Most wrong headline of the day

"San Antonio on NFL's radar"

Followed by the most wrong lead paragraph.

San Antonio is on a track that could lead to the NFL considering it for an expansion team someday, commissioner Roger Goodell suggested Wednesday.

Bullshit.

Commissioner Goodell may have said some encouraging words to his audience at the University of the Incarnate Word, but he also left no doubt that the Alamo City has almost no chance of getting a team in the National Football League. And the Express-News admits as such later in the same piece.

While making it clear the league has no immediate plans to grow beyond 32 teams and will continue to discourage relocation, Goodell indicated there has been a shift in how the league views San Antonio. [emphases added]

Let's be honest here -- the NFL has always been less than enthusiastic about San Antonio, even though we built a brand new football stadium fifteen years ago just in the hopes of landing a team. We haven't gotten one, and that building called the Alamodome has sat there next to IH-37 in downtown for a decade and a half without ever being used for its primary purpose: a San Antonio NFL franchise.

And the future doesn't look bright, despite what that headline at the top of this post says. Here's why:

1. In 1992, the NFL rejected San Antonio's bid for an expansion team. Instead, the league gave teams to Charlotte and Jacksonville. Jacksonville?! Hell, we weren't even on the short list.

2. In 2005, after Hurricane Katrina smashed New Orleans, there were rumors that San Antonio might have a chance to land the Saints. Those rumors amounted to nothing. In fact, Saints owner Tom Benson -- a San Antonian, at that! -- never hinted as much, and he has kept the team in the Big Easy.

3. San Antonio has a history of failed football teams from other professional leagues. That doesn't do much to encourage the NFL to look our way.

4. San Antonio has always been a Cowboys town. People here love the Dallas team, and you can bet owner Jerry Jones knows that. Fans have no problem driving up IH-35 to see a game, and that's money in Jones's pocket. I can't imagine he would have anything to do with allowing a competing team to move in down here.

Of course, this is all just my opinion, and I normally would keep these views to myself. But I couldn't let that Express-News headline go without calling B.S. on it. It's optimistic, but it's wrong. We're not on the NFL's radar. We're under it. And I don't think we will ever get a team here unless Austin and San Antonio grow together and begin functioning as one metropolis.