As someone who has lived in Salt Lake City my whole life, I think an NFL team would be a massive success. I had a hard time choosing a team as a kid and eventually chose the Ravens due to family ties. Football is huge in Utah and a team would do very well. Only issue is games being on Sunday and some Mormon fans wouldn’t go
The problem isn’t that LA can’t support two NFL teams, it’s that they don’t want to. The fact the Chargers are in third place in that city says everything about the move
@@philderrick9429couldn’t have said it better, even when the rams(who La considers its team) play sf at home, sofi is still completely red, La is massive but it’s obvious they don’t need 2 teams
To add a team to each division for expansion Is exactly what I thought the USFL and XFL positioned themselves for to be grafted into the NFL, which would be perfect.
The USFL and XFL (now merged under the United Football League Banner) are not meant to be part of the NFL. Instead, they act as minor leagues and extended preseasons for the NFL to develop players that have potential but aren’t quite ready for that level of play. It would be better for them to try to match the NFL in terms of the amount if teams instead and focus on affiliation with NFL teams like with what we see in Minor League Baseball, Hockey’s AHL and ECHL, and the NBA’s G-League.
The Jaguars and the Dolphins have no rivalry between each other. We rarely play each other, and I generally go for the Dolphins when they're not playing the Jags, because they and Tampa Bay are also from Florida. The next cities to have a team are more likely to be San Antonio, Austin, Portland, St.Louis again, San Diego again, Omaha, Birmingham and Memphis.
I’m a little disappointed you didn’t chose Toronto as an NFL expansion. I know it’ll never happen because it’ll kill the CFL, but it really does otherwise make sense. Every other pro Toronto team is massively popular with the Blue Jays and Raptors being Canada-wide teams. And Toronto itself had a huge football market with tons of current Bills fans
I news for you a lot of people In Ontario flock to Niagara Falls and Windsor to watch Buffalo and Detroit games and the same in Manitoba for the Vikings and Bc for Seattle. And maybe Quebec fot the Patriots
@@joshuamountz6891 yeah I know, I know a ton of Bills fans from the east, and also basically all of BC are Seahawks fans. That doesn’t mean that a team in Canada wouldn’t convert or create new fans. You can make the same argument for any expansion team “well residents of ‘any NA city’ are already mostly ‘closest geographic team’ fans”
Toronto Argo's are the least supported CFL team, when you trim the fat you won't kill the league. "Oh no our least attended teams attendance is shrinking!" It's a nine team league...that's not a league. And CFL popularity/product is growing stale, that league needs changes. A city of 6.2 million can support an NFL team (valued at multiple billions). An NFL team in Toronto would be instantly worth more than the combined CFL - it's honestly not a comparison. CFL should just focus on competing with the NLL (lacrosse league) and XFL, leagues in the same tier as them. Aaron rogers makes more than the entire CFL rosters combined...so you cannot compare the two.
Buffalo is a 2 hour 47 minute drive (I just googled it) from Toronto. No body 2 hours and 47 minutes to tail gate at Orchard Park. Sure Hamilton, and Niagara are closer to Buffalo. And get some fans. I'd argue there are almost as many Cowboys fans in Toronto as Bills fans. There are TONS of NFL fans, but Torontonians kinda dislike Buffalo....it's like your little brother (from a step dad).
The CFL would stop this from happening in an instant, no US Teams would be allowed to play in Canada. They have the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL. So that would dip into Their profits, will not happen, The CFL has been around since 1909 but officially 1959, still They love Their CFL Teams. It gave the CFL a bad taste in Their mouth when the Baltimore Stallions won the 1995 83rd Grey Cup over the Calgary Stampeders.
As a Raider fan from the East Bay idk about putting a new team here. We still love our Raiders no matter how bad it hurt by them moving AGAIN. I personally would prefer to wait the 20-30 years for the lease in Vegas to expire and have the Raiders move back. We're too passionate about the Raiders to be a fan of a new team that moves to Oakland but I appreciate the love and sympathy for how dirty we got done. I wish we just played at Levi's stadium until we could get a new stadium out here. Just seemed too logical to me
@michaelgandy4684 what would you think about a situation where Oakland got a team and retained the naming rights so they would still be the raiders, and the LV team would choose a new name? Similar to the Charlotte Hornets in the NBA
Prior to the last time the NFL expanded and realigned the divisions. The Colts were in the AFC East with the Jets, Patriots, Bills, Dolphins. (It was a 5 team division back then).
That was also because of where the Colts were before they moved...and the only reason the Ravens are in the AFC North is because of the Browns rivalry...
I'd like to see the Colts in the AFC North, actually. They have history with the Steelers and Browns (since they're the three teams in the AFC that were part of the NFL before the merger) and with the city of Baltimore
I'd like to see the divisions make sense. I would LOVE a league where the California teams were in the same division. The Florida teams were in the same division. The Texas teams were in the same division. The New York teams were in the same division..... Too bad the league makes absolutely no sense. Like some toddler just picked at random. USA-USA!!
@@sampicanowhat makes sense about teams being in the same place being in the same division? How does that “make sense” it doesn’t make sense any more than it does now.
@@MrGoodeats You don't understand geography? Just say that, say "I've never looked at a map before" How else would you organize a league? Geography makes sense....put teams CLOSE TOGETHER who have RIVALRIES and are in the SAME TIME ZONE in the same divisions (anyone, even children understand that) You could make divisions according to COLOR...all the red teams in one division, all the green teams in another....but that would be BRAIN DEAD STUPID, right? That is what a child would do. Or you could make divisions the way they are now....just PURE AMERICAN STUPIDITY. You have 4 California teams? And each division is four teams???? Well split them up! America is number one in smartness! Two teams in Pennsylvania? GOOD SPLIT THEM UP!!!! AMERICA FOR BESTEST! Three teams in Florida? You know the routine, split them UP!!!!!! Gotta have a team from New York, Florida, and California in each division because you don't understand how geography and logistics work.
@@Bradley_Kent But Detroit, Baltimore, Oakland, St.Louis, and New Orleans were all options despite their crime rates. Boy, I would hate to be as stupid as you.
Would LOVE for Portland to have an NFL team but Providence is about 35,000 seats short of the league minimum (60K). If the NFL were to be willing to reduce minimum threshold, then certainly Seattle and Portland would be MUST see TV. They HATE each others sports teams when they have the same sport.
I myself would love to see an NFL team in Oregon. I have always wondered though, if locating the stadium in Salem, 1 hours drive South down interstate 5 (much like the Patriots and 49ers have done in their situations), might be more beneficial to the franchise by centralizing it within a larger population base. The Portland metropolitan area consists of about 2.5 million people. 1 hour to the south of that is the Salem-Keizer Metro area of 225(-ish) thousand, and another hour south is the Eugene-Springfield Metro area with another 225(-ish) thousand. By putting the stadium in the Salem-Keizer area, it would then be situated an hour or less drive from about 3 million people! That seems like a viable market, right?
Oakland won't get any more professional teams until there's a decent stadium and infrastructure. The stadium that the A's and Raiders shared is, to put it bluntly, the worst stadium in professional sports.
A Virginia Beach team would be such a good addition, it would be so close to Norfolk, Newport News, Hampton and Chesapeake, and could probably pull fans from as far as Richmond as well. Could be a huge market, and would finally bring a single major sports franchise to Virginia proper.
These are some good ideas. Another idea to start expansion would be to add four teams in one division, call it the Regional Division, and focus it on markets. Each year two of the teams will contend in the AFC, the other two in the NFC, and the next year they swap. The teams could be: - North Tundra (Montana and the Dakotas) - Western Traverse (Oregon, Idaho, and Wyoming) - Central Plains (Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma) - Southern Gulf (Arkansas, Alabama, and Mississippi) Then you create teams for markets and states that might not support them on their own, and build up fanbases and interest in those areas
As a Utah resident, we could definitely support an NFL team. Yeah Sundays would be an issue for attendance sometimes. I think if more teams are added and scheduling is adjusted something can work out. Utah has also sold out countless Jazz games for years on end for like 20 years. Even in rebuild. The reason the stallions attendance was horrible was because the AAF lasted like a season lol. Hardly anyone knew they existed out here since it was like a feeder league and there was virtually no marketing to it. But those who did loved the team. Attendance was actually growing near the end of the season. Another thing is putting the team in Provo doesn’t make any sense. You’re making the attendance issue worse doing that having them out of the city. So transportation will be highly different with busses, trains and also traffic, plus you’re putting them in a more statistically Mormon area so you’ll probably be making attendance worse. SLC is a more prepared area for big events because they held the Olympics in 2002 so all of those things make the city more viable for a team. Utah has actually prepared an area by the SLC airport that will be used for future stadiums if pro sports leagues do decide to move out here and also more area for the entertainment industry like concerts, restraunts, etc. So I could see more of that area for more pro teams since it will make travel and everything way more viable if teams come to play here.
I commented this elsewhere, but I agree. There’s no need to “get in” with the Mormon market. It really is a non-issue, there are plenty people, religious or not, who will be faithful (like what I did there?) fans of a team was here. Concerts are consistently selling out at the Delta Center, even on Sundays. There’s a lot of recent talk about major league teams making their way here and it’s about time, honestly.
NFL would do fine in Utah. I think just about everyone here wants it. Sundays aren't as big of an issue as people think. There is a large enough non-Mormon population alone to overcome that. The biggest issue is sponsorship money. We already have the Jazz and it looks like an MLB and or NHL team are on the way. I don't know if there is enough money in this market to support all that. But fans won't be a problem. Especially since NFL plays only 9 home games per year.
You should probably change the title to "Where I want the NFL to expand to." A few things: 1. The Chargers, for better or worse, CANNOT leave LA for 20 years. Either San Diego gets a new team, or they wait. 2. Oakland has proven that they are incapable of sustaining teams in ANY league. 3. Texas is the fastest-growing state, with the fastest-growing metropolis (Austin). This state can easily support two more teams, in San Antonio and Austin. 4. St. Louis and Portland make sense. Birmingham is intriguing. Not the biggest market, but it would be the first pro league in the state, and I think football is the one sport that could pull that off there, given the football culture there.
id love to see the nfl come to canada. toronto and montreal would be such a cool expansion, toronto for obvious reasons but montreal fans have a real die hard following for all their sports teams, and with the nfl’s branding ability they could definitely get a really solid fan base in montreal
A great idea I came up with for an 18 game season is to mandate players sit for 4 full halves of games however that can be attained and would add an insane strategy dynamic of when to rest your stars. Players hate having g to play 17 games an I feel this would make owners and players happy
Partely agree, though I think it could happen naturally. The video also mentions having an extra bye week. I think this is an absolutely must. The NFL did it before, but TV networks hated it, and revenue dropped. But in the future NFL will be playing on almost all days of the week (maybe not Saturday, due to college), and I can easily see rest weeks happening around such an expanded schedule.
