vcczar Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 @Rezi @OrangeP47 @ebrk85 @matthewyoung123 @jvikings1 @ConservativeElector2 @mark2 @Bloot911 @Hestia @10centjimmy @Willthescout7 @Cal @vcczar Our Alternate History of the NFL Begins The 12 team owners and the commissioner meet to forge a professional football league composed of the best former college stars. In our history, no professional league had existed before. While we are weeks or months away from holding an Inaugural Draft, the teams need to find a city in which to host them. Owners will make their bids for their host cities. Once every team has found a city, the owners will be able to create a team name (mascot) for their city. Please give me a list of your top 5 preferred cities on this list as you may be refused bids. Pick from the below. I'll do the bids in order of owners posting. : Alaska AK Anchorage AK Barrow AK Alabama AL Mobile AL Montgomery AL Arkansas AR Little Rock AR Arizona AZ Phoenix AZ Californa CA Fresno CA Los Angeles CA Oakland CA Sacramento CA San Diego CA San Francisco CA San Jose CA Colorado CO Denver CO Connecticut CT Hartford CT Washington DC Florida FL Jacksonville FL Key West FL Miami FL Orlando FL St Augustine FL Tallahassee FL Tampa Bay FL Atlanta GA Georgia GA Savannah GA Hawaii HI Honolulu HI Des Moines IA Iowa IA Boise ID Idaho ID Chicago IL Decatur IL Illinois IL Rock Island IL Springfield IL Evansville IN Hammond IN Indiana IN Indianapolis IN Muncie IN Kansas KS Topeka KS Wichita KS Kentucky KY Lexington KY Louisville KY Baton Rouge LA Louisiana LA New Orleans LA Boston MA Cambridge MA Massachusetts MA New England MA Salem MA Springfield MA Worcester MA Baltimore MD Maryland MD Detroit MI Michigan MI Duluth MN Minneapolis MN Minnesota MN St Paul MN Kansas City MO Missouri MO St Louis MO Jackson MS Mississippi MS Billings MT Montana MT Carolina NC Charlotte NC North Carolina NC Raleigh NC Dakota ND Fargo ND North Dakota ND Nebraska NE Omaha NE Manchester NH New Hampshire NH New Jersey NJ Newark NJ Orange NJ Princeton NJ Trenton NJ Albuquerque NM New Mexico NM Las Vegas NV Nevada NV Albany NY Bronx NY Brooklyn NY Buffalo NY New York NY New York State NY Queens NY Rochester NY Staten Island NY Syracuse NY Tonawanda NY Akron OH Canton OH Cincinnati OH Cleveland OH Columbus OH Dayton OH LaRue OH Ohio OH Portsmouth OH Toledo OH Oklahoma OK Oklahoma City OK Tulsa OK Oregon OR Portland OR Frankford PA Gettysburg PA Pennsylvania PA Philadelphia PA Pittsburgh PA Pottsville PA Newport RI Providence RI Rhode Island RI Charleston SC South Carolina SC Sioux Falls SD South Dakota SD Chattanooga TN Memphis TN Nashville TN Tennessee TN Arlington TX Austin TX Brownsville TX Dallas TX El Paso TX Fort Worth TX Houston TX San Antonio TX San Marcos TX Texas TX Salt Lake City UT Utah UT Arlington VA Richmond VA Virginia VA Virginia Beach VA Williamsburg VA Seattle WA Washington State WA Green Bay WI Kenosha WI Madison WI Milwaukee WI Racine WI Wisconsin WI West Virginia WV Wheeling WV Wyoming WY Long Island NY Portland ME Maine ME Vermont VT Montpelier VT Cheyenne WY Nantucket MA Flint MI Dearborn MI 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeP47 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 1. Springfield (IL) 2. Rock Island (IL) 3. Illinois (IL) 😉 4. Chicago (IL) 5. Iowa (IA) (mixing it up) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10centjimmy Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 1. Washington, DC 2. Dallas, TX 3. Baltimore, MD 4. Pittsburgh, PA 5. Providence, RI 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewyoung123 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Raleigh, NC Atlanta, GA Charlotte, NC Richmond, VA Carolina, NC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezi Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Rochester, NY Tonawanda, NY Buffalo, NY Syracuse, NY New York State, NY 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 1. Richmond (Virginia) 2. Key West (Florida) 3. Idaho (Idaho) 4. Chattanooga (Tennessee) 5. Anchorage (Alaska) 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10centjimmy Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 9 minutes ago, Cal said: 5. Anchorage (Alaska) Man the busrides to Alaska would be killer. Talk about home field advantage!! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 15 minutes ago, 10centjimmy said: Man the busrides to Alaska would be killer. Talk about home field advantage!! The southern teams coming to Anchorage to play are going to be in for a surprise with the weather. That’s an unfair advantage. 