Report: 1 or 2 NFL Teams Will Relocate To Los Angeles In 2015 or ’16

CBSLA.com) ^ | October 5, 2014 8:22 PM

[ro_dreaming]

There have been rumors that San Antonio would be in the mix for a team as well.

[Colehill1999]

The Los Angeles Loons

The Orange County Crappers

The West Hollywood Weirdos

the possibilities are mind boogling. think of the logos!

[The KG9 Kid]

Well, Divisional Champions can be a pretty weak measure you know. Especially when the NFC West contained the hapless Saints (The Aint's) and the Niners that used to go 2-14 and 3-13 for most of the '70s. The toughest contender for the NFC West champion were the Atlanta Falcons, who were lucky if they won as often as they lost.

The fact that the Rams were divisional champs just because every other team in that division sucked much worse isn't a huge accolade.

This is the *Rams* we're talking about. Not some legendary football team that often reached the pinnacle of greatness. When they finally got sold to St. Louis in exchange for used soccer equipment, most of Los Angeles was happy to see them go.

[truth_seeker]

Why would a team be viable now, when they left in the 1st place?

Why downtown locations, like the coliseum stuck in the middle of an inner city high crime district?

Wouldn’t suburban locations be better? Why did they leave Anaheim? (Anaheim is the 2nd oldest baseball park, now.....after Chavez ravine, without major renovations)

The Coliseum and the Rose Bowl are ancient. Hollywood Park would be a good location for a brand new park. Likewise City of Industry, serving the Inland Empire better.

Driving into the sh!thole of central Lost Angeles makes no sense to me.

[twister881]

There have been proposals for a stadium in Carson, north of Long Beach. None of them are good if it means we lose the Chargers, however, San Diego is still a red region overall, and the taxpayers aren’t willing to pony up $2B in corporate welfare for the Spanos family to have a Jerry Jones-like monument to themselves.

[Dr. Sivana]

The fact that the Rams were divisional champs just because every other team in that division sucked much worse isn't a huge accolade.

At various times a lot of teams have been in weak divisions (the Cowboys of the same era, for instance, had the Giants and Eagles, who had LONGER losing streaks than any other teams in football at the time). The over the hill gand Redskins would be too tired to put on a posteaseason show if the made the wildcard spot. The Vikings central division was re-nicknamed the Pink and Blue division because the Bears and Packers were .500 teams at best, and the Buccaneers were threatening to go 0-14 or 16 before their breakthrough season in '79. The Lions were the Lions.

So, how do you judge the Rams, who can't help who's in the division? You judge them by their performances against top teams in both conferences. The Rams beat the Cowboys in the playoffs in '76, I think, and tied or beat both the Vikings and Redskins during the regular season. Against Ptsies like the Falcons and Seahawks, the Rams pasted the Falcs with a 59-0 shellacking, and held the Seahawks to -8 total yards in the 24-0 win when Haden got injured and Ferragamo took over.

The Rams are the only team to win championships in three different cities, and the 1951 Rams boasted two Hall of Fames QBs and a '50s receiver putting up modern receiver numbers ("Crazy Legs" Hirsch). The Rams had a proud, championship winning tradition before mere expansion teams like the Cowboys and Vikings were even invented. Guys like Deacon Jones played so effectively, that rules had to be changed to control him.

Judging a team by how much they might fetch from the billionaires club or how many shorts or do rags they sell is bad criteria. I'm just glad we are not stuck with Michael Sam any more.

[Delta Dawn]

there could be riots in Oakland if they moved again.

How could one tell?

[representativerepublic]

Dont be surprised if it’s the Bucs. The Glazers have connections to LA, Raymond James Stadium is 20 years old already and is in “need” of upgrading and the Glazers are wearing out their welcome with crappy coaching decisions and bad teams.

[Mike Darancette]

I used to be an LA Rams fan. They come back they can be called the LA Vatos.

[xp38]

Within the US but you forget there are large markets outside the US that could be used for leverage. As well if an actual move is made that vacates at least one city. It is almost like a domino effect. In the case of cities that lost teams (Baltimore, Cleveland, St Louis) they quickly regained them. Well maybe Baltimore took a while. Anyway Toronto, Mexico City and even London England could be used for blackmail once LA is filled.

[onyx]

I am a true blue Chargers Fan. I realize they started as the LA Chargers in 1960, and moved to San Diego in 1961.

Me too. They played in Balboa Stadium where my High School also played. I loved Lance Alworth, Tobin Rote, Jack Kemp, etc.

[Billthedrill]

Gotta be Green Bay. I mean, get serious, an NFL team in a little town in Wisconsin? Those guys will never amount to anything.

What?

[bjorn14]

Apparently not, some guy was just arrested for urinating on it.