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05-02-2006, 01:53 PM
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I give up. This board is too hard to understand.
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Schwarzenegger wants two teams in L.A.
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Schwarzenegger wants two teams in L.A.
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GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Tuesday he wants the NFL to return to the Los Angeles area - with two teams.
After meeting with a group of NFL owners, Schwarzenegger said he was there to make sure "we're getting not only one NFL team to the Los Angeles area, Southern California, but to actually get two teams. That's why I came. Why limit it?"
NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue and a committee of 11 owners met to hear proposals from Los Angeles and Anaheim. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle were there to make separate presentations but joined the governor for a joint session.
"There enough room and enough audience to have two teams," Schwarzenegger said. "We just have to all work together and make it happen."
Los Angeles, the nation's second-largest television market, has been without an NFL team since the Raiders and Rams both left after the 1994 season. When the NFL expanded in 2002, the new team went to Houston after Los Angeles leaders couldn't agree on a suitable site for the team.
Tagliabue, who is retiring in July, has long made it a priority to get a franchise back in Los Angeles.
The owners' committee, which includes Dan Rooney of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys and Bob Kraft of the New England Patriots, planned to hear stadium proposals from the Anaheim and Los Angeles officials. The cost estimates of $800 million are considerably higher than previous price tags.
Anaheim's plan calls for a new facility near Angels Stadium, which was converted to a baseball-only complex after the Rams left. The NFL team and the Los Angeles Angels had shared the stadium.
The Los Angeles plan is to construct a stadium inside the existing Los Angeles Coliseum, home to the Rams from 1946-70 and the Raiders from 1982-94.
The NFL owners' group won't make any decisions on the proposals during their meeting at a Dallas-Fort Worth Airport hotel. Instead, the group will make a presentation at the league's spring meetings in Denver, scheduled May 22-24.
After Schwarzenegger and the two mayors emerged from a 10-minute meeting with the owners, the governor chatted in the hallway with Jones, the Cowboys' owner.
The governor returned to Los Angeles immediately afterward. The individual presentations by the cities were later in the day.
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05-02-2006, 03:29 PM
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The NFL - will be back.
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05-02-2006, 05:18 PM
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Lets go Bucks and Steelers
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The NFL - will be back.
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05-02-2006, 05:20 PM
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if I don't take us down the field, bench me
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05-02-2006, 05:24 PM
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USC plays their games at the Coliseum, right?
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05-02-2006, 05:36 PM
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In honor of the Dodger crowds, perhaps they can bring a team back to LA and schedule games at 2pm local time, but actually tell people the games start at 12, so that maybe the people will be there for the first half.
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05-02-2006, 05:39 PM
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