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConservativeElector2 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 1. Little Rock (AR) 2. Montgomery (AL) 3. Richmond (VA) 4. Raleigh (NC) 5. Williamsburg (VA) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvikings1 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 1. Kentucky (KY) 2. Lexington (KY) 3. Cincinatti (OH) 4. Minnesota (MN) 5. Nashville (TN) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloot911 Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 1. Savannah GA 2. Chattanooga TN 3. Tallahassee FL 4. Salt Lake City UT 5. Topeka KS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrk85 Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 1. Oklahoma OK 2. Los Angeles CA 3. Arizona AZ 4. Colorado CO 5. Boston MA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hestia Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 1. Des Moines, IA 2. Omaha, NE 3. Iowa 4. Madison, WI 5. Kansas City, MO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 @Willthescout7 and @mark2 remain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 @ShortKing or @jnewt are either of you interested in taking the 12th team if Mark2 doesn’t respond by the end of the day? He’d been awol for almost a week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willthescout7 Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 1. Decatur, IL (where I grew up and the rightful location of the Staley Bears) 2. Missouri (if I can lobby for the inclusion of Springfield Missouri on this list for several reasons (1. the railway hub at the time the league started was of huge importance and why the town formed at all. The Assemblies of God Church formed here solely because of the railway network. 2. It provides access to Arkansas, Oklahoma, and is closer to St Louis than Kansas City, and 3. I live here). I think it is incredibly likely that in an alternate world a team would spawn here. 3. Cheyanne, WY (I did a project on Wyoming in 4th grade and found Cheyanne fascinating for no reason) 4. Williamsburg, VA (I did a family trip there in middle school and loved it) 5. Gettysburg, PA (Good Movie) 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnewt Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 6 hours ago, vcczar said: @ShortKing or @jnewt are either of you interested in taking the 12th team if Mark2 doesn’t respond by the end of the day? He’d been awol for almost a week Sure, I can take it, if you can be a little flexible with time (or just make decisions for me) if I’m taking too long - I definitely won’t take a week to make decisions though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnewt Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 My choices would be: 1. Worcester (I live here) 2. Boston (I work here) 3. Providence (I went to school for a year here) 4. Boise (potatoes) 5. Las Vegas (gambling) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 I suppose if you wanna replace me with jnewt that's reasonable, but I just haven't had time this weekend. 1. Albany, NY 2. New York State 3. Las Vegas, NV 4. Cheyenne, WY 5. Syracuse, NY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted April 11 Author Share Posted April 11 We will keep both @jnewt and @mark2 as teams. If a team dissolves later, that's fine--and historically accurate for the 1950s. I'm going to join and be a 14th team to keep it even. Here are my bids. 1. Cambridge, MA 2. Philadelphia, PA 3. New Orleans, LA 4. Austin, TX 5. Dallas, TX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted April 11 Author Share Posted April 11 1st Round of Bid Attempts for Team Locations! @OrangeP47 Springfield, IL declines to take a team. @10centjimmy Washington DC accepts a bid for a professional football team. The Washington club become the first team in the league! 75% chance of bid success. @matthewyoung123 Raleigh, NC declines to take a team. @Rezi Rochester, NY declines to take a team. @Cal Richmond, VA declines to take a team. @ConservativeElector2 Little Rock, AR declines to take a team. @jvikings1 the state of Kentucky declines to take a state team. @Bloot911 Savannah, GA declines to take a team. @ebrk85 the state of Oklahoma declines to take a state team. @Hestia Des Moines, IA declines to take a team. @Willthescout7 Decatur, IL declines to take a team. @jnewt Worcester, MA declines to take a team. @mark2 Albany, NY declines to take a team. @vcczar Cambridge, MA accepts a bid for a professional football team. 2nd team in the league. 