The Jacksonville market is extremely small compared to other markets. We've overachieved to get to where we are. Some, it seems, just aren't willing to see things for how they truly are.

If it weren't for Khan, an owner going strictly by the numbers likely would have packed up and moved the team by now.

It takes both. It takes winning AND it takes a large enough fanbase to sustain comfortably in times when the team isn't winning.

To get this market where it needs to be, there must be population and job growth that outpaces comparable cities. Without a healthy school system, I don't see how that happens in Jax. It's just not competitive enough to pull in the employers to put the city where it needs to be to more comfortably support our NFL franchise.

Otherwise, the club is going to continue to look at ways to more comfortably keep the team here - such as adding a second game to London. It may hurt some folks pride, but the city is as marginal an NFL city today as it was when we were narrowly awarded the franchise. There must be new, sustainable growth in the market and improved schools to support it.

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