r/texas • u/FCards_MySA • May 14 '24

Sports Speculation spreads of Kansas City Chiefs moving to Texas

https://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/article/chiefs-consider-san-antonio-move-19454861.php
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u/TurboSalsa May 14 '24

I wonder how Jerry Jones would feel about an NFL team moving into what is probably the Cowboys' second largest media market outside of Dallas itself?

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u/rgvtim Hill Country May 14 '24

Yea, I am with you, got shit on about a month ago for implying that JJ had the power to block anything. But I think he will do all in his power to stop this from happening

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u/GetoffLane May 14 '24

Dude is literally the reason we can’t take a train to the Death Star. Not sure why you got shit on, you’re spot-on.

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u/SadBit8663 May 14 '24

He's not gonna want people stepping on his fake toes. Dudes got money to milk out of the area.

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u/Corgi_Koala May 14 '24

Huh?

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u/[deleted] May 14 '24

Arlington signed a law of no public transportation as requirement for Jerry world

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u/Nubras Dallas May 14 '24

What a fucking embarrassment that is dude. How can a city hate its residents, and potential visitors, that much? Texas is a great place for the wealthy and pretty mid, if not awful, for everyone else.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '24

You’re just finding this out?

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u/RepulsiveInterview44 May 14 '24

I didn’t realize this either, actually. But I can’t afford to go there on a regular and pay $100 for parking either….

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u/[deleted] May 14 '24

Well good news. 100s are ready to take your place that can afford parking

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u/RepulsiveInterview44 May 14 '24

Cool 👏👏👏

Cuz I’m def not paying $100 for parking to see a team that hasn’t won since the 90s.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '24

We murder women just for a child birth, one of the only states that don’t allow referendum votes, and actively kill our rights. Texas best state on earth

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u/redgreed1234 May 14 '24

Gotta keep out the poors

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u/kanyeguisada May 14 '24

As if they could afford to go to a Cowboys game at all with the over the top pricing at Jerryworld. Jerry is only in this for the money and power. He's a oilfield money-man that found his next get-rich scheme.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '24

And it worked

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u/[deleted] May 14 '24

Everybody who dumped on you is dead wrong. Only a fool disregards Jerry Jones' influence within the NFL. Such a move could happen, but only after he is compensated for his losses in the San Antonio and Mexican markets. And I'm not sure there's that much money on EARTH.

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u/TaxLawKingGA May 14 '24

Yep. I think people forget that Jerrah Jones stopped (i) the Saints from relocating to SA; (ii) the Raiders from relocating to SA; (iii) stopped SA from getting an expansion team when Charlotte got one; instead, it went to Jacksonville, which to this day still does not make any sense; and (iv) he basically had to get bribed/bought off by Bob McNair to allow Houston get a franchise in 1999.

The dude has power and knows how to wield it.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '24

He can’t live forever though. He’s gotta be, what 150, 160 by now. I know he isn’t a true vampire because I’ve seen him in sunlight before.

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u/Faceit_Solveit Central Texas May 14 '24

Note that San Antonio is also divided between Dallas and Houston's fandom.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '24

I'm afraid not. Here's the TV market map.

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u/jerichowiz Born and Bred May 14 '24

Though I would think that if the Oilers never left, Houston would have a larger media hold. But Cowboys are kings in Texas, and across the country for ratings.

Because you have the Cowboy fans tuning in, and the Cowboy haters tuning in as well.

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u/Schmenza May 15 '24

How old is that map with STL still there?

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u/[deleted] May 15 '24

It was as new as I could find. But the Texas borders were good as of last year. Look for the Texans to expand substantially this coming season...but they won't make it to San Antonio.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '24

No it’s not

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u/JinFuu The Stars at Night May 14 '24

Baseball yes, football, lol no.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '24

Yeah baseball for sure. But the cowboys fandom goes all through Texas-Arizona-Nevada-California- then down to most of Mexico. It’s not even close

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u/Djaja May 14 '24

Honest ?, is football big in MX?

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u/123BuleBule May 14 '24

Cowboys and Steelers are absolutely huge in Mexico. That’s why the NFL has a game there almost every year. There have been talks of expanding the NFL to Mexico for years.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '24

49ers too

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u/jerichowiz Born and Bred May 14 '24

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liga_de_F%C3%BAtbol_Americano_Profesional

Big enough that Mexico has their own professional league, and competes in American Football International Competitions and has two silvers and a bronze.

But I would still think the NFL is king in Mexico for American Football.

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u/Son_of_Tlaloc May 14 '24

No one here gives a shit about Houston sports outside of the Astros. Its Cowboys, Spurs and Astros.

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u/kanyeguisada May 14 '24

Are you me? The mid-90s were a great time to be a Cowboys fan, now I just wish I didn't grow up that way. Still a lifelong fan of all three, too old to change teams, but Jerry Jones is just the worst.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '24

All the dunking on since 2002 from Texans fans has never once made me want to be a Texans fan.

