Columbus Crew to Austin Texas?

Um, Columbus is further from the Atlantic than Houston and Dallas are. But it's also a cultural thing, as you may have noted.

With UT, I was specifically thinking about fans bases that attend games. That's relevant--which I followed up noting how the Crew's fanbase encompasses Ohio--and the two regions (Ohio and that area of Texas) are about the same size. There is, of course, a similarity between UT and tOSU in that regard (please do note that I am not a tOSU fan) and in what you noted.

Now if we tried to lump El Paso in there, you might just have a point.

But to say that Houston and Dallas have no relationship other than being in the same state is also a bit of a jump, I think.

 

This video paints the perfect picture of him! He's the classic trust fund kid who's never been told no. Thinks that because he has his parents money that he can do whatever he wants. He's so insincere in that exchange. You can see the meekness and fear written all over him.

I'm kind of shocked that the City Council agreed to enter into negotiations with a man who hasn't presented any details about the project outside of the barest of minimums.

 

You just pointed out the exact reason that Crew fans point this out. We (most) are not trying to attendance shame but say, look they have exactly the same problem...so about those "metrics".

 

You do realize at a couple of the main posters here are from Akron.

That said, and I wish I could remember the numbers (it's been a while since I was in the team offices--and I expect that chart is long gone after PSV took over), but I was amazed at the time at how many full season ticket holders were from out of town (more than your 50 mile radius). Part of that may have been the influence of Indiana University (the team had a number of former IU players).

What I'm baffled by is your implying that there's no possible influence of Houston and Dallas on San Antonio or Austin. I know San Antonio has tried in the past to get a football team. Wonder why the NFL won't go there?? Could it be the influence of current teams? In Ohio, which has about the same footprint as that area in Texas we are discussing, Cincy isn't getting an NBA team again anytime soon (nor is Pittsburgh)--the NBA considers them too close to Cleveland/Indianapolis. In fact, my guess is that the door is closed for any of the other four team to move into Ohio.

 

Wait, you do...you are claiming that a few hundred miles are enough to justify multiple teams for 4 cities. So which is? Do a few hundred miles mater or do they not?

 

Note: I haven't been to a game in years. On the other hand, a rather large percentage of the people I encountered were from various places well outside 50 miles, mostly Cleveland and Akron and Cincy and Dayton, but also NW Ohio, Y-town, Indy, and even Detroit. I'd be curious to see that map again, kgilbert78. Based on the BS poster demos, the NE Ohio contingent seems as large as ever.

 

Hard to pick up on sarcasm in page long posts with no smiley faces. You might want to improve on your presentation of sarcasm.

 

WTF are you on about?

 

So for all the "Texas is so big" comments. Here you go. Lets settle this once and for all. Yes Texas is big. But we are talking about Dallas, Houston, Austin and San Antonio. Is that area big...absolutely not.

That area is for fact not bigger than Ohio. See below. In fact that area is only bigger than some of the small Northeast states (8 by my estimate) and Hawaii. So out of 50 states this area of TX is bigger than around 9. Should all 40 others also have 3-4 teams? So stop with the "Texas is so big". Are you suggesting putting a team in El Paso, Amarillo, or Odessa?

 

I get that we have about half of the Lake, and some of the islands are ours, but that shape is kinda ********ed up.

 

Also the metro populations of that area of texas is ~18million.
That would rank it 4th behind: California, NY, Florida. Are you guys suggesting NY and Florida should also have 4 teams?

 

State of Ohio is, what, 11.5 or 12 million now?

 

San Antonio is the biggest metro area without a NFL team according to San Antonians.

 

El Jefe hit a couple of reasons, but IMO the biggest reason is that the NFL is an eyeball league. Replacing the Oilers with the Texans helped them with eyeballs. I suspect most people in SA are already big fans of an NFL team, and the league won't add enough eyeballs to justify cutting the pie a bit smaller.

To put it another way...the league doesn't mind a Bay Area team moving to LV.

WE ARE ARGUING THAT "STATE" IS THE WRONG ********ING STANDARD!

 

Right so I took state out of it.
I am comparing physical size to physical size and population to population.
That is exactly what you suggested we do. It still fails to indicate it should have more teams over any other area.

 

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"Texas" isn't (possibly) getting a team. The Crew aren't going to barnstorm around the state. It's Austin.

 

Circular arguments are circular.

 

Sure but some are suggesting Austin, Houston, San Antonio and Dallas should get 4. That is the point of my post and nice personal attacks by a moderator. Good job champ.
I am trying to take the high road, but personal attacks make it very hard.

Not sure why you can't be civilized about it.

 

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