I"m not saying the Jets will move back to NYC. I've give up on that, at least until or unless someone other than Woody with very deep pockets buys the team.
They're never going to move to Manhattan. None of the incentives are there given the costs involved. The only way the Jets move back to the city is if they decide to become the Brooklyn Jets and work out a deal in a borough that is always on the make these days to attract a franchise of any type.
Shared facilities have been out of favor for quite a long time, and the Mets always fucked the Jets when they shared Shea, but I agree in concept the Jets never should have left Queens. It was a shithole, but it was our shithole.
well hello neighbor. the key for Fairfield county ct is that the jets are the cbs team and all their games are on. once you get out into Litchfield county and new haven county it goes the other way and the local team is the patsies. im lucky enough where I am to get both the ct channels and the new York channels. 20 years ago you couldn't find a patriots fan out here if you offered them 100 bucks to claim to be one. over the past 15 years they have popped up more and more. that's why I always ask them about old 1980s and 90s pats players to see if they are just bandwagoners.
After the San Diego announcement it really got me thinking how even as frustrating the Jets have been it would be sad not to have them here in New York/NJ where I get to tailgate and root them on with the die hards 8 times a year.
I've been a Jets fan since 1962 when they were still the NY Titans, and despite moving to Colorado 20 years ago, I still root for them instead of the "official" state religion, the Broncos. It would be sooooo easy to root for Denver - Elway still played for them when I moved, and since then they've retooled and won consistently, while the SOJ continue their stumbling through the wilderness without a clue. But I've always believed that a fan is someone who stays with their team no matter what, so I've stayed. But I've got to say, that pledge may be reaching its "stature of limitations". At my age I may not live to see them win another SB...I thought only Cubs and Red Sox could know that kind of purgatory. For now I'm hanging in there, but sometimes I think it would be divine intervention if Woody sold the team and they moved it, thus freeing me and so many others from bondage to this hapless franchise, as long they don't take the name. And I might even be okay with a new team with a new name, as long as the "Jets" are forever erased from the books. But then I think, no, I've invested so much time and energy into them that I want to reap some reward for that loyalty. I guess the best compromise is to hope Woody sells the team to people who actually KNOW how to run a winning football franchise, and they stay as the Jets. Ideally this would also include the move back to NY, either sharing Citi Field or Yankee Stadium, or building their own stadium. Okay, dreaming is over, and the reality is that I'm stuck in purgatory after having made a cardinal sin in 1962. Shame on me.
According to the statistics I've seen, New Jerseyans don't really like or support the Jets anyway. Most are Giants fans. As lousy as the Jets have been, would it really be taking anything away from you? LOL I was surprised and disappointed when the Nets left NJ for Brooklyn. You still have the Devils, right? (I'm not a hockey fan, so don't keep up with it).
