Off topic NFL:Welcome back LA Rams!!!!!! (chargers stay in san diego for 2016)

[Jacoby4HOF66]

I'm getting season seats most likely. It's much easier to make a once a week commitment for 1/4 the year. I have a ton of friends who are super-excited as well. I know that's not thousands upon thousands of people, and I worry a bit about competing interests, but football in LA, man, I think people may be underestimating how rabid people are for it.

To early to say for sure, but there is the possibility those fantastic tarps show up over selected seats in the Colosseum at some point in the future with the Rams. Hell they've shown up in FedEx for the Skins this year. HD TVs keep getting better and better, and the Red Zone channel is fantastic. People are staying home to drink $1 beers, instead of $9 beers and there is no wait to take a piss.

Anyway, just real excited the Rams are going back to where they belong and I wanted to share where I knew other excited folk would be. And even more excited the Raiders got the shaft. Sorry Ice Cube. Whats even better is there is a possibility that the Rams will get LA all to themselves. Here is hoping SD and Raiders stay away. 1 team in LA would be just right, two would be to much, IMO.

 

[TonySCV]

Any team moving to any market would be guaranteed 5 years of sellouts. That will be increased by the new stadium factor.

Regardless of the fact that this market lost it's team and won't want to lose it again.

If the Rams are good, sure. If not, I don't buy it. I remember the lightly attended games before all the teams ditched LA. Football in LA is like hockey in Atlanta. They could EASILY lose the team again.

People forget the past...

That was attendance for the season opener in '94!

The Raiders blocked off sections as well...

 

[Ron*]

Or better yet, a Twitter account.

https://twitter.com/RamsBlueWhite

 

[Bandit]

If the Rams are good, sure. If not, I don't buy it. I remember the lightly attended games before all the teams ditched LA. Football in LA is like hockey in Atlanta. They could EASILY lose the team again.

People forget the past...

It's amazing that a league as monumental as the NFL would allow a team to play on a surface that ******. I remember going to a couple rams games and thinking it sucked, but god does that bring back some bad memories.

 

[Legionnaire]

Agree. Words can't express how completely meh I am about this. Congrats to everyone who is genuinely excited about this but it baffles me.

I have always been a home team guy (Kings, Dodgers, Lakers, Rams in the Coliseum days). I adopted the Chargers a while back because it was the closest we had to a home team. But I will not support them if they move here. They are the San Diego Chargers. I can't support a team that just bails on its fans. Rams included.

Agree. I'm glad people are really happy and I'm not trying to rain on their parade per se, I'm just trying to express how I've felt about this since it happened. I was rooting against the Rams in every playoff and Super Bowl appearance because they moved.

My only hope is that Rome my Chrissy Everett's someone again. That was soooooooo awesome.

Los Angeles Chargers just doesn't sound right either since I always hear that San Diego Superchargers song in my head, but that is at least a different story.

Yeah, I mean I get why they're upset. It sucks for them, but at least they didn't have to watch their team move away only to win it all.

That's where I am. I don't care about Brooklyn or Minneapolis, I care that they left and won five years later. That is what sticks in my craw. Raiders can ride the suck stick as well. You go, stay gone.

 

[Sleeping Dog]

LA football fans require a winner. They'll give them a few years, but will turn on the team quickly if things aren't showing improvement. Too many things to do in LA instead of wasting your $$ on a continually losing team.

 

[Reclamation Project]

Rough cut (stuck on my laptop)...

 

[Ron*]

If the Rams are good, sure. If not, I don't buy it. I remember the lightly attended games before all the teams ditched LA. Football in LA is like hockey in Atlanta. They could EASILY lose the team again.

People forget the past...

That was attendance for the season opener in '94!

The Raiders blocked off sections as well...

You have to remember that Georgia and that ****er John Shaw tanked the team for several years. That is the direct end result.

Why not post a stadium shot of the Coliseum when they sold out a game against the 49ers in 1957, with over 102,000 attending? It's just as relevant.

 

[kingsfan28]

It's amazing that a league as monumental as the NFL would allow a team to play on a surface that ******. I remember going to a couple rams games and thinking it sucked, but god does that bring back some bad memories.

I had an older cousin who was a cheerleader for 4 years back then. My uncle took me once and I got to watch from the field and I remember thinking the same thing. That field was crap and I too had plenty of bad memories from those years.

Now the memories of the Ram cheerleader I dated the year before they left is another story altogether.

 

[Reclamation Project]

 

[Captain Mittens*]

Lol!