@@Z64sports given the NFL's increasing focus on doing international games, I feel the natural conclusion that we're headed toward is every team doing 1 game abroad per year. This would make 8 at home, 8 away, 1 international game for a neutral site.
@Z64sports , the big reason players don't want an 18-game season with only one bye week is because of the strain football causes on the body. A second bye week for an 18-game season would be an absolute must. But I do like the idea of a neutral site game.
@@Z64sportsI thought this would make sense when the 17 game season was introduced, and tbh as a European NFL fan I think 16 overseas games each season would probably be more feasible than a London or MX team
San Diego has built a new stadium. Expandable to 75,000 No new division per conference is needed. Make it 20 regular season with 2 by weeks. Austin won't work due to Texas Longhorns. Birmingham built a new stadium 2 years ago. 72,000 seats I think.
The problem with 20 weeks is injuries. At this number of games, you could find a team where half the starting QBs at the beginning of the season, are injured and out come playoff time. And not just QBs, obviously. Granted, you would have to expand rosters to 60 players, plus double the practice squads. But this doesn't solve the problem of deep talent. Does anyone want to see a playoff game between the Chargers and Bengals, where Easton Stick battles Trevor Simeon...because both teams starters got hurt?
San Antonio-Austin is the single best market in the world for an NFL team lol...like sorry the Texas Longhorns exist....but a $4 billion dollar NFL team is worth more
@@PhilAndersonOutside You don’t want to see anyone get injured, but look at the league this year. They have started over 55 QBs due to injury and people still watch.
As a texan fan, if theres a team going to san antonio and okc i wouldnt mind seeing the afc south be houston, dallas, san antonio, okc, and kc. Keeps everything close and the rivalries between the 3 tx teams would get heated as well as kc, okc, and dallas. Keeps the travel to a minimum. Id like to see the whole league go to more of a true regional divisions vs how spread it is now
Living in the Northwest, its always frustrating having literally everyone in the country ignore us. The hawks are the only reason anyone's ever heard of us. We might as well be Alaska.
The Virginia Beach area would be a killer spot for a new team. It’s a huge population center with Norfolk, Newport News, Hampton, and Chesapeake all within ~30 minutes, and they’d probably pull fans from as far a Richmond as well. Plus Virginia technically has no major sports franchises in the state, so the citizens would probably be elated to finally get one.
From that area and it's been begging for a professional sports team for near 30 years. And as far as football goes it would fit geographically with the AFC north, the afc south, the nfc east or nfc south. Combined with the initiative that has been proposed to incorporate the "7 cities"(Newport News, Hampton, Norfolk, va beach, portsmouth, suffolk, and Chesapeake) into a larger city called Hampton Roads (kinda like Los Angeles is).... it's an area perfectly suited for an expansion in any professional sports market.
Eastern Ontario is mostly Bills country, with a few Lions fans, mostly in Windsor. Toronto is mainly a Bills City, so I really don’t see the fans there converting.
Portland, Oregon - The metro area has 2,511,612 (2020) people. Oregon Ducks are 4th in PAC 12 attendance (49,468). And the city only has one Big Four team (NBA), so the market is untapped. They would have a logical rival with the Seattle Seahawks - the battle of the Pacific Northwest would be crazy exciting! St. Louis, Missouri - The metro area has 2,809,299 (2020) people. St. Louis Battlehawks are the highest attended XFL team (35,104). And the city only has two Big Four teams (NHL, and MLB), so the market is under saturated. They would have a logical rivalry with the Kansas City Chiefs, and the battle of Missouri can come back to the NFL. In 2015 the St. Louis Rams came up with a viable stadium plan to keep the team, but the owners approved relocation to Los Angeles, despite fan protests. San Diego, California - The metro area has 3,276,208 (2020) people, making San Diego the second largest market in the United States without an NFL team. San Diego is also across the border from Tijuana, Mexico, and Tijuana has a population of 2,157,853 (2020) people. And there is no NFL to represent Southern California-Mexican border anymore. If the NFL wants to expand into the Mexican market, San Diego is 30% latino, so this might be an option to grow the sport with Mexican fans, and it would give the 3.2 Million people in San Diego their team back. There would be natural rivalries with the Los Angeles Rams, and especially with the Los Angeles Chargers. San Antonio, Texas or Austin, Texas - The San Antonio metro area is 2,601,788 (2020) and the Austin metro area is 2,421,115 (2020). This is football country. San Antonio is the largest market in the United States without an NFL, and it's only 1 hour and 30 minutes to Austin, Texas (the third largest market in the United States without an NFL team). This area is a no brainer. San Antonio has one Big Four team (NBA) and Austin has zero Big Four teams. This is the most under utilized market available to the NFL. University of Texas in Austin averages (91,938) per game, while Texas A&M (half way between Austin and Houston) averages (98,407) per game. This team would would have rivalries with the Dallas Cowboys and with the Houston Texans to determine who is the best football team in all of Texas. Toronto, Ontario - The metro area has 6,202,225 (2020) people, that's 1,179,322 more people than San Antonio and Austin combined. Toronto is the largest market in Canada, or the US without an NFL team. Canada invented football in 1861, so they have a history. Toronto has great NFL TV ratings (4th in North America; Toronto-Hamilton 8.3 million viewers). Plus Toronto already has a team in the MLB, MLS, NHL and NBA. It has 6.2 Million people (2021) just waiting for a team. And it would have geographic rivals with the Buffalo Bills and the Detroit Lions.
@@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control It took me a minute to understand. Toronto has big 3 - Leafs, Raptors, Jays and 6.2 million people (Buffalo is only 1.1 million people by comparison). Toronto (and maybe San Antonio/Austin) are the best locations for the NFL to expand.
Yeah there's not even close to enough talent for 8 teams. Some positions are a little slim even for adding two teams but adding two would probably be fine. Adding 2 starting QBs and 2-4 more backups would press some of the better backup QBs into starting roles. Could help add value to the running back position since there is excess talent at the position, there would be 6 more RBs on rosters which could help better ones stand out, oline and defensive talent would get stretched further resulting in the RB having a greater effect on the success of run plays as opposed to now where blocking outcomes are much more important. Cornerback and pass rushing talent would be stretched which could result in lesser QBs having better outcomes which may actually improve the competitiveness of the league.
Haven't some of the rules the league has instituted within the last few years already negated the fact that you need a lot of talent in many of the positions?
Frankly, Chargers to Ciudad de Mexico makes more sense than Chargers to San Diego. Honestly tho, they deserve contraction. The difference between Spanos and Thanos? Thanos only wanted to kill half the Chargers fan base, Spanos wanted to kill all of it. Also, in the end, Thanos failed, and Spanos did not 😂 Also, Oakland does not deserve to have nice things
Here are my top 10 relocation cities and team names: 1. San Antonio Spartans (my personal favorite) 2. OKC Rattlers 3. Salt Lake City Badgers 4. San Diego Fleet (AAF rights purchased) 5. St. Louis Bulldawgs 6. Orlando Apollos (AAF rights purchased) 7. Portland Mountain Lions 8. Birmingham Iron (AAF rights purchased) 9. Oakland Gladiators 10. Sacramento Condors (Madden NFL expansion rights)
As a lifelong San Antonio resident and Cowboys fan, i would 100% ditch the Cowboys for the Brahmas. The Cowboys have had their chances for the last 2 decades and im ready to cheer for winners.
I believe that Birmingham, Memphis and Omaha would be great additions to the NFL, as Tram locations. Zero Trams near Alabama and They could play at the University of Alabama until Their stadium was built, or work it out. Memphis would be a shoe in, but since they’ve got the Nashville Tennessee Titans, it might not happen. Omaha, Nebraska is a great choice because of the Fan base for Football and they could use the University of Omaha stadium, just work it out. The 2 nearest Teams a in that area is Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs, that’s a huge gap. In Omaha the Fans would fill the seats in the Stadium.
If the league expands again it will test international markets and put at least 1 team in Canada and 1 team in Mexico City. With that said I do not think the league expands again any time soon, I think they will first try to create a true minor league system by supporting and funding either the Spring League or the proposed new D1 Subdivision.
NFL cannot expand into Canada, the Bills Toronto Series is the closest the NFL will get. The WFL tried in the mid 1970s and Parliament came close to passing a law granting the CFL a monopoly. (Canadian Football Act 1974). The original USFL thought about it in 1983 and immediately Canadian MPs threatened to reintroduce the act.
I like the idea of the XFL and the USFL doing a merger of sorts and a small expansion to some cities that could use a NFL team but may be to lacking in enough support for a full on NFL expansion to them. I don't feel there is enough talent of the caliber the NFL requires and these smaller markets could field capable teams for XFL/USFL play. America could sure use a spring league that is viable and could stick around.
I don't think the XFL and USFL need to merge. They are both minor leagues, and so far able to turn a profit as the are. What I would however like to see, is one week of each season be an "inter-league" game. Say, the St. Louis Battlehawks vs. the Birmingham Stallions. I think this would generate huge interest, and a lot more fans than what either are getting now. Yes, I know, different rules, and the leagues don't overlap that much. But this would not be hard to overcome with future planning.
Keep the NFL at 32 teams. Have an 8-team minor league. To oppose tanking, have a Tank Bowl during the bye between the Super Bowl and the Conference Championships. The winner gets the #1 draft pick, while the loser gets relegated into the minor league, where its champion gets the #2 draft pick. This may cause teams to switch divisions but it will be for the best.
Ideally I'd like to see NFL Europe come back and a few inter-league games a year. But I'm skeptical that there's enough talent around to make that a reality.
Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, SA/Austin, Louisville, Portland, St Louis, and San Diego. One team added to each division. 20 Regular season games. 16 playoff teams. No preseason. 2 bye weeks. 10 division games. 5 games against a rotating division in the conference. 5 in a rotating division out of conference. My final controversial rule: Players are only allowed to play in 16 games total with the exception of Kicker and Punter. They get paid the same money as they do now. The additional revenue goes to an expanded roster of 67 players. Teams must strategically choose when to bench starters.
I think some of the easiest options that get overlooked are teams in Canada. You could pretty easily justify putting a team in both Toronto and Vancouver, and even potentially some other cities. Assuming that the Vancouver team is placed in a western division, and the Toronto one in the north, travel times shouldn't be that much worse than some teams already experience.
@@Orto4956 I can say the same thing about any other teams with possible expansion areas. Adding teams to the league means you are going to get people to switch allegiances. The best way to do that is probably having Canadian teams, it would add a sense of patriotism for people to support them.
