Quote:I believe San Antonio is only the 37th largest market.   That would make it difficult for them to have another professional sports team,  as the highly successful Spurs are heavily supported by businesses in San Antonio.     There's only so many dollars businesses can invest in advertising/ marketing.     

 

With the Cowboys being very popular in most of Texas,  including San Antonio,   I don't think San Antonio will support their own NFL team to the extent that it will get enough backing from the local business community.

 

D6 I respect you but your just regurgitating crap that others spew. The 37th media market has some truth but it's fluky math. San Antonio has a larger viewership than Oakland when you compare city to city. Where its skewed is when you add San Francisco to the mix and its misleading to call Oakland the 6th largest media market and San Antonio the 37th. To be fair San Antonio would include South Texas from Austin down. That is a crap load of viewership. There are actual statistical proof that the San Antonio Market alone is the second largest market for the Cowboys. Thats why Jerry Jones gets so defensive about the topic. 

 

 San Antonio does not have a ton of corporate backing but it is becoming a hot bed. Most corporate supporters have the Spurs full attention but when you add an NFL team to the mix, guess who there going to spend the dollars on? One more thing. The Eagle Ford Shale made a ton of Millionaires in South Texas. There are plenty of people to support a team for 10 games. No doubt about it. 

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