NFL: Jacksonville Jaguars to play home games in Orlando?

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Wayne Weaver, the owner of the financially strapped Jacksonville Jaguars, can envision a day not too far down the road when Orlando could become his team's second home. We're not just talking about the current setup where Central Florida is designated as a "secondary" television market for the Jaguars. No, we're talking about the Jags actually coming to Orlando to play football games -- real live regular-season NFL games. In a recent interview with the Sentinel, Weaver said the NFL is likely to add two games and go to an 18-game regular season within the next three years. If it happens, Weaver, whose team is already struggling mightily to sell tickets in Jacksonville, is keeping a watchful eye on football-starved Orlando as a place where he could play games and grow his fan base. "There's certainly the possibility that we would play some out-of-market games," Weaver said. "If it happened, Orlando would be the best option and most reasonable location. "In the past, we have reached out to try and cultivate that market and haven't had as much success as we would have liked. We probably need to do a better job. That's a given. We are looking at a long-term strategy and thinking out of the box on how we can build a fan base in Orlando
 
Only if they adopt these unis for these games...

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I can't imagine them staying in Jacksonville too much longer.

I've heard theories that have them drafting Tim Tebow next year, specifically because he is a hometown boy, in an attempt to try to draw more fans.
 
I've heard theories that have them drafting Tim Tebow next year, specifically because he is a hometown boy, in an attempt to try to draw more fans.
Then the entire team will ascend into heaven and play their games from there, either way, they get out of Jacksonville.
 
The economy in Jacksonville is really hurting right now... There is a decent sized upper class there, but it drops pretty steep to lower middle in a hurry. Housing prices went up so fast that it left alot of people really struggling.
 

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