move the WFTA to London.

This from Peter King

The Continuing WFT Debacle 
I sincerely hope Daniel Snyder comes to his senses in 2022 and sells the franchise. It’s over, Dan. Or, rather, Mister Snyder. Beyond the over-protectionism of the NFL in the past year (the morally bankrupt over-protectionism, I might add), there is the simple fact that fans have long since surrendered their loyalty to the team, and won’t be back as long as Snyder is the owner.WFT owner Dan Snyder.

Some grist for that mill: WFT won the NFC East last year (albeit with a 7-9 record), made the playoffs and played respectfully in an exciting wild-card home loss to eventual Super Bowl champ Tampa Bay last year, and entered this year picked by some to contend for the division title again. The Jacksonville Jaguars, on the other hand, have lost 75 percent of their games over the past decade, went 1-15 last year, hired a new coach and quarterback last offseason, and watched the promise of yet another expensive rebuild go down the toilet with the unceremonious firing of savior coach Urban Meyer. Entering Week 18, savior QB Trevor Lawrence was the lowest-rated passer, among qualifiers, in the league. The Jags are 4-29 in the last two years, 9 wins fewer than WFT. And yet:
[i]Jacksonville drew 7,217 more fans to home games this season than Washington did.[/i]
Only one team in the NFL played to less than 75 percent capacity this year, Washington, which sold 64.3 percent of its seats for eight home games. Those at the last two games, versus Dallas and Philadelphia, are certain more than half the crowd at each game rooted for the visitors.
This is the team, and the ownership, that the league office has spent so much time defending in the wake of the sex-harassment scandal that shook the franchise in 2021.

Interesting observation.  But Washington is never assailed for their attendance, while people are always trying to relocate us.

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Worst to 1st.  Curse Reversed!

move the WFTA to London.

This from Peter King

The Continuing WFT Debacle 
I sincerely hope Daniel Snyder comes to his senses in 2022 and sells the franchise. It’s over, Dan. Or, rather, Mister Snyder. Beyond the over-protectionism of the NFL in the past year (the morally bankrupt over-protectionism, I might add), there is the simple fact that fans have long since surrendered their loyalty to the team, and won’t be back as long as Snyder is the owner.WFT owner Dan Snyder.

Some grist for that mill: WFT won the NFC East last year (albeit with a 7-9 record), made the playoffs and played respectfully in an exciting wild-card home loss to eventual Super Bowl champ Tampa Bay last year, and entered this year picked by some to contend for the division title again. The Jacksonville Jaguars, on the other hand, have lost 75 percent of their games over the past decade, went 1-15 last year, hired a new coach and quarterback last offseason, and watched the promise of yet another expensive rebuild go down the toilet with the unceremonious firing of savior coach Urban Meyer. Entering Week 18, savior QB Trevor Lawrence was the lowest-rated passer, among qualifiers, in the league. The Jags are 4-29 in the last two years, 9 wins fewer than WFT. And yet:
[i]Jacksonville drew 7,217 more fans to home games this season than Washington did.[/i]
Only one team in the NFL played to less than 75 percent capacity this year, Washington, which sold 64.3 percent of its seats for eight home games. Those at the last two games, versus Dallas and Philadelphia, are certain more than half the crowd at each game rooted for the visitors.
This is the team, and the ownership, that the league office has spent so much time defending in the wake of the sex-harassment scandal that shook the franchise in 2021.

Interesting observation.  But Washington is never assailed for their attendance, while people are always trying to relocate us.

Agreed. Washington has struggled for years now to get people to show up. Tampa was also struggling up until Tom Brady's arrival. The Bengals also have a hard time keeping fans around. I posted an article in a different thread on Saturday about fan attendance in professional sports in general. It was from 2019. Jacksonville was not on the list. 

Honestly though. The way the NFL handled that whole email leak with only Gruden getting the hammer dropped down on him was an eye opening reveal. There's more to those emails. There has to be. They probably found even more evidence against several coaches, several owners, several executives and they decided to sacrifice Gruden to make it go away. 

Pretty [BLEEP] up but it's not surprising. The NFL has kept A TON of things under wraps now with Goodell protecting the shield. A lot of hush, hush and just make it go away money has been paid out to settle any more bad looks the NFL no longer wants to take publicly.

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"What do I know of cultured ways, the gilt, the craft and the lie? I, who was born in a naked land and bred in the open sky. The subtle tongue, the sophist guile, they fail when the broadswords sing; Rush in and die, dogs - I was a man before I was a king."

Dang that is a stinging rebuke. It definitely is a nice wrap up of our tribulation. I really want to continue my support of this team but my age is catching up with me. It is hard to accept futility when your loyalty is being desecrated.

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Honestly the die hard loyals are getting old and dying out for sports leagues. Of my 6 kids one cares about sports even though i engaged them with them through their lives. 

The NFL is pandering to people that don't watch sports. My kids like authenticity and they view sports leagues with disdain. This is a big reason Stain Kroenke is courting china now to get a repayment on his stupid stadium.

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Birth of the Franchise - November 30, 1993
Death of the Franchise - November 29, 2011

Fans deserve better. Thanks for all the good times too many are in the past.