It’s in the news every so often: the possibility of the Washington Redskins football club moving to a new home when its lease expires at FedEx Field. It interests me because one of the locations discussed is my home county of Loudoun, Virginia. Governor Terry McAuliffe last week joined the band of drummers banging out that beat.

Already home to the Redskins’ training facility and corporate headquarters, Loudoun County offers an interesting option for the Burgundy and Gold. It’s Redskins territory, no question, and nobody out here cares about the offensiveness of the name, but I wonder whether this move to Northern Virginia would make the ‘skins undoubtedly a Virginia team, alienating fans in nearby Maryland (where the team’s current stadium lives). Marylanders have this other team up the road in Baltimore, one who’s actually had some success this century. I worry that moving to the wilds of Virginia would make this division complete.

Personally I’d love to have an NFL stadium up the road from me. Same reason I love that new Metro line they are (read: you are) building out here. I’m never going to use it, but it’s still going to increase my property value. I know, I know, I’ll have to pay for it; no stadium gets built without public money these days. But you’ll have to pay for it too! Ha-ha!

When sports and politics collide there’s always a few pennies here and there to ick up among the rubble.