The Dolphins originally were suppose to be moved into the AFC South along with the Titans, Jags and Texans. That was the original plan by the NFL. But the owner of the Miami Dolphins at the time, Wayne Huizenga, wanted Miami to keep its traditional rivaly between the Bills and Jets going, so the NFL gave in to his command and put the Dolphins in the AFC East and Indy in the AFC South. It makes soooo much more sense to put Indy in the East and Miami in the South, I agree, but I also agree with not giving up the Jets and Bills rivalry. Im a Dolphins fan, so I know this, but ive always said the Dolphins would of done a lot better in the last 20 years if they were in the AFC South. Think about the AFC East in the last 20 years, just being dominated by Brady and the Patriots, sure Miami beat the Pats more than any other AFC East team, but they still beat us more than we beat them. Look at the AFC South the last 20 years, during that stretch the Dolphins could of won that division more times the the amount of times they won the AFC East in the last 20 years. Neither the Jags, Titans or Texans have been as truly dominant as the Pats have in the last 20 years, just saying the AFC South has been a lot more wide open than the AFC East has been, giving the possibility that Miami could of won that division more times than they won the AFC East, which has been like once in the last 20 years.
Honestly I think Dallas was supposed to be in the nfc south but Jerry Jones cited the same reasons as Miami not wanting to give up the rivalries with the Giants, Eagles and Commanders/Redskins
My takes would be Austin or San Antonio, Portland, or back to St. Louis. Maybe add teams in Toronto or Montreal or Vancouver since they’re so popular there anyway.
I became a chargers fan when they moved to LA but I work in San Diego once a week so I’m still in favor of moving them back down. Look at the padres attendance this year! They can definitely support another pro team
Columbus (Ohio) Explorers, Oakland Invaders, Oklahoma City 89ers, Portland Lumberjacks, St. Louis Crusaders, San Antonio Sheriffs, San Diego Dons, Utah Ultrasonics.
One thing I'll say about a Portland team (which, imo, is one of the most compelling) is that the colour needs to be Green. The ducks and the timbers (who theyd share a stadium with) are both green, and I think the "breakers" branding just didn't hit. I'd go for the Portland Lumberjacks, or Bigfoots, or Mountainmen, or something like that. I'd go green and orangey-brown (thus a homage to both the Ducks and the Beavers, as well as staying similar in colour scheme to the timbers.
The only reason the Rams failed in St. Louis is because Stan Kroenke wanted them to fail. The city would have no problem supporting a team that cares about the city.
I hate to tell you this Baltimore is closer to Pittsburgh than Indianapolis is. Baltimore is 244.4 Miles from Pittsburgh vs 359.4 miles from Pittsburgh to Indy. But the 2 Ohio based teams the Bengals and Browns are closer to Indy than Baltimore and Pittsburgh are. Plus Ravens and Steelers have one of the best rivalries in the NFL with the Ravens so the NFL wouldn't want to break that up. Plus all 4 teams have rivalries with each other too. Also Indy has already established their rivalries with the AFC South teams already.
I'm disappointed you didn't discuss the opportunities globally. The fact that international games are quite successful tends to lead to the obvious conclusion that it will happen at some time. This will be good to put American Football on an international stage and if spread out evenly will even out the possible impact of time zone differentials.
Great video! I strongly agree with you on Portland and Oklahoma City. Great choices. I think Albuquerque could get behind a football team. I've lived there twice and people are either Bronco, Cowboy, or Steeler fan. I think having San Antonio be in a different conference than the Cowboys would make for an interesting rivalry.
I found it interesting that you didn’t put a team in Columbus because you said it was too close to the Bengals. As a person that lives in Columbus, I see a more people rooting for the Browns than the Bengals, so I’d say a Columbus team would interfere more with Cleveland’s market oddly enough.
I have an issue with having more than two teams in any state. I realize that Florida, New York and California are big states, but three is too many. I wouldn't be happy with an additional team in Texas for the same reason as they already have two teams.
my bet is the next 4 expansion cities are primarily international: London, Frankfurt, Mexico City, and in the US, San Antonio. If you want to go to 40, it's St. Louis, Oklahoma City, San Diego, and likely Amsterdam or another northern European city.
Big fan of the idea of a NFL team in OKC as someone from Oklahoma born and raised there is a ton of football support, with people usually opting for the Chiefs so having our own team would give us some individuality and some maybe rivalry with Dallas? Idk but it would be cool
They should add nfc central and afc central, 8 new teams: NFC Central: Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, and Bismark. AFC Central: Louisiana, Oklahoma, Little Rock, and Wyoming. anyone else agree?
AFC East... Toronto, built in rivalry with Buffalo plus Boston and New York. Then I would put the Portland team in Vancouver. Still get the Seattle rivalry and a bigger city + venue
I’m working off your idea but you didn’t give all them names 1. St Louis Battle Hawks 2. Oakland Invaders 3. San Antonio Cannons (the helmet should be the come and take it flag) 4. Birmingham Iron (I’m good with brining them up, but let’s go back to Iron) 5. Memphis Hound Dogs 6. Oklahoma City Twisters 7. Portland Breakers 8. Utah Pioneers. I’m good with the Chargers moving back but we should just call them the So Cal Chargers so we don’t need to change their name regardless where they’re at.
Teams have to play too many games in a season which is why a significant percentage of teams are playing backup QBs. Injuries play too much of a factor in recent years. Years ago it was only a 12 game season. I think the league should keep the current 18 week season but give each team 3 bye weeks so each team plays 15 games.
I feel St. Louis should get a team first after having lost two in the past. Also I think Oakland should get one next. Any other cities that lost teams should have first consideration. Those cities were devastated emotionally and financially by losing their teams.
St Louis is a pretty great sports city. They’ve had two awful, saboteurs as NFL owners…but the Cardinals, Blues, and City SC (and StL FC before them) are all very well supported relative to their leagues. The problem with St.Louis is that it’s a dying city. And downtown somehow isn’t yet bad enough to convince the suburban folks that are afraid to go into downtown for more than two blocks around the stadiums and arenas that they need to fix the city/county problem that they need to fix before it can actually get sustainably better. The *last* thing St. Louis needs to spend money on is another goddamned NFL team, but that has nothing to do with it being a bad fanbase or sports city and everything to do with the fact that it’s a broken city in need of heavy investment in far more worthwhile things than a football team.
I would love the Jets back into Queens and have a new team share MetLife with the Giants, but the new team is nominally a New Jersey team, like how the New Jersey Devils are in the NYC market but still represent all of NJ
Cities I would personally pick, no particular order Toronto Albuquerque El Paso Memphis Oklahoma City Birmingham Portland St Louis Honorable mentions for me would be Lexington Omaha San Antonio
If you're going to do an 8-team expansion without going overseas. You definitely need a few teams outside the US I think. Oklahoma/Texas area being over-saturated with teams is not a good idea. (5 teams if you count the Saints in Louisiana) I do love moving the Chargers back to San Diego, they never should've left. No new team in Oakland though, they did that to themselves honestly. You keep Miami and Indy in the AFC East and South respectively NFC East - Toronto. You need to get into Canada with at least one team. And having a natural rivalry with NYC and Toronto (NHL O6 rival) could be something big NFC North - I do love the idea of having St Louis getting a new expansion NFC South - Putting a team in AL does make sense because of fans passion, but geographically, it doesn't, you're in the middle of 4 teams geographically (Atlanta, Jacksonville, Tennessee, New Orleans). If you put any team in the NFC South, it should be somewhere like Memphis (yes, I know, just stated that exact argument against Birmingham, AL, but Memphis is a much bigger city) NFC West - Portland geographically makes perfect sense, you could also put a team in Salt Lake City as mentioned in your video AFC East - hear me out on this one, this is to build an I-95 division basically (pretty much what the AFC East is outside Buffalo), Savannah, GA or Charleston, SC. Either team could be the natural rival to the NFC team in that state (Falcons for GA, Panthers in NC) AFC North - another team in Canada, Calgary or Winnipeg would make the most sense geographically as they have the population centers. Probably Winnipeg as it is closer geographically to the other 4 teams AFC South - Mexico City. Nothing else needs to be said. AFC West - There are a couple of options here. If you go with Salt Lake in the NFC West, Portland as a Conference-regional rival with Seattle makes perfect sense, as Seattle originally was an AFC West team. You could also go the international route and have a Border War Battle and put a 3rd team in Canada with a team in Vancouver
What about The Queen City (Bernalillo, New Mexico) All-Americans? I remember hearing stories about the Queen City (Buffalo, New York) All-Americans moving towards there. But I have yet to actually hear of that news being confirmed. To be fair, if you grew up in the 1920s, you probably might know what I’m talking about. The only reason why *I know* about the Queen City (Buffalo, New York) All-Americans, is because I went to a really good college, The University of Florida Gators 🐊, that taught me about that Defunct NFL team.
If there ever happened to be a team in Omaha be fitting that Peyton Manning would own the team Edit: Also as a Raider fan living in the Bay area, if the NFL ever returned to Oakland I would ditch the Raiders to become a fan of the new Oakland team. I'm sure Ownership will get this team competing for the Raiders ever will again.
Here's a proposal of mine. I welcome feedback AFC North Baltimore Cleveland Cincinnati Pittsburgh Toronto South Houston Jacksonville Memphis Miami Nashville (rename the Titans Nashville) East Buffalo Hartford Indianapolis New England NY Jets West Denver Kansas City Las Vegas Oakland San Diego (Chargers) NFC North Chicago Detroit Green Bay Minnesota St Louis South Atlanta Birmingham Dallas New Orleans Tampa Bay East Carolina Montreal NY Giants Philadelphia Washington West Arizona Los Angeles Portland San Francisco Seattle
Not bad, I question if Hartford could support a team and not just the patriots, with this proposal I might put Toronto in the AFC east to be natural rivals with the Bills then montreal in the north
Good Video: Here is another consideration - NFL EXPANSION San Diego - NFC West Birmingham - NFC South St. louis - NFC North San Antonio - NFC East Oakland - AFC West Memphis - AFC South Louisville - AFC North Toronto - AFC East AFC East - New York, New England, Buffalo, Miami, Toronto (Stadium along lake) North - Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Louisville Stadium along Ohio River) South - Indianapolis, Tennessee, Jacksonville, Houston, Memphis (stadium on MS side) West - Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Denver, Kansas City, Oakland (Hughes Center) NFC East - New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Dallas, San Antonio (Alamodome) North - Chicago, Detroit Minnesota, Green Bay, St. louis (Enterprise Stadium along river) South - New Orleans, Atlanta, Tampa, Carolina, Birmingham (Near Gadsden and Lake) West - Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Arizona, San Diego (Near downtown!!!!)
What about adding some foreign teams like Toronto and Vancouver? Both have decent stadiums already and large populations. Or maybe even London, UK? I think it would be a logistical nightmare, but any team moving to London would be popular
@@zekeonstormpeak4186Then how do you explain the Toronto Blue Jays. I’d argue baseball is more historically and culturally considered “Americas sport” yet one of the biggest franchises is in Canada. It’ll never happen, but a team in Toronto would easily do 10 times better than a team in some shit city like San Diego, Orlando, St Louis or Sacramento
@@zekeonstormpeak4186 "football is an American sport" Well, Canada invented football you dumb dumb. 1861. Toronto. "The earliest recorded instance of gridiron football occurred at University of Toronto's University College in November 1861" Wasn't dumb Texans. They invent barbeque sauces.
