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| A ton of empty seats greet the Rams as they start second season in Los Angeles |
| 2017-09-11 |
| [SPORTS.YAHOO] At least Los Angeles now has two NFL teams to not care about. There should be some excitement for both teams in Los Angeles as this season starts. The Chargers just moved there, and every other team in professional sports history that has relocated has been greeted warmly by their new city. Not the Chargers, who didn’t come close to selling out their temporary 30,000-seat soccer stadium in Carson for the preseason. There should be some excitement for the Rams too. Last season wasn’t very good, but new coach Sean McVay was hired and there were good results for second-year quarterback Jared Goff in the preseason. Also, fans get excited for just about any team starting a new season. And for Week 1 of just the second season for the Rams back in Los Angeles, it looked like the Coliseum was maybe half full. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 they currently get around $200M+ from the TV package alone. Hard to drive a franchise into the ground without Nick Maduro as an owner |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-09-11 21:53 |
| #10 If you move to as city with alot of low-income residents for a demographic, chances are you won't get full-stadiums with ticket/concession prices as they are. I can't imagine the Chargers or Rams staying financially afloat beyond the decade. I believe, Spanos will sell the team in a couple years to a conglomerate interest that will move the team BACK to San Diego. |
| Posted by: Charles 2017-09-11 17:39 |
| #9 Everyone knew this would happen, yet LA was given two NFL teams. Not only that, I heard talk of having teams in Europe again. NFL Europe was a massive failure, yet the suits / brain dead commissioner Roger Goodell keep bringing this crap up. The NFL deserves a few years in the wilderness. |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-09-11 14:05 |
| #8 Everyone knew this would happen, yet LA was given two NFL teams. |
| Posted by: regular joe 2017-09-11 12:26 |
| #7 sports are no longer the escape people temporarily desire. Hunger Games? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2017-09-11 11:41 |
| #6 sports are no longer the escape people temporarily desire. How soon before they bring back the old Roman Games. I know a lot of liberals would love to watch Christians vs Lions -or- to give it a 20th Century update: Unarmed Christians vs Lions of Islam... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2017-09-11 10:00 |
| #5 It's been said that sports (and other entertainment) is an escape from the day-to-day politics. Now that sports (NFL) have become "political" (see also ESPN's demise), sports are no longer the escape people temporarily desire. |
| Posted by: Clem 2017-09-11 08:39 |
| #4 Without the franchise, many within the ranks would turn to criminal activity. Oh wait..... |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-09-11 07:23 |
| #3 "Peak NFL". No sympathy for the NFL. It already enjoys an anti-trust exemption. What a joke. No tears shed here. |
| Posted by: Clem 2017-09-11 07:16 |
| #2 In five years when Brady, Rogers, E. Manning, and Brees are gone, the NFL will hit a slide and stay there for a bunch of years. It's their turn. The NFL has had a good run over the last fifteen or so years but every one of the big four goes through peaks and valleys. The NFL is due and their commissioner is accelerating the crash. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2017-09-11 06:55 |
| #1 They suck. They just got lucky today. |
| Posted by: BigEdLB 2017-09-11 01:19 |