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GeneralMe21 t1_iskv6pu wrote

The New York jets and giants in New Jersey

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ricardo9505 t1_isl0vy0 wrote

Anchorage Alaska needs a team. Make them fear playing there, make Lambeau field look like South Beach. Lol.

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itsniickgeo t1_islu9n7 wrote

I always forget that Kansas City counts for Missouri

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EmperorZwerg1995 t1_islurqu wrote

Why are the Commanders listed as a Maryland team and not DC?

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Alfalfa_World t1_ismiljq wrote

Never knew how lucky i was growing up. All 4 of my cities had NFL and NBA teams.

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Iceeman7ll t1_ismmdkj wrote

If NFL is half as smart as the English Premier League, they would introduce new teams in other states with no teams, in tier two and tier three NFL games.

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Iceeman7ll t1_ismrkcu wrote

Replying to Slight_Author_8386 (#121,120)

NFL is a perfect embodiment of how a nation as big as American (see data chart about) is focusing wealth of the establishment in only half the states instead of the whole country.

I agree college football is the alternative, but that’s not professional sport in the fact that the students don’t get paid.

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BUSFULOFNUNS t1_ismtld6 wrote

Replying to Iceeman7ll (#121,293)

** cough cough ** scholarships, free ride, pay no tuition, don't have to buy overpriced university textbooks they only use one semester, free housing ** cough ahem cough ** You're right. Students don't get paid.

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Ok_Estate394 t1_ismzrfs wrote

Replying to Muted_Translator5888 (#120,062)

I’m from Virginia. It’s something local and state authorities have debated for long time. We have no professional teams of any sport despite having almost 9 million people. Norfolk, VA came super close to purchasing the Sacramento Kings years ago, but the momentum always fizzles. We just de facto became “Commanders country” because people see Virginia as one giant suburb of D.C.

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ApartRuin5962 t1_isnzkz5 wrote

I'll take "maps which are pretty much just choropleths of US state populations for $500, Alex"

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somethinggoeshere11 t1_iso9mee wrote

OP made this chart just to say that while three teams say they’re from New York, NY only has one team.

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thetreecycle t1_isp38bi wrote

I had no idea like half of US states have no NFL team.

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JCPRuckus t1_ispdhln wrote

Replying to Iceeman7ll (#121,293)

This is such an, "I don't understand how the world works" comment. People aren't spread evenly across the country. There are huge swathes of the country with almost no people at all, and other parts with a million people in a few square miles. You don't just put things in the middle of nowhere where there aren't enough people to justify it. You put in where there are already lots of people to use/pay for/run/enjoy/whatever it.

Compared to how much of the economy they actually account for, cities are vastly under-invested in. Cities subsidize suburbs and rural areas (if you account for where people in the suburbs actually work), and could actually do so just as much, while being nicer themselves, if people like you weren't constantly demanding mal-investment that makes the whole pie smaller for everyone.

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Skeptic_Juggernaut84 t1_ispljkw wrote

Replying to JCPRuckus (#126,152)

I was thinking about where they would put a team in a state like Nebraska. That state is nothing but corn fields and small towns. They don't have the extremely large cities to accommodate an NFL team. No large city means no revenue.

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Skeptic_Juggernaut84 t1_ispmny1 wrote

I still can't understand why Michigan still has a team. I thought they would have been sold off by now or just shut down. No disrespect to Detroit Lions fans though.

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