I don’t know…4 teams in Cali? And adding teams to states that already have teams? I’d love to see the Chargers back in San Diego. And I’d love to see the USFL and XFL get absorbed by the NFL. I think a team in Alabama could produce a good rivalry with the Falcons in Georgia given that the two states biggest college football programs, the Crimson Tide and the Bulldogs respectively. But the NFL mainly needs to expand to new states and particularly to the Midwest. and I just…I feel like the NFL should focus on expanding elsewhere in the US.
I like the expansion to 40. 18 games season, 2 bye weeks. 20 weeks total. But I'd include international teams over some of those cities. Mexico into nfc south. Toronto into nfc north London into nfc east. Germany into afc east. Portland into nfc west. Oklahoma into afc west. St. Louis into afc north Alabama into afc south
I like all the ideas, but one suggestion, a Toronto team should absolutely be in the AFC East, cause a lot of people in south Ontario are Bills fans and the FUCKIN’ HATE the patriots already. So this would create two instant rivalries, with the new Toronto fans vs the Toronto Mafia and Toronto V New England.
Hell no to all international teams that add timezones not already part of the schedule. Ya, I k know, NFL plays games in Europe and elsewhere and I hate every second of it.
I've actually said, ever since the Raiders moved to Vegas that they should drop the name Raiders and give it back to the state of California, if not the city of Oakland specifically.(side note: I've been a Kansas City Chiefs fan since 1992, so that rivalry is big for me.) if that happens, what do you think the Vegas team should be re-named?
Battlehawks - Corny Name Oakland Invaders - ok, but Mark Davis will fight hard against, they were USFL not XFL. Birmingham, Portland - 👍🏽 SLC - whats the beer/alcohol policy at the stadium?
I feel like Albuquerque gets overlooked a lot in these types of discussions. An NFL team would do very well there, but they would have to build a new stadium
In the USA..I think San Diego & St Louis should get their NFL teams back..But the dam greedy former owners got in the way...Mayb Portland OR..or Salt Lake City..I mightv said San Antonio TX (but they hav trouble supportng an USFL team..2x now)..DAL Cowboys are the kings Texas..It’s a shame the Oilers left for NSH..Those “Luv Ya Blue” Earl Campbell late 70s & Warren Moon in early 90s teams were dam good..The Texans are re-buildng..yet again..Im a fan of the international NFL games..in London..Frankfurt/Berlin..Mexico City.. They did a few games in the Tokyo Dome in Japan in the 90s...I mean, Y call a NFL team “World Champs”..when they didnt even play or beat anybody from overseas ? That was always a pet peeve of mine..If the BFLO Bills or KC Chiefs beat the London Regals 👑or Tokyo Dragons 🐉 in the Super Bowl.. or evn durng the season..Then yes..U can then call yourselvs “World Champs”...Yes the timezone & logistics would be a pain in the ass..U already hav to get up at 9am to watch a game in London..Probably 7-8am for a Berlin game...But if its “our team”..We’ll set our alarm clocks ⏰ to be up in time to watch the game...I wish the Olympics would drop ballroom dancing or bad-minton or synchronized swimming..& replace them with Amer football (U get 4 yrs for coaches to learn the game/gameplan..rules & train your athletes/playrs)..Love for NFL football to catch on globally..Like FIFA & The World Cup soccer is now
San Antonio only had one USFL team, the Gunslingers. The owner was a crook, the franchise was mismanaged, and they played in a high school stadium that couldn't sell beer. San Antonio has consistently pulled 15k (average) for minor league ball. Put an NFL team here and they'll draw 60k... the prestige is what will draw... and the fact that NFL owners will be vetted to afford a team and committed to the franchise... and the league won't be at risk of folding between seasons. It's hard to be a fan of a new team when you never know if it'll be there next year.
San Antonio has been involved in 28 minor league teams, therefore, there's a burnout on these minor leagues that go bankrupt, why support them. We want the REAL NFL, when the Saints came to San Antonio when hurricane Katrina hit, the Saints game in SA sold out in a matter of minutes filling up the 65000 seat Alamodome!
I could see Salt Lake getting a team but let them play in Salt Lake instead of Provo. It wouldn't work very well in Provo because of the people would attend the church services before any games, Check out how many games the Jazz play on Sunday at home. Thanks for thinking of Utah having a team, if they did, I'd suggest the Rocky Mountain Battalion.
That is an excellent point, it would be a good idea to get the BYU fans onboard as part of the marketing. I lived in SLC when the Stallions were there for like 2 weeks. The team wasn't really on anyone's radar, but UofU as well has a professional atmosphere.
I've lived in Salt Lake City since 2019. It's becoming more and more crowded. We definitely can have an NFL team here. But I also hope the Chargers go back to San Diego.
As someone who has lived in Salt Lake City my whole life, I think an NFL team would be a massive success. I had a hard time choosing a team as a kid and eventually chose the Ravens due to family ties. Football is huge in Utah and a team would do very well. Only issue is games being on Sunday and some Mormon fans wouldn’t go
Good thing mormonism is a cult. Football would bring people out of that. It's too big of a market to miss out on
lol that's a major issue cause how is the league supposed to make money
Salt Lake Stallions did really well for the AAF, I can absolutely see it
Ya I genuinely can’t see that happening. Not enough people of money and then a lot of Mormons that wouldn’t support too
@@marcobazan4187 Nah there’s plenty of money in the Salt Lake area. The Cities GDP is greater than Jacksonville.
The problem isn’t that LA can’t support two NFL teams, it’s that they don’t want to. The fact the Chargers are in third place in that city says everything about the move
They should ship the Chargers either back to San Diego, or just send them to Utah.
@@philderrick9429couldn’t have said it better, even when the rams(who La considers its team) play sf at home, sofi is still completely red, La is massive but it’s obvious they don’t need 2 teams
@@philderrick9429Sacramento
@@philderrick9429 that is a good idea. The Utah Chargers I guess would be a good name.
And hell LA's team isn't even the #1 team in that city, the Raiders are. The Raiders should've been the ones to move to LA.
To add a team to each division for expansion Is exactly what I thought the USFL and XFL positioned themselves for to be grafted into the NFL, which would be perfect.
7:33 The original Showboats
Dude Id love it if those teams just joined the NFL
@@michaelcorbalis9860Nah spring football is great to fill the gap… plus then I can cheer for a team other than the Panthers 😭
They need two divisions and have promotion and relegation.
The USFL and XFL (now merged under the United Football League Banner) are not meant to be part of the NFL. Instead, they act as minor leagues and extended preseasons for the NFL to develop players that have potential but aren’t quite ready for that level of play. It would be better for them to try to match the NFL in terms of the amount if teams instead and focus on affiliation with NFL teams like with what we see in Minor League Baseball, Hockey’s AHL and ECHL, and the NBA’s G-League.
The Jaguars and the Dolphins have no rivalry between each other. We rarely play each other, and I generally go for the Dolphins when they're not playing the Jags, because they and Tampa Bay are also from Florida.
The next cities to have a team are more likely to be San Antonio, Austin, Portland, St.Louis again, San Diego again, Omaha, Birmingham and Memphis.
@T0chback Titans are in Nashville.
Yeah as a dolphins fan I support the other Florida teams
titnans are called the Tennessee titans lol not the Nashville Titans why would Tennessee need more than one team?@@itzamia
San Diego
@@noahgolden6258 Because the Titans are located in Nashville, not Memphis as the other person was suggesting.
I’m a little disappointed you didn’t chose Toronto as an NFL expansion.
I know it’ll never happen because it’ll kill the CFL, but it really does otherwise make sense. Every other pro Toronto team is massively popular with the Blue Jays and Raptors being Canada-wide teams. And Toronto itself had a huge football market with tons of current Bills fans
I news for you a lot of people In Ontario flock to Niagara Falls and Windsor to watch Buffalo and Detroit games and the same in Manitoba for the Vikings and Bc for Seattle. And maybe Quebec fot the Patriots
@@joshuamountz6891 yeah I know, I know a ton of Bills fans from the east, and also basically all of BC are Seahawks fans.
That doesn’t mean that a team in Canada wouldn’t convert or create new fans. You can make the same argument for any expansion team “well residents of ‘any NA city’ are already mostly ‘closest geographic team’ fans”
Toronto Argo's are the least supported CFL team, when you trim the fat you won't kill the league. "Oh no our least attended teams attendance is shrinking!"
It's a nine team league...that's not a league.
And CFL popularity/product is growing stale, that league needs changes. A city of 6.2 million can support an NFL team (valued at multiple billions). An NFL team in Toronto would be instantly worth more than the combined CFL - it's honestly not a comparison. CFL should just focus on competing with the NLL (lacrosse league) and XFL, leagues in the same tier as them.
Aaron rogers makes more than the entire CFL rosters combined...so you cannot compare the two.
Buffalo is a 2 hour 47 minute drive (I just googled it) from Toronto. No body 2 hours and 47 minutes to tail gate at Orchard Park.
Sure Hamilton, and Niagara are closer to Buffalo. And get some fans.
I'd argue there are almost as many Cowboys fans in Toronto as Bills fans. There are TONS of NFL fans, but Torontonians kinda dislike Buffalo....it's like your little brother (from a step dad).
The CFL would stop this from happening in an instant, no US Teams would be allowed to play in Canada. They have the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL. So that would dip into Their profits, will not happen, The CFL has been around since 1909 but officially 1959, still They love Their CFL Teams. It gave the CFL a bad taste in Their mouth when the Baltimore Stallions won the 1995 83rd Grey Cup over the Calgary Stampeders.
As a Raider fan from the East Bay idk about putting a new team here. We still love our Raiders no matter how bad it hurt by them moving AGAIN. I personally would prefer to wait the 20-30 years for the lease in Vegas to expire and have the Raiders move back. We're too passionate about the Raiders to be a fan of a new team that moves to Oakland but I appreciate the love and sympathy for how dirty we got done. I wish we just played at Levi's stadium until we could get a new stadium out here. Just seemed too logical to me
Lol nah we didn’t want y’all hater fans playing in our stadium we ran those girls out the bay 💯
Who wants to wait 20-30 years for anything other than a retirement fund?
just win baby!😂
Sacramento probably should get a shot before a team goes back to Oakland
@michaelgandy4684 what would you think about a situation where Oakland got a team and retained the naming rights so they would still be the raiders, and the LV team would choose a new name? Similar to the Charlotte Hornets in the NBA
Prior to the last time the NFL expanded and realigned the divisions. The Colts were in the AFC East with the Jets, Patriots, Bills, Dolphins. (It was a 5 team division back then).
