Dak wrote:

InvaderRam wrote:

i don’t know what grubman is trying to say but i read one thing that makes sense. having a team in los angeles will be key when negotiating a new tv deal. i think that’s what the owners are ultimately banking on rather than the real estate project around the stadium.

it will also act as a home base for nfl west with nfl films and the combine (after the contract expires with indianapolis) and the draft and superbowls.

We’ll see how this affects TV ratings. I’m not 100% sure they will go up. But, if it was inevitable that an L.A. team would get the NFL a better TV contract, that’s not really an argument for SK’s vision as it was for moving any viable team into L.A.

true but i think the owners also wanted the shinier toy.

wv wrote:

Passing game cant get any worse,
right?

Thats all i got.

w
v

probably not although i’m afraid to ask.

most of all they need to get a legit quarterback. that’ll probably take care of a lot of problems.

i’m wondering if it’s going to be hard to hire coaches until after they’ve settled into los angeles. i mean they don’t even know where the training facilities are going to be yet.

i like the coliseum. i know i’m in the minority here, but it’s got charm and loads of history and it’s right smack in the middle of los angeles – inglewood is close but it’s not in the heart of los angeles.

just needs to be cleaned up a little but i have no interest in corporate luxury suites or what not or 100 yard flat screen tvs. and most games i’ll be watching at home anyways.

Dak wrote:

Looks like the Rams could get something pretty good in the 2nd round at WR if they don’t have the right guy waiting for them in the 1st.

doesn’t sound like the right receiver or right qb is going to be there when the rams pick.

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i became a fan in 1995 when the rams moved to st. louis. and i continued being a rams fan after i moved away. now i’m in los angeles, so i’m in a weird position where i started out as a st louis rams fan and now they’re coming to los angeles.

in the end, i don’t think it would matter where they went. but it is convenient that they are in my hometown.

suddenly i’m feeling like 2016 is going to be more of the same.

Zooey wrote:

InvaderRam wrote:

demoff said in the latest interview that they’re mulling it over.

seems hard to bring grass in considering the stadium will be built underground.

It wouldn’t be hard. Below ground level doesn’t make any difference. They would build a substructure with a drainage system and however they are going to irrigate, pour soil over the top of it, and then roll out the grass and let it grow.

from what i understand with that weird plastic roof they have, you can’t grow the grass on the field while it’s in the stadium. they’d have to have a system to bring the grass in similar to what university of phoenix stadium has where it’s rolled outside the stadium and allowed to grow. of course with the estimated 3 billion in costs for this stadium. that probably isn’t a big deal. i’d want real grass.

they probably won’t, but i hope they win. that would be hilarious.

they don’t yet know if they’ll be using turf or grass for the new stadium.

i assumed they were using turf.

yes. thank you, rm, and i hope you had a wonderful birthday.

wv wrote:

Dak wrote:

I heard from a local media person on a radio show that Shaw added the “top tier” clause as almost a last-second addendum and pretty much expected it to be rejected, and he was surprised when it was accepted.

Well if thats true..just…Wow.

Someone should write a book about
the clause. Or ‘Claws”

Other than the “Tackle” I’d say
the “Clause” was the biggest
event in St.Louis Rams history.

w
v

they really should make a documentary about this. starting from the move in 1995 to the move back in 2016.

i do worry that these rams will not do well with all the extra pressure that comes with moving to the second largest media market in the states.

i don’t know about the inglewood stadium, but staples center is the #1 sports venue in the united states. earns $345 million a year in revenue as of 2014.

nittany ram wrote:

InvaderRam wrote:

i do wonder if they’ll have statues of rams legends.

ya know. like deacon jones, merlin olsen…

I notice you didn’t mention a Massey statue. I’ll assume it was implied…

i was going to add massey but i fear that kroenke will eliminate any remaining evidence of the st louis rams.

if you go on the welcomehomerams.com website you’ll notice they omit the st louis years from the history. i realize it’s a welcome la rams but still. they should find some way to recognize those guys at some point.

• This reply was modified 8 years, 10 months ago by InvaderRam.