About 10 years ago, the Raiders left Los Angeles, leaving one of the biggest and richest cities in the U.S. without an NFL team.

But California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger wants that to change. But he doesn’t just want the NFL to grant L.A. one team. He wants two.

Paul Tagliabue, the commissioner of the NFL, met with officials from L.A., Anaheim and Pasadena ? they all want a franchise (well, at least one).

Reps from each city presented plans to the NFL commish and 11 owners.

Schwarzenegger, who presented first, said afterwards that he was there to make sure “we’re getting not only one NFL team to the Los Angeles area, Southern California, but to actually get two teams,” he said. “That’s why I came. Why limit it?”

Some NFL owners laughed when the meeting was over, but Tagliabue didn’t immediately dismiss the possibility.

“One team is our immediate goal. Long term, I think two is a realistic goal,” he said.

Schwarzenegger says he would accept an existing relocated team or an expansion team, or both.

The NFL could take months before they made a decision on whether or not to grant a new franchise license.


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