That was also because of where the Colts were before they moved...and the only reason the Ravens are in the AFC North is because of the Browns rivalry...
I'd like to see the Colts in the AFC North, actually. They have history with the Steelers and Browns (since they're the three teams in the AFC that were part of the NFL before the merger) and with the city of Baltimore
I'd like to see the divisions make sense.
I would LOVE a league where the California teams were in the same division.
The Florida teams were in the same division.
The Texas teams were in the same division.
The New York teams were in the same division.....
Too bad the league makes absolutely no sense. Like some toddler just picked at random. USA-USA!!
@@sampicanowhat makes sense about teams being in the same place being in the same division? How does that “make sense” it doesn’t make sense any more than it does now.
@@MrGoodeats You don't understand geography? Just say that, say "I've never looked at a map before"
How else would you organize a league?
Geography makes sense....put teams CLOSE TOGETHER who have RIVALRIES and are in the SAME TIME ZONE in the same divisions (anyone, even children understand that)
You could make divisions according to COLOR...all the red teams in one division, all the green teams in another....but that would be BRAIN DEAD STUPID, right? That is what a child would do.
Or you could make divisions the way they are now....just PURE AMERICAN STUPIDITY.
You have 4 California teams? And each division is four teams???? Well split them up! America is number one in smartness!
Two teams in Pennsylvania? GOOD SPLIT THEM UP!!!! AMERICA FOR BESTEST!
Three teams in Florida? You know the routine, split them UP!!!!!!
Gotta have a team from New York, Florida, and California in each division because you don't understand how geography and logistics work.
As a Titans fan living in North AL, it would be cool for Memphis and Birmingham to have teams.
Maybe Huntsville but that's Titans territory
As a Memphian I love this option we love football and dont want to travel 3hours to support a pro team. The Showboats get alot of support.
St.louis first cause were nfl ready and were a real sports city .
There will never be an NFL team in Memphis. Too much crime.
@@Bradley_Kent But Detroit, Baltimore, Oakland, St.Louis, and New Orleans were all options despite their crime rates.
Boy, I would hate to be as stupid as you.
I think a Breakers-Seahawks rivalry would be great because of the Sounders-Timbers rivalry and Huskies-Ducks rivalry
Would LOVE for Portland to have an NFL team but Providence is about 35,000 seats short of the league minimum (60K). If the NFL were to be willing to reduce minimum threshold, then certainly Seattle and Portland would be MUST see TV. They HATE each others sports teams when they have the same sport.
If they build it, they will come...
The Chargers played two seasons at the LA Galaxy's stadium Dignity Health which is the same size as the Timburps (not a mistake hehe...) stadium.
I myself would love to see an NFL team in Oregon. I have always wondered though, if locating the stadium in Salem, 1 hours drive South down interstate 5 (much like the Patriots and 49ers have done in their situations), might be more beneficial to the franchise by centralizing it within a larger population base. The Portland metropolitan area consists of about 2.5 million people. 1 hour to the south of that is the Salem-Keizer Metro area of 225(-ish) thousand, and another hour south is the Eugene-Springfield Metro area with another 225(-ish) thousand. By putting the stadium in the Salem-Keizer area, it would then be situated an hour or less drive from about 3 million people! That seems like a viable market, right?
@@joshuagpeterson Not a bad idea, but where in Salem-Keizer is there land for an NFL-caliber stadium?
As a Seahawks fan
A Portland vs Seattle Rivalry would be dope 🔥🔥🔥
As a Canadian i pray every year that the NFL expands into Canada and puts an end to the joke of the league that is the CFL
I think it would be really cool to have a team called the “Albuquerque Vipers”
i don’t think abq is big enough
“New Mexico Vipers”
New Mexicans would be the most loyal fan base in the NFL
I wish there was a team here but we don’t got the economy for it
Truth or Consequences Conquistadors.
Lake Havasu City Seventy-Sixers.
The NFL should put Teams in St.louis, San Antonio, San Diego, Oakland, Salt Lake Utah, Birmingham, Virginia Beach, Raleigh, NC, Orlando, Hartford CT,
Agree!
Oakland won't get any more professional teams until there's a decent stadium and infrastructure. The stadium that the A's and Raiders shared is, to put it bluntly, the worst stadium in professional sports.
A Virginia Beach team would be such a good addition, it would be so close to Norfolk, Newport News, Hampton and Chesapeake, and could probably pull fans from as far as Richmond as well. Could be a huge market, and would finally bring a single major sports franchise to Virginia proper.
Bro really said Hartford Connecticut instead of Portland and there is also the panthers for NC
El paso!! (I live here and its so fucking boring lmao) jk we'd probably be the saddest excuse of a city for a nfl team
These are some good ideas. Another idea to start expansion would be to add four teams in one division, call it the Regional Division, and focus it on markets. Each year two of the teams will contend in the AFC, the other two in the NFC, and the next year they swap. The teams could be:
- North Tundra (Montana and the Dakotas)
- Western Traverse (Oregon, Idaho, and Wyoming)
- Central Plains (Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma)
- Southern Gulf (Arkansas, Alabama, and Mississippi)
Then you create teams for markets and states that might not support them on their own, and build up fanbases and interest in those areas
As a Utah resident, we could definitely support an NFL team. Yeah Sundays would be an issue for attendance sometimes. I think if more teams are added and scheduling is adjusted something can work out. Utah has also sold out countless Jazz games for years on end for like 20 years. Even in rebuild.
The reason the stallions attendance was horrible was because the AAF lasted like a season lol. Hardly anyone knew they existed out here since it was like a feeder league and there was virtually no marketing to it. But those who did loved the team. Attendance was actually growing near the end of the season.
Another thing is putting the team in Provo doesn’t make any sense. You’re making the attendance issue worse doing that having them out of the city. So transportation will be highly different with busses, trains and also traffic, plus you’re putting them in a more statistically Mormon area so you’ll probably be making attendance worse. SLC is a more prepared area for big events because they held the Olympics in 2002 so all of those things make the city more viable for a team.
Utah has actually prepared an area by the SLC airport that will be used for future stadiums if pro sports leagues do decide to move out here and also more area for the entertainment industry like concerts, restraunts, etc. So I could see more of that area for more pro teams since it will make travel and everything way more viable if teams come to play here.
I commented this elsewhere, but I agree. There’s no need to “get in” with the Mormon market. It really is a non-issue, there are plenty people, religious or not, who will be faithful (like what I did there?) fans of a team was here. Concerts are consistently selling out at the Delta Center, even on Sundays.
There’s a lot of recent talk about major league teams making their way here and it’s about time, honestly.
NFL would do fine in Utah. I think just about everyone here wants it. Sundays aren't as big of an issue as people think. There is a large enough non-Mormon population alone to overcome that. The biggest issue is sponsorship money. We already have the Jazz and it looks like an MLB and or NHL team are on the way. I don't know if there is enough money in this market to support all that. But fans won't be a problem. Especially since NFL plays only 9 home games per year.
You should probably change the title to "Where I want the NFL to expand to." A few things:
1. The Chargers, for better or worse, CANNOT leave LA for 20 years. Either San Diego gets a new team, or they wait.
2. Oakland has proven that they are incapable of sustaining teams in ANY league.
3. Texas is the fastest-growing state, with the fastest-growing metropolis (Austin). This state can easily support two more teams, in San Antonio and Austin.
4. St. Louis and Portland make sense. Birmingham is intriguing. Not the biggest market, but it would be the first pro league in the state, and I think football is the one sport that could pull that off there, given the football culture there.
The video is missing realism
Chargers got a new owner now so he can possibly get outta the lease and return to San Diego in 5-10 years from now.
id love to see the nfl come to canada. toronto and montreal would be such a cool expansion, toronto for obvious reasons but montreal fans have a real die hard following for all their sports teams, and with the nfl’s branding ability they could definitely get a really solid fan base in montreal
A great idea I came up with for an 18 game season is to mandate players sit for 4 full halves of games however that can be attained and would add an insane strategy dynamic of when to rest your stars. Players hate having g to play 17 games an I feel this would make owners and players happy
Partely agree, though I think it could happen naturally. The video also mentions having an extra bye week. I think this is an absolutely must. The NFL did it before, but TV networks hated it, and revenue dropped. But in the future NFL will be playing on almost all days of the week (maybe not Saturday, due to college), and I can easily see rest weeks happening around such an expanded schedule.
How about instead keep it at 17 and have every team be required to play a neutral site game
@@Z64sports given the NFL's increasing focus on doing international games, I feel the natural conclusion that we're headed toward is every team doing 1 game abroad per year. This would make 8 at home, 8 away, 1 international game for a neutral site.
@Z64sports , the big reason players don't want an 18-game season with only one bye week is because of the strain football causes on the body. A second bye week for an 18-game season would be an absolute must. But I do like the idea of a neutral site game.
@@Z64sportsI thought this would make sense when the 17 game season was introduced, and tbh as a European NFL fan I think 16 overseas games each season would probably be more feasible than a London or MX team
San Diego has built a new stadium. Expandable to 75,000
No new division per conference is needed. Make it 20 regular season with 2 by weeks.
Austin won't work due to Texas Longhorns.
Birmingham built a new stadium 2 years ago. 72,000 seats I think.
The problem with 20 weeks is injuries. At this number of games, you could find a team where half the starting QBs at the beginning of the season, are injured and out come playoff time.
And not just QBs, obviously. Granted, you would have to expand rosters to 60 players, plus double the practice squads. But this doesn't solve the problem of deep talent. Does anyone want to see a playoff game between the Chargers and Bengals, where Easton Stick battles Trevor Simeon...because both teams starters got hurt?
San Antonio-Austin is the single best market in the world for an NFL team lol...like sorry the Texas Longhorns exist....but a $4 billion dollar NFL team is worth more
@@PhilAndersonOutside You don’t want to see anyone get injured, but look at the league this year. They have started over 55 QBs due to injury and people still watch.
@@sampicanoJJ will never let another team in Texas.
@@PhilAndersonOutsideIt could be done if they go to one game in the preseason and give two byes during the season.
San Antonio, Saint Louis, Salt Lake City, Portland, Oklahoma City, Sacramento, Orlando, Memphis
As a texan fan, if theres a team going to san antonio and okc i wouldnt mind seeing the afc south be houston, dallas, san antonio, okc, and kc. Keeps everything close and the rivalries between the 3 tx teams would get heated as well as kc, okc, and dallas. Keeps the travel to a minimum. Id like to see the whole league go to more of a true regional divisions vs how spread it is now
Regional yes. Gonna happen never.
Living in the Northwest, its always frustrating having literally everyone in the country ignore us. The hawks are the only reason anyone's ever heard of us. We might as well be Alaska.