10% chance of bid success. After the first month of finding investors and host cities that investors want to invest in, the league is only comprised of two teams. It seems right that the national capital has the first team. That investors in Cambridge accepted investing in Cambridge is quite shocking, especially since those in the area are more likely to watch Harvard play than a professional team. 2nd Round of Bid Attempts for Team Locations @OrangeP47 Rock Island, IL declines @matthewyoung123 Atlanta, GA accepts! Team #3. 75% bid success. @Rezi Tonawanda, NY declines @Cal Key West, FL declines @ConservativeElector2 Montgomery, AL declines @jvikings1 Lexington, KY accepts! Team 4. 10% bid success. @Bloot911 Chattanooga, TN declines. @ebrk85 Los Angeles, CA accepts! Team 5. 75% bid success. @Hestia Omaha, NE declines @Willthescout7 Missouri declines a state team. @jnewt Boston, MA accepts! Team 6. 75% bid success. The Boston-Cambridge rivalry is going to be INsane! The Charles River Rivalry! @mark2 New York declines a state team. After another month, the league has 6 teams--Four of which are East Coast. 3rd Round of Bid Attempts for Team Locations @OrangeP47 Illinois declines a state team. @Rezi Buffalo, NY accepts! Team 7. 50% chance bid success. @Cal Idaho declines a state team. @ConservativeElector2 As Richmond and Raleigh have already declines, we go to the 5th preference: Williamsburg, VA declines. @Bloot911 Tallahassee, FL declines. @Hestia Iowa declines a state team. @Willthescout7 Cheyenne, WY declines. @mark2 Las Vegas, NV accepts! Team 8. 75% chance bid success. After three months, the league has 8 teams with 6 owners still grasping for investors and host cities. 4th Round of Bid Attempts for Team Locations @OrangeP47 Chicago, IL accepts! Team 9. 75% chance of bid success. @Cal Chattanooga had already declined an offer, so we go with Anchorage, AK, which declines. @ConservativeElector2 has exhausted his list for now. @Bloot911 Salt Lake City, UT accepts! Team 10. 25% chance of bid success. @Hestia Madison, WI declines. @Willthescout7 Williamsburg had declines an offer already, so we go with Gettysburg, PA, which declines as emphatically as possible (100 on the die, when you needed 1 to 5 out of 100 to get Gettysburg.) After four months, the league is in the double digits. Some of the owners have exhausted their lists and will need to consider bids again. 5th Round of Bid Attempts for Team Locations @Cal has exhausted his list. @ConservativeElector2 has exhausted his list for now. @Hestia Kansas City, MO accepts! Team 11. 75% chance of bid success. @Willthescout7 has exhausted his list. The fifth month sees Kansas City added as an 11th team. I now need @Cal @ConservativeElector2 and @Willthescout7 to organize another list of cities, ideally with one large city included on the list. See who has already declined and been accepted above. Chicago and LA can host two teams, so even though they have teams they can have another. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewyoung123 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Atlanta football franchise starting a lot earlier than they really did. That's ok, the Falcons can have a long and proud tradition of folding under pressure! 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeP47 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 1 minute ago, matthewyoung123 said: Atlanta football franchise starting a lot earlier than they really did. That's ok, the Falcons can have a long and proud tradition of folding under pressure! 😉 And calling it "East Coast" 😛 haha Here's a quick team map of what we have so far. https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=15V6ti99Yp-cNA5u7IsEgBJmCCZ_Pvtk&usp=sharing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10centjimmy Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 3 minutes ago, OrangeP47 said: And calling it "East Coast" 😛 haha Here's a quick team map of what we have so far. https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=15V6ti99Yp-cNA5u7IsEgBJmCCZ_Pvtk&usp=sharing That's a pretty sweet spread, hopefully we get NYC, Texas, and another Midwest team to fill it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeP47 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 3 minutes ago, 10centjimmy said: That's a pretty sweet spread, hopefully we get NYC, Texas, and another Midwest team to fill it out Will could probably be persuaded to at least try St. Louis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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