Opinion of the Rams moving back to LA?

[Crumpets]

Horrible move in my opinion. LA can't keep a team in the first place, and if you're going to sacrifice a team to moving there, give it to a small market (and generally unlikeable) team like the Raiders.

[The Dowager Mod]

The state of Missouri and the city of St Louis simply couldn't come up with the extortion money the owner demanded, sad really.

[dead0man]

Being from St.Louis I have a lot of FB friends that still live in the area.  Almost none of them care.  The only ones that have bitched have bitched because "aww man, the Bills were coming to town next year!" and "damn it, now I'll have to drive somewhere to get my yearly 49ers fix".  STL is not a football town, never was, never will be.  Baseball, all day with a little love left over for the Blues.

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

Horrible move in my opinion. LA can't keep a team in the first place, and if you're going to sacrifice a team to moving there, give it to a small market (and generally unlikeable) team like the Raiders.

East Bay Pride yo.

[pikachu]

Don't particularly care about the Rams (though having the NFC West make geographic sense is nice) but I'm interested to see what the second team will end up being. I'm also curious to know how the stadium's being funded, and whether it's going to close to the new Crenshaw line.

[RI]

St. Louis is a baseball town that doesn't care much about football. LA should definitely have an NFL team. Definite Freedom Move.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

LA needs an expansion team for a fresh start. This is not that

[SATW]

Horrible Move.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Those of you voting HM do realize it's Missouri they're moving out of, right? 

[DemPGH]

It was probably destined to happen some day. The move to St Louis was shaky and fraught with question marks. FM.

The Rams absolutely, positively 100% need to go back to their older uniforms/colors consisting of yellow and navy, although the jersey was more of a dark royal. It was weird. The blue on the jersey did not match the blue on the helmet, but the yellow matched. It was just enough to make you look twice. Haha.

Ahh, the John Robinson days. Rams at Bears in the '85 NFC title game. Bears won 24-0 in the cold. All those Rams/49ers games where Joe Montana just always got the best of them (their relationship to the 49ers was like the Bengals' relationship to the Steelers - the "little brother" who just can't beat the big brother). Yeah, good to see the Rams back in L.A. It always seemed like the Rams had unfinished business there as "Hollywood's team."

Yes, St. Louis is a baseball town. Been there a couple times and you see Cardinals plus a little Royals and Tigers. Not a trace of football. Want a football town? Try Pittsburgh. They start the countdown to training camp in like February.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

LA is the second largest city in the US.  Why don't they deserve an NFL team?

That being said, I'd rather the Jaguars made the move.  Jacksonville doesn't seem like a good place for a pro sports team IMO.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Don't particularly care about the Rams (though having the NFC West make geographic sense is nice) but I'm interested to see what the second team will end up being. I'm also curious to know how the stadium's being funded, and whether it's going to close to the new Crenshaw line.

The NFC East doesn't make much geographic sense with my Cowboys, either.  And are they even planning on having a second LA team?  I'm not sure they need more than one.

[Хahar 🤔]

I've always thought it admirable that the good people of St. Louis don't care about professional football even a little bit.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

LAX is perfect venue for sports franchise. Aside from Dodgers, Kings & Clippers

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

LAX is perfect venue for sports franchise. Aside from Dodgers, Kings & Clippers

LOL! Also the Angels and Lakers tho.

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

LA is the second largest city in the US.  Why don't they deserve an NFL team?

That being said, I'd rather the Jaguars made the move.  Jacksonville doesn't seem like a good place for a pro sports team IMO.

They do. An expansion one rather than one of the current ones. St. Louis and Missouri may pose a legal fight.

[Mr. Morden]

And are they even planning on having a second LA team?  I'm not sure they need more than one.

The Chargers have been given a year to decide if they're going to join the Rams in LA.  If they decline, then the Raiders may go instead.  Most likely the new stadium they're going to build there will house the Rams plus whichever of the other two teams wants to join them.

[Mike Thick]

Freedom Move.

[SNJ1985]

I think the Raiders should have been moved to LA instead of the Rams.