The Virginia Beach area would be a killer spot for a new team. It’s a huge population center with Norfolk, Newport News, Hampton, and Chesapeake all within ~30 minutes, and they’d probably pull fans from as far a Richmond as well. Plus Virginia technically has no major sports franchises in the state, so the citizens would probably be elated to finally get one.
YESSS!!!
From that area and it's been begging for a professional sports team for near 30 years. And as far as football goes it would fit geographically with the AFC north, the afc south, the nfc east or nfc south.
Combined with the initiative that has been proposed to incorporate the "7 cities"(Newport News, Hampton, Norfolk, va beach, portsmouth, suffolk, and Chesapeake) into a larger city called Hampton Roads (kinda like Los Angeles is).... it's an area perfectly suited for an expansion in any professional sports market.
Yes that and nj we need more teams
Putting a team in between Washington and Charlotte might be a good idea
@@erieperi01you already have two teams just because they are called New York doesn’t mean they play there
I think if the NFL ever considers expansion, it’s looking international. I think Toronto deserves a spot somewhere
Eastern Ontario is mostly Bills country, with a few Lions fans, mostly in Windsor. Toronto is mainly a Bills City, so I really don’t see the fans there converting.
@@Orto4956I mean. People were not fans of the Ravens, the Texans and these expansions teams at first
Portland, Oregon - The metro area has 2,511,612 (2020) people. Oregon Ducks are 4th in PAC 12 attendance (49,468). And the city only has one Big Four team (NBA), so the market is untapped. They would have a logical rival with the Seattle Seahawks - the battle of the Pacific Northwest would be crazy exciting!
St. Louis, Missouri - The metro area has 2,809,299 (2020) people. St. Louis Battlehawks are the highest attended XFL team (35,104). And the city only has two Big Four teams (NHL, and MLB), so the market is under saturated. They would have a logical rivalry with the Kansas City Chiefs, and the battle of Missouri can come back to the NFL. In 2015 the St. Louis Rams came up with a viable stadium plan to keep the team, but the owners approved relocation to Los Angeles, despite fan protests.
San Diego, California - The metro area has 3,276,208 (2020) people, making San Diego the second largest market in the United States without an NFL team. San Diego is also across the border from Tijuana, Mexico, and Tijuana has a population of 2,157,853 (2020) people. And there is no NFL to represent Southern California-Mexican border anymore. If the NFL wants to expand into the Mexican market, San Diego is 30% latino, so this might be an option to grow the sport with Mexican fans, and it would give the 3.2 Million people in San Diego their team back. There would be natural rivalries with the Los Angeles Rams, and especially with the Los Angeles Chargers.
San Antonio, Texas or Austin, Texas - The San Antonio metro area is 2,601,788 (2020) and the Austin metro area is 2,421,115 (2020). This is football country. San Antonio is the largest market in the United States without an NFL, and it's only 1 hour and 30 minutes to Austin, Texas (the third largest market in the United States without an NFL team). This area is a no brainer. San Antonio has one Big Four team (NBA) and Austin has zero Big Four teams. This is the most under utilized market available to the NFL. University of Texas in Austin averages (91,938) per game, while Texas A&M (half way between Austin and Houston) averages (98,407) per game. This team would would have rivalries with the Dallas Cowboys and with the Houston Texans to determine who is the best football team in all of Texas.
Toronto, Ontario - The metro area has 6,202,225 (2020) people, that's 1,179,322 more people than San Antonio and Austin combined. Toronto is the largest market in Canada, or the US without an NFL team. Canada invented football in 1861, so they have a history. Toronto has great NFL TV ratings (4th in North America; Toronto-Hamilton 8.3 million viewers). Plus Toronto already has a team in the MLB, MLS, NHL and NBA. It has 6.2 Million people (2021) just waiting for a team. And it would have geographic rivals with the Buffalo Bills and the Detroit Lions.
It feels like those cities cannibalize each other though. Like neither city can have all of the big 3, so they split the difference lol.
@@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control It took me a minute to understand. Toronto has big 3 - Leafs, Raptors, Jays and 6.2 million people (Buffalo is only 1.1 million people by comparison).
Toronto (and maybe San Antonio/Austin) are the best locations for the NFL to expand.
The problem with adding so many teams is that it would dilute the quality of play in the NFL
Yeah there's not even close to enough talent for 8 teams. Some positions are a little slim even for adding two teams but adding two would probably be fine. Adding 2 starting QBs and 2-4 more backups would press some of the better backup QBs into starting roles. Could help add value to the running back position since there is excess talent at the position, there would be 6 more RBs on rosters which could help better ones stand out, oline and defensive talent would get stretched further resulting in the RB having a greater effect on the success of run plays as opposed to now where blocking outcomes are much more important. Cornerback and pass rushing talent would be stretched which could result in lesser QBs having better outcomes which may actually improve the competitiveness of the league.
Haven't some of the rules the league has instituted within the last few years already negated the fact that you need a lot of talent in many of the positions?
No it wouldn't dilute the talent... There's more than enough Talent... Just not enough money...
Vets will compete vs younger cheaper players...
A chance for an Elvis mascot too. “You ain’t nothing but a hound dog”
Great vid! I am curious as to how you view a potential Toronto based team
Wouldn’t work with all the Bills fans in Ontario.
San Diego, St Louis, Birmingham, Albuquerque, Salt Lake City, Louisville, Oklahoma City, Portland
Frankly, Chargers to Ciudad de Mexico makes more sense than Chargers to San Diego. Honestly tho, they deserve contraction. The difference between Spanos and Thanos? Thanos only wanted to kill half the Chargers fan base, Spanos wanted to kill all of it. Also, in the end, Thanos failed, and Spanos did not 😂
Also, Oakland does not deserve to have nice things
Very well put together video, guy deserves more subs
Any options for Toronto or Montreal?
The only problem with putting an NFL team in Canada is that it would kill the CFL
40 is too much of a jump. I think they'll go to 36 with six divisions of six if they expand. St Louis, San Antonio, Portland, and Norfolk.
Here are my top 10 relocation cities and team names:
1. San Antonio Spartans (my personal favorite)
2. OKC Rattlers
3. Salt Lake City Badgers
4. San Diego Fleet (AAF rights purchased)
5. St. Louis Bulldawgs
6. Orlando Apollos (AAF rights purchased)
7. Portland Mountain Lions
8. Birmingham Iron (AAF rights purchased)
9. Oakland Gladiators
10. Sacramento Condors (Madden NFL expansion rights)
I got a few for you how about the Memphis Hound dogs. The Austin Bulls and the El Paso outlaws
Yes you hog 8 teams in your states. How bout louisville gets one since Kentucky has 0 sports teams at all
As a lifelong San Antonio resident and Cowboys fan, i would 100% ditch the Cowboys for the Brahmas. The Cowboys have had their chances for the last 2 decades and im ready to cheer for winners.
I believe that Birmingham, Memphis and Omaha would be great additions to the NFL, as Tram locations. Zero Trams near Alabama and They could play at the University of Alabama until Their stadium was built, or work it out. Memphis would be a shoe in, but since they’ve got the Nashville Tennessee Titans, it might not happen. Omaha, Nebraska is a great choice because of the Fan base for Football and they could use the University of Omaha stadium, just work it out. The 2 nearest Teams a in that area is Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs, that’s a huge gap. In Omaha the Fans would fill the seats in the Stadium.
Omaha would fill a massive gap. Agree
I also thought if Oklahoma City
From a man who comes from there. Alabama is definitely a football state a NFL in a city like Birmingham would be majorly successful.
Toronto, “National” Football League only played in one country 😂
The CFL used to have teams in the US; The NBA has teams in the US & Canada, the NHL has teams in the US & Canada as well! Try again, sparky! LOL
If the league expands again it will test international markets and put at least 1 team in Canada and 1 team in Mexico City. With that said I do not think the league expands again any time soon, I think they will first try to create a true minor league system by supporting and funding either the Spring League or the proposed new D1 Subdivision.
NFL cannot expand into Canada, the Bills Toronto Series is the closest the NFL will get. The WFL tried in the mid 1970s and Parliament came close to passing a law granting the CFL a monopoly. (Canadian Football Act 1974). The original USFL thought about it in 1983 and immediately Canadian MPs threatened to reintroduce the act.
Dude Mexico is a football/soccer nation nobody would care about American football in Mexico.
San Antonio and St Louis should definitely get expansion teams
I like the idea of the XFL and the USFL doing a merger of sorts and a small expansion to some cities that could use a NFL team but may be to lacking in enough support for a full on NFL expansion to them. I don't feel there is enough talent of the caliber the NFL requires and these smaller markets could field capable teams for XFL/USFL play. America could sure use a spring league that is viable and could stick around.
I don't think the XFL and USFL need to merge. They are both minor leagues, and so far able to turn a profit as the are. What I would however like to see, is one week of each season be an "inter-league" game. Say, the St. Louis Battlehawks vs. the Birmingham Stallions. I think this would generate huge interest, and a lot more fans than what either are getting now.
Yes, I know, different rules, and the leagues don't overlap that much. But this would not be hard to overcome with future planning.
"I don't think you can ask Californian tax payers to pay for another stadium"...
3 minutes later: "Yeah, build a new stadium in Oakland I don't care"
Keep the NFL at 32 teams. Have an 8-team minor league. To oppose tanking, have a Tank Bowl during the bye between the Super Bowl and the Conference Championships. The winner gets the #1 draft pick, while the loser gets relegated into the minor league, where its champion gets the #2 draft pick. This may cause teams to switch divisions but it will be for the best.
Good idea gives players on the last year of their contracts to show out one last time
Ideally I'd like to see NFL Europe come back and a few inter-league games a year. But I'm skeptical that there's enough talent around to make that a reality.
Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, SA/Austin, Louisville, Portland, St Louis, and San Diego. One team added to each division. 20 Regular season games. 16 playoff teams. No preseason. 2 bye weeks. 10 division games. 5 games against a rotating division in the conference. 5 in a rotating division out of conference. My final controversial rule: Players are only allowed to play in 16 games total with the exception of Kicker and Punter. They get paid the same money as they do now. The additional revenue goes to an expanded roster of 67 players. Teams must strategically choose when to bench starters.
I think some of the easiest options that get overlooked are teams in Canada. You could pretty easily justify putting a team in both Toronto and Vancouver, and even potentially some other cities. Assuming that the Vancouver team is placed in a western division, and the Toronto one in the north, travel times shouldn't be that much worse than some teams already experience.
NLF has an understanding with the CLF not to expand into Canada. NFL has never wanted to expand to Canada but that may or may not be changing.
Toronto is Bills territory and Vancouver is Seahawks territory. It wouldn’t have the support that an NFL should have.
@@Orto4956 I can say the same thing about any other teams with possible expansion areas. Adding teams to the league means you are going to get people to switch allegiances. The best way to do that is probably having Canadian teams, it would add a sense of patriotism for people to support them.