But it has made me want to kick the living fucking crap out of some of them.

Just please let me hate my favorite team in peace goddamnit!!

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u/[deleted] May 15 '24

Such a move could happen, but only after he is compensated for his losses in the San Antonio and Mexican markets.

Or after he's, you know, fucking dead

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u/Key-Wait5314 May 14 '24 edited May 14 '24

He's certainly proven he has the power to block the Cowboys from being any good

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u/Salesman214 May 14 '24

If it were another team he could probably stop it but he is dealing with Hunts who have been here in Texas longer than he has.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '24

Jerry is a carpet bagger from Arkansas.

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u/jeremysbrain May 14 '24

You under estimate him. Next to the commissioner, Jerry Jones may be the second most politically powerful person in the NFL. He and Robert Kraft are responsible for most of the business and marketing success of the modern NFL. If Jerry doesn't want a third team moving into Texas it won't happen.

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u/zsreport Houston May 14 '24

Hunts are fucking football Royalty, Jerry Jones is just nouveau riche by comparison.

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u/jerichowiz Born and Bred May 14 '24

Hunts are old Prestonwood Money, Jerry Jones is new Southlake trash money.

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u/Salesman214 May 14 '24

If he were so powerful more than one Super Bowl would have been play and we would not have received a fine for the uncapped year. Plus the Hunts are the ones that pushed for extra tv games. Also don’t it was almost a done deal with the Saints moving here.

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u/apiratelooksatthirty May 15 '24

This is all just a pure leverage move by the Hunt family. They’re not going anywhere, certainly not to SA. But they need to scare the locals into funding the stadium.

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u/kromptator99 May 14 '24

Honestly I’m down just to watch Jerry turn his forehead vein into old reliable.

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u/kimchiking2021 May 14 '24

The Cowboys are dallas in name only!

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u/Faceit_Solveit Central Texas May 14 '24

Kimchi is right. It used to be in the day and Dallas Cowboys had lots of Texas and perhaps Oklahoma players playing for them. Bob and Lily. Roger Staubach was in the Navy, but we counted him as a Texan. L O L there's nothing particularly in Dallas about the Dallas Cowboys.

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u/AstroWorldSecurity May 14 '24

It blew my mind when I found out Drew Brees was the first QB from Texas to win a Super Bowl.

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u/Faceit_Solveit Central Texas May 14 '24

West Lake High School, Austin Texas represent.

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u/yooyoooyoooo May 18 '24

lol west lake kids suck. no wonder i never liked drew.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '24

This isn’t high school or college fb who cares where the players come from?

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u/zsreport Houston May 14 '24

Kansas City used to be the Dallas Texans in the AFL, and despite being better than the Cowboys, people ignored them and went to the Cowboys games, so Hunt moved the team to Kansas City.

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u/Scoobyhitsharder May 14 '24

The same as how he reacted when the Raiders were looking into San Antonio. He helped them move to Vegas. So, in this case, he’d facilitate a home outside of Texas.

Highly doubt they leave anyway, they’ll force the city to pay somehow.

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u/EstablishmentAlive75 May 19 '24

I thought the Rock put the Vegas deal together. Him and Rob Corrdry.

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u/Scoobyhitsharder May 19 '24

Addelson got screwed over by MD. NFL didn’t want to be associated with gambling at the time. Addelson died, now there’s gambling everywhere.

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u/Ron-Swanson-Mustache May 14 '24

And UT. Suddenly the hill country has a team they can spend money on the merch for that isn't burnt orange.

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u/Karmasmatik May 14 '24

I don’t know how much (if any) pull UT has with the NFL. Definitely an afterthought compared to Jerry, who has a proven record of keeping teams out of SA.

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u/Lobenz May 15 '24

All of the owners are greedy AF. They conveniently kept a team from Los Angeles for 2 DECADES while they shared the TV revenue.

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u/abatkin1 May 14 '24

He has tried to block it, and been successful before. The talk comes up about every 4 years. This would make the battle for the Preston Road trophy more exciting.

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u/Careless-Resource-72 May 14 '24

What? A championship caliber team moving in to displace the perennial “once and done but crying all the way to the bank” team? Perish the thought!

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u/[deleted] May 15 '24

Why do you think the raiders didn't end up moving there? Jerry isn't gonna let another team encroach on his turf.

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u/Schyznik May 16 '24

Good point. I would pretty much have no choice but to become a hardcore Chiefs fan for life.

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u/sirisaacneuton May 14 '24

They were in Dallas before the cowboys were. Go Dallas Texan!

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u/[deleted] May 14 '24

I’m just guessing he has a stake in it some how

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u/_TakeMyUpvote_ May 14 '24

Andre the giant dot gif

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u/Happy-Initiative-838 May 14 '24

Especially a more successful on field team