Despite being finished for the year, two National Football League franchises have unfinished business.  The New York Giants and the New York Jets have been sharing a stadium since 1984, but that needs to change.

According to Rahul Kumar, an experienced Giants fan who has connections with several players, said, “I believe that every NFL team deserves to have their own stadium.”

That is just one of a long list of problems that sharing MetLife Stadium is causing. Other problems are traffic issues, dangerous rivalries, and unfair treatment for the maintenance crew working at the stadium.  

According to both Kumar and Mandeep Chandi, “The Giants are the better option of the two to keep the stadium because they had it first and because they are simply the better team.”

Sharing the stadium is definitely causing problems, and the easy solution may be be to build another stadium. Unfortunately, it is not that easy. NFL executives have to decide on many things, such as who will pay for it, where to build it, and who should keep the old stadium.

Kumar said, “Paying for the stadium is not my issue. My issue is that these teams need their own stadiums.”

Fans and officials say this rivalry is causing difficulties that if left alone could cause major problems. Although it is not realistic right now in terms of cost, Kumar said, “They need to find a solution before this rivalry escalates. There is not a problem on where to build a stadium. NYC is big and has a lot of space to build another stadium.”

Chandi disagrees: “Although New York is a big city, there is not space for a stadium, and that is the reason that the MetLife Stadium is located in New Jersey in the first place.”

Is building a stadium now realistic?  For now, it is not realistic. Expect to see the Giants and the Jets share the same stadium for at least the next five years, but after that things may change.

Chandi said, “Even as much as I wish that this should happen, it is wishful thinking. There is simply not enough space or enough money.”

Team executives are going to have to think of the potential positives and negatives of having separate stadiums. The negatives are the cost and finding proper space. Positives include more independent scheduling, having home games on the same day at the same time. It also means easier work for maintenance crews and less traffic.

Chandi and Kumar agree that MetLife Stadium really belongs to the Giants. Chandi said, “Giants would keep MetLife Stadium because that is where they have made history.”