Brands That Will Disappear in 2013

[notorious]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/10-bra...;_ylv=3?page=2

10 Brands That Will Disappear in 2013


Interesting part:

8. The Oakland Raiders

The Raiders will play in the NFL next year. They just will not play in Oakland. The team, founded in 1960, was one of the original members of the AFL and joined the NFL when the leagues merged in 1970. The Raiders won the Super Bowl in 1976, 1980 and 1983. The team’s track record has been poor over the past decade. The Raiders left Oakland once before, when the franchise worked out a better stadium deal in Los Angeles from 1983 to 1994. Oakland lured the team back with an agreement to add $220 million in improvements to the stadium where the team would play. One reason the team will leave Oakland again is the financial plans of the new owners. Al Davis had controlling ownership of the team from the 1960s until he died last year. His heirs and several smaller shareholders now control the team. Current team managing owner Mike Davis already has said he may move the Raiders back to LA to get a better stadium deal. The current Oakland stadium contract expires next year. Davis recently told the San Francisco Chronicle, “Yeah, Los Angeles is a possibility. Wherever’s a possibility. We need a stadium.” The Raiders also could move to Santa Clara, where they would share a stadium with the San Francisco 49ers, much as the New York Jets and Giants do.

[notorious]

There is no way LA wants the Raiders back. LA wants an un-tainted brand that will draw a hip, Lakers-like fanbase, not the rough-tough, 3-5 with good behavior type crowd.

I say this with absolute respect for most of our great Raider Fan posters on CP.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Reighters will buy them and move em out East.

[oldman]

Wherever they play, I'll still hate them.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by notorious

The Raiders also could move to Santa Clara, where they would share a stadium with the San Francisco 49ers, much as the New York Jets and Giants do.

If they do I would buy a Raiders hat/shirt/etc. just to rub in the fail.

Commitment to exiting...

[blaise]

Their brand isn't Oakland anyway. Their brand is crack addicted, alcoholic, felony convicted fans. They'll always have that.

[Okie_Apparition]

Matt can win on a west coast baseball field

[Tombstone RJ]

LA makes the most sense. Either that or sharing a new stadium with the Niners.

[Okie_Apparition]

I'm pretty sure they've had to cancel future TC scrimages because of fan violence

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Rename them the Orange County Rockadiles

[Mr. Laz]

How many times have the faiders moved?

[milkman]

Originally Posted by Laz

How many times have the faiders moved?

Twice.

And they lost some of their mystique in the move to L.A., and it didn't return when they moved back to Oakland.

[Chiefs Pantalones]

They are a disgrace. Even though we hate them it's sad because they were a once proud franchise and their future looked great. Their success, albeit more than ours, is outweighed by their failures. They are the equivalent to a one year wonder. That's how bad it's been and they have 3 titles. Sad. I don't think anyone but their "fans" would care now if they disappeared.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by Tombstone RJ

LA makes the most sense. Either that or sharing a new stadium with the Niners.

The Niners don't want any part of that mess...

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Originally Posted by Chiefs Pantalones

They are a disgrace. Even though we hate them it's sad because they were a once proud franchise and their future looked great. Their success, albeit more than ours, is outweighed by their failures. They are the equivalent to a one year wonder. That's how bad it's been and they have 3 titles. Sad. I don't think anyone but their "fans" would care now if they disappeared.

I doubt most of thier fans would even give a ****. They just want to wear those gay costumes and act all tough, not realizing the laughter it causes instead.