With the Chargers and Raiders looking at a shared facility outside Los Angeles, San Antonio is apparently left at the altar again.
At least they know how to handle it.
Some local officials there are getting grouchy about the Raiders changing directions, after discussions about moving them to San Antonio last year.
The city has been spurned by the Saints and baseball’s Marlins before, so the fact that the Raiders appear to have been just looking for leverage is a tired act to them.
“I may be a little bit too cynical, but they are not truthful with you. They lie.” Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff said, via Tom Orsborn of the San Antonio Express-News. “They lie.”
“As you know after my escapades with the Saints and the Marlins, I am very distrustful of all of them. My distrust of the NFL and of Major League Baseball is really high. That’s why I have always thought no mas — unless both the team and the league are at the table.”
Of course, a city looking to poach a team complaining about someone else being more successful at poaching one seems odd. But San Antonio continues to make the effort.
Having a leverage city is crucial for the teams looking to make a move, and the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce said they’re still not giving up hope of luring the Raiders.
“The concerted efforts of San Antonio’s public and private sectors remain focused on a long-term vision to bring the Raiders to the Alamo City,” their statement said.
Of course, if St. Louis loses the Rams to Los Angeles, there will be at least one other city looking for a team, which will add to the competition for San Antonio, and likely keep them on the outside looking in.
