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You've been watching Sports Center too long.you have been away to long.....
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You've been watching Sports Center too long.you have been away to long.....
I know, in Irwindale or Carson. Doesn't matter as it won't sell out and the games will get blacked out.first off....Al is dead.....second off....they wont be playing in the Coliseum.....they are building a Football Stadium....
First off: No one in L.A. wants an NFL Team. L.A. is over run with Illegal Aliens from Central and South America who watch Soccer (Futbol). They don't really care for the NFL.
So when the talking heads on ESPN or any other sports show say that there is fan support for team, they're full of sh*t.
you're in for a major surprise come march 15th.Every time this comes up, LA screws it up
Been doing it for 20 years. I don't expect things to change
You never watched a rams game in LA obviously.Why don't people want a team? Because of Al Davis.
Al Davis is piece of sh*t.
Al Davis said fvck you to his loyal fans in Oakland by moving to L.A. who stupidly gave him a guaranteed contract. Yes. A guaranteed contract.
Al Davis got guaranteed money no matter what the ticket sales were. The Raiders hardly ever sold out because The Coliseum is way too big for football. It has a running track around the field so the players look real small.
Olympics? Great! Football? It sucks.
My Dad is USC class of 1965 so we got Trojan season tickets for 1973 and 1974. College teams can fill up the stadium. Pro teams can't. It's just a fact.
That's what I wrote DimBulb. The Owners want a team there. NOT the fans because they know they'd have to pay for all that sh*t in new taxes! F*ck the NFL!if you ever bothered reading sports pages you'd know all the NFL owners BADLY want a a team in LA.
Every year or two the owner of the San Diego Chargers puts fake stories in all the local LA newspapers and TV shows claiming that "The People, The Fans" want an NFL team in L.A.
The Chargers first season was played in L.A. so Alex Spanos some kind of connection there. Believe me, hardly anyone knows of that. Or cares. Or reads English good enough to find it out.
The other B.S. "moving to L.A." story concerns the Vikings. Every so often the Owner of the Vikes will put fake stories saying that there is interest in them moving to L.A. You know, the Lakers moved from there and what do you know, the Vikes have the same colors too! Woo hoo! So what?
Next post is about Stadium locations and deals.
All irrelevent to the topic.When Al Davis was threatening to move back to Oakland he demanded a new Stadium with Luxury Boxes and all the money making stuff they have these days. Forget the fact that his team sucks, you better build him a new stadium or he's outta' here! Someday, Americans might learn to tell the NFL to fvck off but that's another thread.
So I know they looked at two locations. Carson and Irwindale. I used to go to Irwindale Raceway as a kid so I as familiar with it's location, there was a rock quarry and a Miller Brewing facility right there. Would have been perfect. Plenty of space.
Carson. I lived in Long Beach and for one summer I worked at an Oil Refinery right next door to Carson in Wilmington. The whole place smells like rotten sulfur eggs. Freeway access was good but parking would have been a nightmare and the smell...
Next. Stadium Negotiations.
After reading up on the history involved with L A and the NFL I am inclined to believe that an NFL team in L A let alone a return of the Rams is unlikely.
History of the National Football League in Los Angeles - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
I understand the desperation and dissappointment of 9/11 but I think he is grasping at straws.
There are certainly a small hard core element of fans that would like to see the Rams return to the L A area. There just doesn't seem to be enough of them to justify the relocation.
The NFL seems to be bent on new stadiums in new cities for expansion not just relocation.
Too much history of failed attempts to fill the seats in L A.
for once huggy,why dont you actually llok at an opposing view and read or watch it instead of going by what you THINK you know.all you seahawks fans are all alike.all arrogant.After reading up on the history involved with L A and the NFL I am inclined to believe that an NFL team in L A let alone a return of the Rams is unlikely.
History of the National Football League in Los Angeles - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
I understand the desperation and dissappointment of 9/11 but I think he is grasping at straws.
There are certainly a small hard core element of fans that would like to see the Rams return to the L A area. There just doesn't seem to be enough of them to justify the relocation.
The NFL seems to be bent on new stadiums in new cities for expansion not just relocation.
Too much history of failed attempts to fill the seats in L A.
you and huggy need to get a room honestly,there you guys go withthat irrelevent HISTORY crap again.Every time this comes up, LA screws it up
Been doing it for 20 years. I don't expect things to change
Like they wouldnt have won it had they still stayed? great logic there.Ok then came the time to renew the Raiders Stadium deal. Naturally Al Davis wanted more but for the first (and maybe ONLY) time in it's existence, the L.A. Board of Supervisors and the Stadium Commission fought back.
From all the stories I've read, the negotiations went like this:
Al Davis: I want MORE guaranteed money and a new stadium.
Sane People: Al, that's a lot of money for a team that doesn't sell out and gets blacked out locally. Can't you come down on yer numbers some?
Al Davis: I want MORE guaranteed money and a new stadium or I'm moving back to Oakland.
Sane People: Well ok then. Bye!
As far as the Rams went. I believe Georgia Frattiarri (sp) the Widower Owner of the Rams moved as soon as he inherited the team? I can't remember.
We all said at the time: "Yeah they're all happy now but just wait until a few 4-12 seasons go by then see how they feel".
Then the won the Super Bowl! So ultimately, it was a good thing they got out of L.A. They shouldn't come back.
thats the UNDERSTATEMENT on this thread.are you serious?.....and you say you know the Rams?....what exactly does OC stand for?
not ocean city?
you have been away to long.....First off: No one in L.A. wants an NFL Team. L.A. is over run with Illegal Aliens from Central and South America who watch Soccer (Futbol). They don't really care for the NFL.
So when the talking heads on ESPN or any other sports show say that there is fan support for team, they're full of sh*t.
You've been watching Sports Center too long.you have been away to long.....
NOW your seeing the light and finally coming around seeing the rams days in saint louis are numbered and coming back to LA.congrats on waking up.I knew there was hope for you.Nowadays NFL owners have enough money to buy their own property and build their own stadiums without financing or taxes from the local cities.
They should do that.
The NFL makes about 9 Billion a year but a Stadium costs AT LEAST 1 Billion? Cowboy Stadium 1.2 Billion.
Let's see: 9 Billion dollars divided by 32 teams equals... much less than a Billion.
soon as you stop drinking the kool aid.That's what I wrote DimBulb. The Owners want a team there. NOT the fans because they know they'd have to pay for all that sh*t in new taxes! F*ck the NFL!if you ever bothered reading sports pages you'd know all the NFL owners BADLY want a a team in LA.
L.A. has two Soccer teams? I rest my case!
All of you, just stop being such Sports Zombies will ya'?
the main reason they'll leave is because st. louis couldn't give two shits about them. there's no loyalty on either side, and when the opportunity comes for the team to move to a larger market they'll be gone.
First off: No one in L.A. wants an NFL Team. L.A. is over run with Illegal Aliens from Central and South America who watch Soccer (Futbol). They don't really care for the NFL.
So when the talking heads on ESPN or any other sports show say that there is fan support for team, they're full of sh*t.