So let's think re-location (or co-location).
NO EXPANSION
Move 2 MLB teams, 3 or 4 NFL teams, 3 NBA, 2 NHL and 2 to 3 I'd personally like to see for MLS
What I would do right now, without expansion.
West Coast, Nord, Southern, Great Lakes, Los Angeles
MLB:
Oakland for Portland(or co-locate w/ Oregon for West Coast A's) ....throw Sactown in there,...or Inland Empire and Las Vegas as a co-locate
Tampa (co-locate for Charlotte and New Orleans) ....think the Coastal Run Rays
(....and maybe even AtlantaX2, Louisville and Nashville) or Southern Run Rays
Rebranded:
= West Coast and Southern or Coastal Run.
NFL:
-Jacksonville for a Southern team (west of/or around Tuscaloosa)possibly even with New Orleans for co-location
or become the Canadian team, Nord Force across CFL markets
-Oakland (West Coast Raiders, same idea as MLB)
-St. Louis to Los Angeles
--New Orleans called "Southern"
Maybe no more "New Orleans", "Oakland", St. Louis or "Jacksonville"
Re-brand West Coast, Los Angeles, Southern and Nord
Los Angeles Rams
No more St. Louis. Or move the Raiders back there to a new stadium and give Portland (and Oakland) the old St. Louis team.
---With consideration to keeping a team in St. Louis, instead of a team Canada, I'd co-locate with Louisville and rebrand "River City" or "Delta".
NBA:
Ohio Barons, formerly Cleveland, ...plays throughout OhioRiver City (Pittsburgh, Louisville and St. Louis), formerly Milwaukee
Great Basin (SLC, Las Vegas) might come from the Timberwolves
Seattle Supersonics comes from the Utah Jazz and those silly Pelicans finally become what they should be called - The Jazz.
If something happened to Minnesota team, maybe consider a St. L, KC and Minneapolis as Heartland or Great Plains Wolfpack team. Utah colocates with Las Vegas for the Great Basin Bandits or Pioneers
NHL:
Nashville is moved to Cleveland and Milwaukee with consideration for an upstate NY team near Syracuse.Lake Front or
Great Lakes
TorontoX2 and Quebec City will get their teams somehow. I wouldn't mind Phoenix facilitating one of those or a Seattle team.
I wouldn't mind throwing in the Cincinnati area and Indianapolis for the Great Lakes team. But that's a Cinci kid talking.
I wouldn't mind canning the Arizona Coyotes for the Western Coyotes for Phoenix and Seattle.
See: Yankees Hockey: The Great Lakes/North Coast Hockey Team. A New NHL Franchise and Concept
MLS:
Co-locate the C-Crew of Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati ????
I just know there are plenty of cities more deserving than my home town. And MLS has yet to reach 30 teams. ~20 now.
Go for San Antonio and/or Austin/El Paso and the likes of Boise and Las Vegas.
Atlanta and Charlotte are on the verge
In all:
Sorry Oakland, St. Louis, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Minnesota and Jacksonville
See more expansion and relocation talk for football, baseball, basketball, hockey and soccer on my blog (starting in Feb 2014, see table of contents/archive): Major League/Pro Expansion <CLICK> http://prosportsexpansion.blogspot.com/
And please feel free to contribute your two cents with mine.
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