[Crumpets]

I think the Raiders should have been moved to LA instead of the Rams.

OH MY GOD WE AGREE ON SOMETHING

[pikachu]

Don't particularly care about the Rams (though having the NFC West make geographic sense is nice) but I'm interested to see what the second team will end up being. I'm also curious to know how the stadium's being funded, and whether it's going to close to the new Crenshaw line.

The NFC East doesn't make much geographic sense with my Cowboys, either.  And are they even planning on having a second LA team?  I'm not sure they need more than one.

Tbf, the rest of the NFC East hates the Cowboys, so it works out well as an exception.

[Leinad]

Don't particularly care about the Rams (though having the NFC West make geographic sense is nice) but I'm interested to see what the second team will end up being. I'm also curious to know how the stadium's being funded, and whether it's going to close to the new Crenshaw line.

The NFC East doesn't make much geographic sense with my Cowboys, either.  And are they even planning on having a second LA team?  I'm not sure they need more than one.

Yeah, why on earth would they go from 1 to 2? Why can't they settle for one? Surely they'd accept that after, you know, over 20 years of zero teams?

Are they allergic to odd numbers in LA?

If you really want two teams, why not move one team and then, if that goes well, move the second to LA?

And I've always been baffled as to how Dallas is in the East, St. Louis was in the West, and Indianapolis was in the South. I guess it's more about rivalries than geography.

[pikachu]

Don't particularly care about the Rams (though having the NFC West make geographic sense is nice) but I'm interested to see what the second team will end up being. I'm also curious to know how the stadium's being funded, and whether it's going to close to the new Crenshaw line.

The NFC East doesn't make much geographic sense with my Cowboys, either.  And are they even planning on having a second LA team?  I'm not sure they need more than one.

Yeah, why on earth would they go from 1 to 2? Why can't they settle for one? Surely they'd accept that after, you know, over 20 years of zero teams?

Are they allergic to odd numbers in LA?

If you really want two teams, why not move one team and then, if that goes well, move the second to LA?

And I've always been baffled as to how Dallas is in the East, St. Louis was in the West, and Indianapolis was in the South. I guess it's more about rivalries than geography.

I think the rationale is that

a) LA's massive. A metropolitan area with half of LA's population would still be the fifth largest in the country. Just in sheer population, a second franchise can be easily sustained, and has the potential to be quite successful.

and b) Every other league does it, and the franchise values for them tend to work out. According to Forbes, the NHL has the Kings and Ducks as the 9th and 16th most valuable, Lakers and Clippers at 1st and 5th, and the Dodgers and Angels at 2nd and 8th. Assuming both franchises are competently run, they'll be worth a lot more in LA. 

[Leinad]

Don't particularly care about the Rams (though having the NFC West make geographic sense is nice) but I'm interested to see what the second team will end up being. I'm also curious to know how the stadium's being funded, and whether it's going to close to the new Crenshaw line.

The NFC East doesn't make much geographic sense with my Cowboys, either.  And are they even planning on having a second LA team?  I'm not sure they need more than one.

Yeah, why on earth would they go from 1 to 2? Why can't they settle for one? Surely they'd accept that after, you know, over 20 years of zero teams?

Are they allergic to odd numbers in LA?

If you really want two teams, why not move one team and then, if that goes well, move the second to LA?

And I've always been baffled as to how Dallas is in the East, St. Louis was in the West, and Indianapolis was in the South. I guess it's more about rivalries than geography.

I think the rationale is that

a) LA's massive. A metropolitan area with half of LA's population would still be the fifth largest in the country. Just in sheer population, a second franchise can be easily sustained, and has the potential to be quite successful.

and b) Every other league does it, and the franchise values for them tend to work out. According to Forbes, the NHL has the Kings and Ducks as the 9th and 16th most valuable, Lakers and Clippers at 1st and 5th, and the Dodgers and Angels at 2nd and 8th. Assuming both franchises are competently run, they'll be worth a lot more in LA. 

I get those points and generally agree, but it's still bizarre to not move a team there for two decades and then all of a sudden add 2.