Report: Redskins to unveil drawings of new stadium, location tbd

[mooby]

Originally Posted by over the mountain

"I think we are the best place for the team," McAuliffe said on Thursday. "Every player lives in Virginia. Dan Snyder lives in Virginia. Sixty-six percent of the season-ticket holders are Virginians, so it makes sense - if we can structure a deal that makes sense for us, the taxpayers, and is good for the Redskins - then that's a win-win situation. We are the ideal place."

Is that true? 10 years ago I would not have believed this but now, with the way NoVa has continued to develop, I believe it.

As a born and raised MD person, I would have a hard time accepting the fact that both redskins training facility and stadium would be in Va. The team would have zero connection to MD and MD fans would have to drive a lot farther in horrible traffic to get there.

You would be gifting frederick and howard county to the ravens. I imagine fans in montgomery county could go down 95 and fans in laurel/bowie could use the woodrow wilson bridge.

If this becomes a reality .... i dont know. How can I as a proud maryland person root for a virginia team?

I feel like you're overreacting. The stadium is in MD right now and I have not thought about it once. The team name is Washington Redskins, implying they represent DC and the surrounding area, which includes VA and MD.

How do the SF fans feel about rooting for the San Jose 49ers? Did you know the 49ers stadium is 42 miles from San Fransisco? For us, that's the equivalent of putting the stadium in Stafford, or for your comparison, the distance from north Baltimore to DC. For me, as long as it's within reasonable distance of the beltway it's fine. Besides, if you live in one of those counties that are split on the Skins/Ravens I'd bet it comes down to what team your family likes.

Also in regards to your last line, I am a proud VA person but have no qualms about rooting for a team that plays in MD. Because they represent DC, and parts of MD and VA. As long as they don't play in some other NFL team's backyard idc where the stadium is.

One last point. Right now the only connection the Skins have to DC is the name. They practice in VA and play in MD. Imagine how those fans feel, especially knowing the Skins probably won't come back to DC because the bs over the name and the only suitable location being RFK. I'm sure DC residents would love to have the team back, but they know it won't happen because their elected leaders are playing the pc card.

Finally, all this does for me is tell me that our gov. is putting his chips on the table. The time has come for MD to ante up if they are serious about keeping the team. If MD decides to let the Skins go all the MD residents have nobody to blame but the elected leaders. DS is going to take the Skins where they're wanted, and I'll be suprised if MD lets the Skins go without even trying.