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Hypothetical Question - Dolphins Move To L.A.
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dlockz
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the usfl was awesome not sure if u ever watched any games. both teams left because stadium was crap
Gadsden86
#1 Oronde Gadsden & Cameron Wake Fan
i'd stick with the Dolphins in Miami. Too much invested in the team to try and pretend to like a new team.
hey, i am TOTALLY all for it, as long as they KEEP THE NAME AND THE LOGO AND UNIS.
nothing about miami area fans has impressed me in a long, long time. lots of talk about the home town fans and how "real deal" they are, but they dont go to the games. detroit, the packers, atlanta, etc..... all BIG TIME LOSERS for years and years [pack before brett] and they sold out year after year after year. same with the bills before there 90's SB teams, the jets have sold out for 50 years.
so, if there is a REAL promise to keep the name and logo and to make it a sales stipulation for all the future owners, i am fine and actually would welcome it! closer to me and i can go a few times a year!!!
nothing about miami area fans has impressed me in a long, long time. lots of talk about the home town fans and how "real deal" they are, but they dont go to the games. detroit, the packers, atlanta, etc..... all BIG TIME LOSERS for years and years [pack before brett] and they sold out year after year after year. same with the bills before there 90's SB teams, the jets have sold out for 50 years.
so, if there is a REAL promise to keep the name and logo and to make it a sales stipulation for all the future owners, i am fine and actually would welcome it! closer to me and i can go a few times a year!!!
R_t_Kraken
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First i would like to say thank you to the op for coming up with a great topic....j hadnt even thought of this....i live in ny and i can honestly say i dont know what i would do...id probably root for them wherever they went and thinking about it now i can definitely see Ross doing this...hes a flashy owner who isn afraid to spend his money for it... and someone said something about then having to realign if they move to the west coast, i dont think tht would happen because look at the nfc east, the cowboys on the west coast but stay in that division because of the rivaly...so i think they would stay in the east
So the city that has lost 3 NFL teams is your desired destination for the Dolphins? These "real" fans that you speak of you think would support this disaster of a team? Too funny man. Lol, send the LA fans our incompetence in Ireland, Sparano, Henne, Ross, the whole bunch, and not to mention the whole decade of losing and I can bet you that this Dolphin franchise would be packing it's bags at the drop of a hat.
As a representative hometown based fan, having lived off and on in SoFlorida since childhood and attending between 4-6 games/season
.....I can give a flying **** what some armchair "fans," who live hundreds if not thousands of miles away and need a GPS to locate Dolphin Mall or SunLife Stadium, may think about our local fandom and whether the people actually associated with this area "deserve" THEIR team! As far as delusionally believing the knock off jersey or 2 they occasionally buy from China coupled with a rare nearby away game they may attend and the Sunday ticket they purchase matter enough to influence the club or i's bottom line or to have a say in where it's located, well here's a clue: it's barely relevant!
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This doesn't seem like a tough question to me. What the OP is describing is equivalent to the NFL establishing a new franchise-- say the Sharks-- in L.A. and then having the Dolphins trade all of their personnel and coaches to the Sharks while the franchise goes on hiatus for an indefinite period of time. Since I'm a fan of the team itself, and not the current players (whoever they may be), I'd just wait until the Dolphins franchise is active again while rooting for another team in the meanwhile.
Now having the Dolphins literally moved to another city while Miami lost the name, the colors, the logo, and all of the history, records, and tradition-- that would be quite different, akin to what happened to the old Baltimore Colts. Since I don't live in Miami, it wouldn't be as big a deal for me. However, if I were a Dolphins fan who lived (and planned to continue living) in Miami, I'd pretty much stop following the team.
Now having the Dolphins literally moved to another city while Miami lost the name, the colors, the logo, and all of the history, records, and tradition-- that would be quite different, akin to what happened to the old Baltimore Colts. Since I don't live in Miami, it wouldn't be as big a deal for me. However, if I were a Dolphins fan who lived (and planned to continue living) in Miami, I'd pretty much stop following the team.
X-Pacolypse
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The Dolphins aren't going anywhere, but if they ever did move to LA all I can say is that I would be able to attend more Dolphins games. That's for sure.
That's what the topic was meant to do. Get our minds of the Monday night defensive debacle and talk about a "what if' for a minute. Do I think it will ever happen when I am alive - No. But it is a fun topic to discuss none the less. It was good reading the responses by everyone, it's funny actually the board is split about 50/50 based on all the posts.
FinsNCanes
9-7
Because LA has such great fans you'll be able to watch with "real" fans"? I see, it's worked out well for them so far, although I wouldn't be suprised if there are quite a bit of Miami fans out in Cali. I do remember when we played San Diego and half the stadium was Dolphin fans, even the announcers mentioned it. Actually..it's kind of funny..announcers have mentioned a few times now that Miami fans "travel well" so this does I guess sort of "prove" in a lot of ways there are a TON of GLOBAL Miami fans..cause Florida sucks and they move.
FinsNCanes
9-7
As a representative hometown based fan, having lived off and on in SoFlorida since childhood and attending between 4-6 games/season
.....I can give a flying **** what some armchair "fans," who live hundreds if not thousands of miles away and need a GPS to locate Dolphin Mall or SunLife Stadium, may think about our local fandom and whether the people actually associated with this area "deserve" THEIR team! As far as delusionally believing the knock off jersey or 2 they occasionally buy from China coupled with a rare nearby away game they may attend and the Sunday ticket they purchase matter enough to influence the club or i's bottom line or to have a say in where it's located, well here's a clue: it's barely relevant!
*golf clap*