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Elvis wrote:http://www.espn.com/espn/now?nowId=21-0638193602672988656-4
Rams COO Kevin Demoff acknowledged that the Raiders' situation -- getting approved for Las Vegas, but remaining in Oakland for two or three more years -- "is certainly awkward." But he called it "an advantage from a logistics perspective." "They're not relocating in the same year as the vote," Demoff said. "They're staying in California this year. There will be some difficulties that come with that, but from a planning perspective, logistics perspective, it gives them a lot more time than we had, or the Chargers have, to get set up, to give players a chance to look at houses, to understand where the facility will be. Some of the really difficult challenges that come with a compressed timeframe, they will not face."
Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff Writer
BobCarl wrote:There are a lot of awesome Rams fans in St. Louis ... and there were a lot of fake fans there too.
The awesome Rams fans would go .... to see the games, see routes run, blocks made, defensive and offensive strategy used.
The fake fans would go ... so that the next day they could say they went.
A larger amount of awesome fans in St. Louis might have helped keep the team.
The St. Louis media did very little to educate the St. Louis fans about NFL football. What did Bernie do to help his readers better appreciate the team? Bernie shares some of the blame for the Rams moving.
NFL owners like new stadiums because it gives them opportunity to build the ultimate luxury boxes. Owners like luxury boxes because it is revenue that they don't have to put in the revenue sharing pool. Sadly, there wasn't enough corporate support to fill the luxury boxes in St. Louis. The corporate support of the team in St. Louis is mostly to blame for them leaving. The corporations gave very little support from the beginning.
If the corporations in St. Louis wanted the team to stay ... they would have had their minions, the politicians, make it happen. The corporations in St. Louis are mostly to blame for the team leaving.
The good and awesome fans in St. Louis got screwed over.
BobCarl wrote:Raiders moreso than anyone. The Raiders Nation is the original football nation.... there are a bigly amount of fans that don't live in the Oakland area.
I'm that way with both the Rams and the Raiders. They are my teams no matter where they are.
Nevertheless,
PARAM wrote:So now that the Raiders are on their way, who's next?With San Diego vacant? SOMEONE will be on the move. Not so sure about NoCal. With the Raiders continued poor attendance and the 49ers numbers coming down already on what was a real short honeymoon, not sure 2 teams are warranted up there.
Buffalo?
Jacksonville?
New Orleans?