Oh great idea, let's also put a team in Guatemala City while we're at it.... 🙄
@@dgv646 idk what your problem is
They should expand into referees that are competent first.
The Dolphins originally were suppose to be moved into the AFC South along with the Titans, Jags and Texans. That was the original plan by the NFL. But the owner of the Miami Dolphins at the time, Wayne Huizenga, wanted Miami to keep its traditional rivaly between the Bills and Jets going, so the NFL gave in to his command and put the Dolphins in the AFC East and Indy in the AFC South. It makes soooo much more sense to put Indy in the East and Miami in the South, I agree, but I also agree with not giving up the Jets and Bills rivalry. Im a Dolphins fan, so I know this, but ive always said the Dolphins would of done a lot better in the last 20 years if they were in the AFC South. Think about the AFC East in the last 20 years, just being dominated by Brady and the Patriots, sure Miami beat the Pats more than any other AFC East team, but they still beat us more than we beat them. Look at the AFC South the last 20 years, during that stretch the Dolphins could of won that division more times the the amount of times they won the AFC East in the last 20 years. Neither the Jags, Titans or Texans have been as truly dominant as the Pats have in the last 20 years, just saying the AFC South has been a lot more wide open than the AFC East has been, giving the possibility that Miami could of won that division more times than they won the AFC East, which has been like once in the last 20 years.
Honestly I think Dallas was supposed to be in the nfc south but Jerry Jones cited the same reasons as Miami not wanting to give up the rivalries with the Giants, Eagles and Commanders/Redskins
I figured Colts should be afc north and ravens afc east and dolphins afc south it makes more sense to me geographically wise
I would love the Phins to be in the AFC south.
My takes would be Austin or San Antonio, Portland, or back to St. Louis. Maybe add teams in Toronto or Montreal or Vancouver since they’re so popular there anyway.
I became a chargers fan when they moved to LA but I work in San Diego once a week so I’m still in favor of moving them back down. Look at the padres attendance this year! They can definitely support another pro team
If they were to expand, they should expand to Salt Lake City, Portland, San Antonio, Orlando, St. Louis, Austin, Oklahoma City, & Sacramento
“Tennessee is three hours from Memphis”
Brother Memphis is IN Tennessee
I caught that too. He meant Nashville
Columbus (Ohio) Explorers, Oakland Invaders, Oklahoma City 89ers, Portland Lumberjacks, St. Louis Crusaders, San Antonio Sheriffs, San Diego Dons, Utah Ultrasonics.
One thing I'll say about a Portland team (which, imo, is one of the most compelling) is that the colour needs to be Green. The ducks and the timbers (who theyd share a stadium with) are both green, and I think the "breakers" branding just didn't hit. I'd go for the Portland Lumberjacks, or Bigfoots, or Mountainmen, or something like that. I'd go green and orangey-brown (thus a homage to both the Ducks and the Beavers, as well as staying similar in colour scheme to the timbers.
Yes, green and brown, with perhaps a gray (overcast skies) being the third color.
Portland Anarchists?
@@vulture3874 I like that! Whats the inspo?
The only reason the Rams failed in St. Louis is because Stan Kroenke wanted them to fail. The city would have no problem supporting a team that cares about the city.
I’ve lived in STL for 10 years. It’s not a sports city. They care more about a beer factory than their Hockey team. No NBA or NFL team. It’s telling.
Indianapolis BELONGS IN THE AFC NORTH NOT THE EAST. They are closer in travel to the teams of the AFC North. Move Baltimore to the East
I hate to tell you this Baltimore is closer to Pittsburgh than Indianapolis is. Baltimore is 244.4 Miles from Pittsburgh vs 359.4 miles from Pittsburgh to Indy. But the 2 Ohio based teams the Bengals and Browns are closer to Indy than Baltimore and Pittsburgh are. Plus Ravens and Steelers have one of the best rivalries in the NFL with the Ravens so the NFL wouldn't want to break that up. Plus all 4 teams have rivalries with each other too. Also Indy has already established their rivalries with the AFC South teams already.
Louisville Stallions, Oklahoma Tornadoes, Omaha Wolves, St Louis Pumas, Portland Owls, New Mexico Rattlesnakes, Virginia Vipers, Mississippi Rivers
Mississippi Critters.
I'm disappointed you didn't discuss the opportunities globally. The fact that international games are quite successful tends to lead to the obvious conclusion that it will happen at some time. This will be good to put American Football on an international stage and if spread out evenly will even out the possible impact of time zone differentials.
Aside from Canada and Mexico, there is no chance in hell of an NFL team succeeding.
No. Fuck other countries. They shit on American Football constantly. They don't deserve a team.
Great video! I strongly agree with you on Portland and Oklahoma City. Great choices. I think Albuquerque could get behind a football team. I've lived there twice and people are either Bronco, Cowboy, or Steeler fan. I think having San Antonio be in a different conference than the Cowboys would make for an interesting rivalry.
I found it interesting that you didn’t put a team in Columbus because you said it was too close to the Bengals. As a person that lives in Columbus, I see a more people rooting for the Browns than the Bengals, so I’d say a Columbus team would interfere more with Cleveland’s market oddly enough.
I have an issue with having more than two teams in any state. I realize that Florida, New York and California are big states, but three is too many. I wouldn't be happy with an additional team in Texas for the same reason as they already have two teams.
my bet is the next 4 expansion cities are primarily international: London, Frankfurt, Mexico City, and in the US, San Antonio. If you want to go to 40, it's St. Louis, Oklahoma City, San Diego, and likely Amsterdam or another northern European city.
It would cost way too much money for travel expenses alone and the players, not to mention the time difference.
Big fan of the idea of a NFL team in OKC as someone from Oklahoma born and raised there is a ton of football support, with people usually opting for the Chiefs so having our own team would give us some individuality and some maybe rivalry with Dallas? Idk but it would be cool
I could see OKC getting a team. Nebraska could work too. Omaha Outlaws!
They should add nfc central and afc central, 8 new teams: NFC Central: Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, and Bismark. AFC Central: Louisiana, Oklahoma, Little Rock, and Wyoming. anyone else agree?
Wyoming? tf
@@wiggz2254 the college is good, and plus it'd be funny to a have team with no fans
As a Dolphins fan I wouldn't mind us being in the afc south
AFC East... Toronto, built in rivalry with Buffalo plus Boston and New York. Then I would put the Portland team in Vancouver. Still get the Seattle rivalry and a bigger city + venue
Utah needs an NFL team, we have an MLS and NBA team and have so many football fans but no home team
I’m working off your idea but you didn’t give all them names
1. St Louis Battle Hawks
2. Oakland Invaders
3. San Antonio Cannons (the helmet should be the come and take it flag)
4. Birmingham Iron (I’m good with brining them up, but let’s go back to Iron)
5. Memphis Hound Dogs
6. Oklahoma City Twisters
7. Portland Breakers
8. Utah Pioneers.
I’m good with the Chargers moving back but we should just call them the So Cal Chargers so we don’t need to change their name regardless where they’re at.
It would be funny if they put a team in a random-ass place like Rochester, NY lol
Oklahoma, Huntsville Al, Memphis, Omaha, Louisville, Austin TX, Portland, St. Louis, San Diego, Raleigh nc
Teams have to play too many games in a season which is why a significant percentage of teams are playing backup QBs. Injuries play too much of a factor in recent years. Years ago it was only a 12 game season. I think the league should keep the current 18 week season but give each team 3 bye weeks so each team plays 15 games.
My picks:
Portland OR, Oklahoma City OK, Albuquerque NM, Salt Lake City UT, El Paso TX, Little Rock AR, Birmingham AL, St Louis MO
I feel St. Louis should get a team first after having lost two in the past. Also I think Oakland should get one next. Any other cities that lost teams should have first consideration. Those cities were devastated emotionally and financially by losing their teams.
Good idea with St. Louis so we can take a 3rd team from them 😂😂
STL just isn’t a sports city. I wouldn’t give them another team.
@@photonfartsqueeze6694 I beg your pardon. We are supporting the Battlehawks big time. 😊
St Louis is a pretty great sports city.
They’ve had two awful, saboteurs as NFL owners…but the Cardinals, Blues, and City SC (and StL FC before them) are all very well supported relative to their leagues.
The problem with St.Louis is that it’s a dying city. And downtown somehow isn’t yet bad enough to convince the suburban folks that are afraid to go into downtown for more than two blocks around the stadiums and arenas that they need to fix the city/county problem that they need to fix before it can actually get sustainably better.
The *last* thing St. Louis needs to spend money on is another goddamned NFL team, but that has nothing to do with it being a bad fanbase or sports city and everything to do with the fact that it’s a broken city in need of heavy investment in far more worthwhile things than a football team.
Give St Louis another team but have the stadium in Fenton anywhere but downtown.
Portland Predators, San Antonio Bandits, Salt Lake Swarm, Birmingham Miners, Oklahoma Drillers, St Louis Stallions,Memphis Monarchs ,Oakland Orkas..
I would love the Jets back into Queens and have a new team share MetLife with the Giants, but the new team is nominally a New Jersey team, like how the New Jersey Devils are in the NYC market but still represent all of NJ
Nah fuck that just have the giants be New Jersey
YES
Cities I would personally pick, no particular order
Toronto
Albuquerque
El Paso
Memphis
Oklahoma City
Birmingham
Portland
St Louis
Honorable mentions for me would be
Lexington
Omaha
San Antonio
If you're going to do an 8-team expansion without going overseas. You definitely need a few teams outside the US I think. Oklahoma/Texas area being over-saturated with teams is not a good idea. (5 teams if you count the Saints in Louisiana) I do love moving the Chargers back to San Diego, they never should've left. No new team in Oakland though, they did that to themselves honestly. You keep Miami and Indy in the AFC East and South respectively
NFC East - Toronto. You need to get into Canada with at least one team. And having a natural rivalry with NYC and Toronto (NHL O6 rival) could be something big
NFC North - I do love the idea of having St Louis getting a new expansion
NFC South - Putting a team in AL does make sense because of fans passion, but geographically, it doesn't, you're in the middle of 4 teams geographically (Atlanta, Jacksonville, Tennessee, New Orleans). If you put any team in the NFC South, it should be somewhere like Memphis (yes, I know, just stated that exact argument against Birmingham, AL, but Memphis is a much bigger city)
NFC West - Portland geographically makes perfect sense, you could also put a team in Salt Lake City as mentioned in your video
AFC East - hear me out on this one, this is to build an I-95 division basically (pretty much what the AFC East is outside Buffalo), Savannah, GA or Charleston, SC.
Either team could be the natural rival to the NFC team in that state (Falcons for GA, Panthers in NC)
AFC North - another team in Canada, Calgary or Winnipeg would make the most sense geographically as they have the population centers. Probably Winnipeg as it is closer geographically to the other 4 teams
AFC South - Mexico City. Nothing else needs to be said.
