=wnnis&sort=date:D:S:d1), a spokesman for the NFL, said of Roski's plan. Roski said he hasn't talked to any teams. The league's staff has seen the plans, Roski said, and he soon will begin meeting with NFL team owners.

No Relocation Plans

No NFL team has announced plans to relocate. The San Diego Chargers can move after this season if they repay about $60 million in bonds. The New Orleans Saints have an agreement with the state of Louisiana keeping them in the Superdome through 2010. The Minnesota state Senate on April 2 rejected a proposal for a $2 million study on how to replace the Metrodome with a new, publicly subsidized stadium for the Vikings.

The Los Angeles stadium would cost about $400 million less than similar facilities being planned in other cities, and would be developed without public funding, Roski said. The retail component would help pay for the development.

"Because of the unique topography of the site, we were able to design and build a stadium that is actually taking advantage of the topography by building it into a hill,'' Roski said at the press conference. That will save a ``tremendous amount of steel,'' reducing construction costs, he said. Roski said that while he doesn't yet have loans in place for construction of the stadium, such financing should be easy to find even with the turmoil in the credit markets. High- visibility developments such as NFL stadiums always attract financing, he said.

Going It Alone

"These projects have no problem in the capital markets,'' Roski said. Eleven years ago, Roski and billionaire Philip F. Anschutz made an unsuccessful bid to gain an NFL expansion team for the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. He developed the Staples Center arena in downtown Los Angeles with Anschutz. Roski said he's prepared to build the City of Industry stadium on his own.

Roski was ranked No. 195 on last year's Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans, with an estimated net worth of $2.3 billion. His company is a closely held developer of industrial, retail and other commercial properties. It owns, manages and leases about 70 million square feet of space.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aZBjb3iy2awE&refer=us

[theAPAOps5]

Groan

[ColoradoDarin]

Worst.Joke.Ever.

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q227/dhaus5650/cbg.jpg

[gunns]

Betcha Farve comes back for this!

Yeah he'd be the excruciating cramp.

[clint7]

If I had a tomato, I'd throw it, Hotrod! :)