Bad decision.  It failed once, and I believe it will fail again.  It's sad that the owner couldn't work something out with St. Louis.  Having lived through the Browns moving to Baltimore I feel for the city.

What say you Bass Resource?

I don't get it.  St. Louis has some of the best fans in the country.  A lot of markets, including my own, are band wagon fans. 

 

I feel for St. Louis football fans

Could of been my Bills... Thanks again for Pegula buying them..

Keep seeing the information on all the teams that were there and left. Makes me wonder why any team would go back. Even this morning they were talking about how if they do not start winning in 2-3 years the fans will stop going to the games. Not exactly a good setup for business.

47 minutes ago, BrianinMD said:

Keep seeing the information on all the teams that were there and left. Makes me wonder why any team would go back. Even this morning they were talking about how if they do not start winning in 2-3 years the fans will stop going to the games. Not exactly a good setup for business.

Kinda like Jacksonville. Real surprised they didn't move. Jacksonville just can't support a football team, as sad as it is to say, because most of my family is from Jax.

Wasn't there a big issue with the venue in St. Louis though? I thought they had a plethora of issues related to the turf and sidelines that was refused to fix. Plus, baseball is king there with hockey doing well also.

given that LA is the 2nd biggest TV market, i can't believe it's taken this long for someone to get back there...

It's all about the money....

The NFL has used the L.A. vacancy to leverage every franchise and force NFL cities to build or dramatically improve every stadium in the league.

1 hour ago, spartyon8 said:

Wasn't there a big issue with the venue in St. Louis though? I thought they had a plethora of issues related to the turf and sidelines that was refused to fix. Plus, baseball is king there with hockey doing well also.

There is an issue with the stadium, but the city/state/county I believe had promised to put up something like $450 million dollars to help build a new one.  Like somebody else already mentioned if they don't start winning in 2 to 3 years the people will stop going.  There's so much else going on in the area that the people will not go just for the sake of going.

And the "issue" with the stadium was brought up by the owner in his papers to the NFL trying to justify moving the team. Does not exactly give it much credibility when the $450 million dollars was set aside by the city.

Full stadiums for a losing team, $450 mil from the city.  Owner just wanted out of St Louis. 

So now St Louis has no NFL team.

Riots in Ferguson or Watts. Either way, the Rams suck..wherever they are.

Do you guy's think for one second this would happen in...Chicago?, Washington?, Pittsburgh? Or even that team from Wisconsin? Not a chance. Those people would take a flame thrower to that stadium.

Why did this happen? St.Louis couldn't or wouldn't guarantee the money the owner wanted. And with no guarantee he knows that with a fan base 4-5 times the size he will get what he deems he needs without one. He doesn't personally need the money, he's married to  a Walton for crying out loud! So was it really about the money??

No, in my opinion it is all about exposure. .The NFL brass just couldn't take it anymore not having a franchise in the 2nd largest market.  That's been an open sore for them since the Raiders left. So now they found the right combination of factors and now LA gets another one..Yeah I know the Rams started in LA, So what? 

There's no loyalty from the team to a fan base or to a city for that matter, no matter what they say. What about the guy who sells the popcorn? or takes the tickets? What about them? The Rams have had 4 winning seasons since 1990!! And those people sitill showed up and supported that team. Nobody cares..Nobody cares.

And No I am not a St Louis fan, I'm a Bear fan..Born and bred

Ok rant over

 

Mike

 

I never liked the St. Louis Rams.

I always liked the Los Angles Rams.

Wish the NFL would allow the cities to retain the team's nicknames.

Baltimore Colts; Houston Oilers; any others??????

1 minute ago, Sam said:

I never liked the St. Louis Rams.

I always liked the Los Angles Rams.

Wish the NFL would allow the cities to retain the team's nicknames.

Baltimore Colts; Houston Oilers; any others??????

Houston Oliers was always a favorite team name of mine.

well they only had 4 winning seasons in 21 years

they have not made the playoffs in 11 years

the only time they were relevant was when they found a QB bagging groceries and caught lightning in a bottle

I agree with Sam, St Louis Rams doesn't sound as good as L A Rams. And it always bothered me that a team that was to the East of 4 other teams not in there division was considered Western.

3 hours ago, Mike L said:

I'm a Bear fan..Born and bred

And wasn't the original team from Chicago the Cardinals?  The same one's that moved to Arizona? 

3 hours ago, Sam said:

Wish the NFL would allow the cities to retain the team's nicknames.

They did allows the colors and history to be retained by a city only once.  The Cleveland Browns.  A lot of good that did my city. LMFAO!

1 hour ago, Carolina Bassin said:

I agree with Sam, St Louis Rams doesn't sound as good as L A Rams. And it always bothered me that a team that was to the East of 4 other teams not in there division was considered Western.

The divisions used to be all jacked up when there were 4 conferences.  The Oilers where in the old AFC Central with the Steelers, Browns and Bengals.  I remember when they had the Buccaneers in the NFC Central with the Bears, Lions, Vikings, and Packers! 

1 hour ago, 5fishlimit said:

And wasn't the original team from Chicago the Cardinals?  The same one's that moved to Arizona? 

Yes, they and the Bears are the only charter members of the NFL still in existence. They left Chicago in '59. I have uncles who are still pi**ed off about it!

4 hours ago, Sam said:

I never liked the St. Louis Rams.

I always liked the Los Angles Rams.

Wish the NFL would allow the cities to retain the team's nicknames.

Baltimore Colts; Houston Oilers; any others??????

Chicago Cardinals, Ny Giants, Minneapolis Lakers, Dodgers......

 

 

Mike 

8 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

The NFL has used the L.A. vacancy to leverage every franchise and force NFL cities to build or dramatically improve every stadium in the league.

Not every but many..

Are they sure they didn't want the Eagles? It would be nice if Philly would start fresh