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Originally Posted by vonBobo
I don't believe that for a second (but of course you could be right!). If the team/league had the right price and the right city I believe they would already be gone. They extorted multiple cities during the "who is going to end up being in LA" years.
If fans and cities believed their team isn't going to move then what is the incentive for cities to pay billions of dollars to keep them?
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Both teams that ended up in LA either started there (the Chargers) or were otherwise significantly associated with LA (the Rams started in Cleveland in 1936, joined the NFL in 1937, and moved to LA in 1946, making them the first major league sports franchise not just in LA but on the Pacific Coast. The Rams remained in LA through the 1993 season, before moving to St. Louis).
The Chiefs haven't exhausted their options in the KC metro region, yet. It would look horrible for them and for the league for them to go shopping themselves around until they get further along in the process, especially given that they'd be courting mid-major cities, not somewhere like LA.