AFC West - There are a couple of options here. If you go with Salt Lake in the NFC West, Portland as a Conference-regional rival with Seattle makes perfect sense, as Seattle originally was an AFC West team. You could also go the international route and have a Border War Battle and put a 3rd team in Canada with a team in Vancouver
I agree 100%, give San Diego their team back. The Chargers don't belong in LA.
7:01 "Tennessee is 3 hours away from Memphis-"
Isn't... Memphis... in Tennessee?
When I said Tennessee I was referring to the Tennessee Titans who play in Nashville
What about The Queen City (Bernalillo, New Mexico) All-Americans? I remember hearing stories about the Queen City (Buffalo, New York) All-Americans moving towards there. But I have yet to actually hear of that news being confirmed. To be fair, if you grew up in the 1920s, you probably might know what I’m talking about. The only reason why *I know* about the Queen City (Buffalo, New York) All-Americans, is because I went to a really good college, The University of Florida Gators 🐊, that taught me about that Defunct NFL team.
If there ever happened to be a team in Omaha be fitting that Peyton Manning would own the team
Edit: Also as a Raider fan living in the Bay area, if the NFL ever returned to Oakland I would ditch the Raiders to become a fan of the new Oakland team. I'm sure Ownership will get this team competing for the Raiders ever will again.
I think they should go with St. Louis, Oakland, San Diego, Canton, Birmingham, San Antonio, Toronto, Salt Lake, and Portland.
Here's a proposal of mine. I welcome feedback
AFC
North
Baltimore
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Toronto
South
Houston
Jacksonville
Memphis
Miami
Nashville (rename the Titans Nashville)
East
Buffalo
Hartford
Indianapolis
New England
NY Jets
West
Denver
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Oakland
San Diego (Chargers)
NFC
North
Chicago
Detroit
Green Bay
Minnesota
St Louis
South
Atlanta
Birmingham
Dallas
New Orleans
Tampa Bay
East
Carolina
Montreal
NY Giants
Philadelphia
Washington
West
Arizona
Los Angeles
Portland
San Francisco
Seattle
Not bad, I question if Hartford could support a team and not just the patriots, with this proposal I might put Toronto in the AFC east to be natural rivals with the Bills then montreal in the north
San Diego Chargers YES. San Antonio, Texas, Toronto Canada, St. Louis, Vancouver Canada, London England, Berlin Germany, Madrid Spain, Paris France
just a question would it be possible to push the nfl into Canada kinda like the NBA did or is it not something that's doable?
I’d rather not
I want to see Toronto fail at another sport please@@primeconor
The CFL is too strong to allow a FL Team to play in Canada, and the pay in Canadian currency would be a slight problem.
@@aidan8473NBA 2019
Good Video: Here is another consideration - NFL EXPANSION
San Diego - NFC West
Birmingham - NFC South
St. louis - NFC North
San Antonio - NFC East
Oakland - AFC West
Memphis - AFC South
Louisville - AFC North
Toronto - AFC East
AFC
East - New York, New England, Buffalo, Miami, Toronto (Stadium along lake)
North - Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Louisville Stadium along Ohio River)
South - Indianapolis, Tennessee, Jacksonville, Houston, Memphis (stadium on MS side)
West - Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Denver, Kansas City, Oakland (Hughes Center)
NFC
East - New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Dallas, San Antonio (Alamodome)
North - Chicago, Detroit Minnesota, Green Bay, St. louis (Enterprise Stadium along river)
South - New Orleans, Atlanta, Tampa, Carolina, Birmingham (Near Gadsden and Lake)
West - Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Arizona, San Diego (Near downtown!!!!)
What about adding some foreign teams like Toronto and Vancouver? Both have decent stadiums already and large populations. Or maybe even London, UK? I think it would be a logistical nightmare, but any team moving to London would be popular
Negative, football is an American sport . Please stop this ridiculous idea of Canada, Mexico, and the UK!!
@zekeonstormpeak4186 you might want to look at where the sport was invented.
@@zekeonstormpeak4186Then how do you explain the Toronto Blue Jays. I’d argue baseball is more historically and culturally considered “Americas sport” yet one of the biggest franchises is in Canada.
It’ll never happen, but a team in Toronto would easily do 10 times better than a team in some shit city like San Diego, Orlando, St Louis or Sacramento
@@picklenik9658 Orlando a shit city? You sir, are speaking of the theme park capital of the world…
@@zekeonstormpeak4186
"football is an American sport"
Well, Canada invented football you dumb dumb. 1861. Toronto.
"The earliest recorded instance of gridiron football occurred at University of Toronto's University College in November 1861"
Wasn't dumb Texans. They invent barbeque sauces.
Fins fans would feel like they got relegated to the XFL playing in the AFC South
I don’t know…4 teams in Cali? And adding teams to states that already have teams? I’d love to see the Chargers back in San Diego. And I’d love to see the USFL and XFL
get absorbed by the NFL. I think a team in Alabama could produce a good rivalry with the Falcons in Georgia given that the two states biggest college football programs, the Crimson Tide and the Bulldogs respectively. But the NFL mainly needs to expand to new states and particularly to the Midwest. and I just…I feel like the NFL should focus on expanding elsewhere in the US.
I think its good as it is. Remember last time a league expanded so much? It was the MLS. Horrible sport league.
Cringe profile pic.
@@user-hm1zb8js5i I have Ukrainian family members, asshole.
@@user-hm1zb8js5iyou cannot speak about profile pictures.
NFL should make the UFL their official minor league system
I like the expansion to 40. 18 games season, 2 bye weeks. 20 weeks total.
But I'd include international teams over some of those cities.
Mexico into nfc south.
Toronto into nfc north
London into nfc east.
Germany into afc east.
Portland into nfc west.
Oklahoma into afc west.
St. Louis into afc north
Alabama into afc south
I like all the ideas, but one suggestion, a Toronto team should absolutely be in the AFC East, cause a lot of people in south Ontario are Bills fans and the FUCKIN’ HATE the patriots already.
So this would create two instant rivalries, with the new Toronto fans vs the Toronto Mafia and Toronto V New England.
The Ravens shouldn’t be in the AFC North let alone adding teams that you’re describing.
Hell no to all international teams that add timezones not already part of the schedule. Ya, I k know, NFL plays games in Europe and elsewhere and I hate every second of it.
I don’t think any teams should go beyond the north american border because that’s just too much and too complicated
Toronto Ontario would be a huge massive success for the NFL. Massivie Cowboys, Steelers and Bills following here.
I've actually said, ever since the Raiders moved to Vegas that they should drop the name Raiders and give it back to the state of California, if not the city of Oakland specifically.(side note: I've been a Kansas City Chiefs fan since 1992, so that rivalry is big for me.) if that happens, what do you think the Vegas team should be re-named?
Gamblers probably
@@primeconor that would make perfect sense.
@@ColeKeleher gamblers were/are a USFL team so there’s football history plus ya know Vegas
The Vegas 'legitimate businessmen'.
@@primeconor I was just thinking about that the other day, actually
Battlehawks - Corny Name
Oakland Invaders - ok, but Mark Davis will fight hard against, they were USFL not XFL.
Birmingham, Portland - 👍🏽
SLC - whats the beer/alcohol policy at the stadium?
I feel like Albuquerque gets overlooked a lot in these types of discussions. An NFL team would do very well there, but they would have to build a new stadium
Wasn't that a gag on The Simpsons?
@@vulture3874 the simpsons have done it all so that wouldn't surprise me
Orlando shows up for the Guardians, the stadium didn’t sell tickets for one side of the stadium for some reason
Zero chance any new team wants to be in CA. It's a cesspool of crime and villainy, along with high taxes and difficulty of doing business.
That’s one of the reasons the Raiders left.
Moving the chargers back to SD is the popular move.
Colts n Miami changing divisions makes sense i never knew why they did it like that in first place
In the USA..I think San Diego & St Louis should get their NFL teams back..But the dam greedy former owners got in the way...Mayb Portland OR..or Salt Lake City..I mightv said San Antonio TX (but they hav trouble supportng an USFL team..2x now)..DAL Cowboys are the kings Texas..It’s a shame the Oilers left for NSH..Those “Luv Ya Blue” Earl Campbell late 70s & Warren Moon in early 90s teams were dam good..The Texans are re-buildng..yet again..Im a fan of the international NFL games..in London..Frankfurt/Berlin..Mexico City..
They did a few games in the Tokyo Dome in Japan in the 90s...I mean, Y call a NFL team “World Champs”..when they didnt even play or beat anybody from overseas ? That was always a pet peeve of mine..If the BFLO Bills or KC Chiefs beat the London Regals 👑or Tokyo Dragons 🐉 in the Super Bowl.. or evn durng the season..Then yes..U can then call yourselvs “World Champs”...Yes the timezone & logistics would be a pain in the ass..U already hav to get up at 9am to watch a game in London..Probably 7-8am for a Berlin game...But if its “our team”..We’ll set our alarm clocks ⏰ to be up in time to watch the game...I wish the Olympics would drop ballroom dancing or bad-minton or synchronized swimming..& replace them with Amer football (U get 4 yrs for coaches to learn the game/gameplan..rules & train your athletes/playrs)..Love for NFL football to catch on globally..Like FIFA & The World Cup soccer is now
San Antonio only had one USFL team, the Gunslingers. The owner was a crook, the franchise was mismanaged, and they played in a high school stadium that couldn't sell beer. San Antonio has consistently pulled 15k (average) for minor league ball. Put an NFL team here and they'll draw 60k... the prestige is what will draw... and the fact that NFL owners will be vetted to afford a team and committed to the franchise... and the league won't be at risk of folding between seasons. It's hard to be a fan of a new team when you never know if it'll be there next year.
San Antonio has been involved in 28 minor league teams, therefore, there's a burnout on these minor leagues that go bankrupt, why support them. We want the REAL NFL, when the Saints came to San Antonio when hurricane Katrina hit, the Saints game in SA sold out in a matter of minutes filling up the 65000 seat Alamodome!
They should give obsolete states NFL teams because why the hell not.
I could see Salt Lake getting a team but let them play in Salt Lake instead of Provo. It wouldn't work very well in Provo because of the people would attend the church services before any games, Check out how many games the Jazz play on Sunday at home. Thanks for thinking of Utah having a team, if they did, I'd suggest the Rocky Mountain Battalion.
That is an excellent point, it would be a good idea to get the BYU fans onboard as part of the marketing. I lived in SLC when the Stallions were there for like 2 weeks. The team wasn't really on anyone's radar, but UofU as well has a professional atmosphere.
Much like VEGAS, Salt Lake city ALREADY has a Triple-A team.
I've lived in Salt Lake City since 2019. It's becoming more and more crowded. We definitely can have an NFL team here. But I also hope the Chargers go back to San Diego.