(01-17-2020, 10:39 AM)hb1148 Wrote:

(01-17-2020, 09:48 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: From Vic today:

Josh from Jacksonville, FL
So this week Mark Lamping said, “To sit back and say winning is going to cure everything -- not in this market." He also said it's possible two home games would be played in London. Vic, you wrote back in November a London team would be based in Florida and (could) play games in a two-home, two-away routine between London and the U.S. Obviously, there are still a lot of moving parts to make a move to London, but red flags should be waving for Jaguars fans. Shad Khan is already on record stating there is "limited demand" for football in Jacksonville. You're right, the owner is the steward of the franchise and Khan has made it clear what he wants long term.
Would a four-and-four, shared-franchise plan be a bad thing? A connection to London would drive a lot of growth in Jacksonville. Think about it.

I have a suspicion that shared franchises may be the small market model of the future. Shad is just a little ahead of the game.

What that will do for fan support/loyalty is anyone's guess.

The Packers did a four-and-four thing with Milwaukee a while back. A little different than Jacksonville to London, sure, but the shared franchise concept bombed there. At some point, a few issues would come up:

• From Jacksonville's point of view: why should we spend a ton of money that the city definitely does not have on a stadium for a team that's only here four times a year?
  
• From London's point of view: why should the revenue earned by the Jaguars here be going back to keep one of the top ten swamp cities in northeast Florida from sinking?
  
• From Khan's point of view: why should I continue making significantly less money on one of the top ten swamp cities in northeast Florida when I'm proving every week that an NFL franchise can thrive in London?
  
• From a Jacksonville fan's point of view: this isn't my team anymore. It's London's team. "Jacksonville" is a footnote to "London Jaguars". Why would I commit to season tickets for a team that's flipping me the bird while having one foot out the door and dangling the other on the threshold?
  

And that's just the start of it. If the Jaguars are going to move more than two games, they might as well move the whole team. Anything more than that and it's just clear that London is keeping the Jacksonville Jaguars on life support.

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