 

[kingsfan28]

If the Rams are good, sure. If not, I don't buy it. I remember the lightly attended games before all the teams ditched LA. Football in LA is like hockey in Atlanta. They could EASILY lose the team again.

People forget the past...

Renovating Anaheim Stadium to add more seat also completely messed up the Angels seasons too. Even the steroided out players like Bonds,McGuire, and Sosa would have a hell of a time hitting one out there.

 

[Ron*]

The Rams were in Los Angeles for 49 years.

This is the Kings 49th year as well.

The Rams and Kings will be celebrating 50 years in Los Angeles at the same time. LOL

 

[Captain Mittens*]

If the Rams are good, sure. If not, I don't buy it. I remember the lightly attended games before all the teams ditched LA. Football in LA is like hockey in Atlanta. They could EASILY lose the team again.

People forget the past...

That was attendance for the season opener in '94!

The Raiders blocked off sections as well...

That was when it was a well known fact the teams are moving. This yeat for example, The Chargwrs attendance went down and the Rams were dead last in attendance.


As a more recent transplant Tony, you don't know the history. The LA Rams attendance was always good before they threatened to move and let the team go to ****

 

[Herby]

The Rams (and Chargers) are both going to be awful again next year, I think the idea is to be back to contending by the time the new stadium is done. But yeah, winning is going to be key once the 2-3 year honeymoon ends.

The Rams in a league that is geared towards passing the ball don't have a QB and arguably the worst WR core in the NFL. I know it was discussed here a bit earlier, but I think the Rams may roll the dice on RG3, he atleast is a marquee name that could generate some buzz.

 

[kingsboy11]

The only major sports team in Los Angeles that is home grown is the Kings.

Los Angeles Galaxy?

Anyways, I'm just glad the Raiders aren't coming. As a 49ers fan, however, I can't cheer for the Rams. But if the Chargers exercise that option I will support them over the Rams.

By 2018, Los Angeles will have the Kings, Lakers, Clippers, Dodgers, Galaxy, LAFC, USC and UCLA Football, Rams, Chargers/Raiders all playing. And you can include the Angels and Ducks if you count Orange county. That's pretty impressive.

 

[Butch 19]

Renovating Anaheim Stadium to add more seat also completely messed up the Angels seasons too. Even the steroided out players like Bonds,McGuire, and Sosa would have a hell of a time hitting one out there.

and the sad (funny) thing is watching a Rams game at the Big A was much better than the Coliseum.

At least it had decent sight lines - and parking.

 

[Captain Mittens*]

and the sad (funny) thing is watching a Rams game at the Big A was much better than the Coliseum.

At least it had decent sight lines - and parking.

Because anything was better than the Coliseum. It was even scarier back then

 

[DocWest]

I've never been a big football fan, so I only watch it pretty casually. I don't have a favorite team, there are just some teams I like more than others. For those of you who love the NFL, have you always been Rams fans even after they left? Or did you switch to a closer team? Are you going to be Rams fans now that they are back and abandon the other team? It seems like a weird situation to be in.

 

[TonySCV]

That was when it was a well known fact the teams are moving. This yeat for example, The Chargwrs attendance went down and the Rams were dead last in attendance.


As a more recent transplant Tony, you don't know the history. The LA Rams attendance was always good before they threatened to move and let the team go to ****

Fair enough, but my main concern is the Rams haven't been good for what... a decade now? They hadn't threatened to move and they were still terrible for years. Once the new car smell wears off, people aren't going to support a losing team in LA, so they'd better win.

Not to mention the city of St. Louis got royally ****ed in all of this.

 

[The Night King]

 

[Captain Mittens*]

Not to mention the city of St. Louis got royally ****ed in all of this.

Payback is an exgirlfriend

 

[Ron*]

Fair enough, but my main concern is the Rams haven't been good for what... a decade now? They hadn't threatened to move and they were still terrible for years. Once the new car smell wears off, people aren't going to support a losing team in LA, so they'd better win.

Not to mention the city of St. Louis got royally ****ed in all of this.

We got royally ****ed 21 years ago. I'm not all that sympathetic.

And I really take exception to the bolded part. The Kings lost forever and ever. Fans still supported the team through thick and thin, and now that we are thick, there is a season ticket waiting list. You really need to fact check before you post, man.

 

[kingsholygrail]

 

[Ron*]

Rough cut (stuck on my laptop)...

Beautiful.

But not quite with the shoulder horns, which were only on the white (and later, blue and gold).

The blue unis just had stripes on the sleeves...which players don't have anymore of course, due to all the holds that would generate.