Post#24 » by Spens1 » Thu Jan 14, 2016 4:17 am
they really didn't handle this well at all
happy for L.A but can't help but feel for the people of St Louis, they bent over backwards to try and keep them but Kroenke just spat in their face basically. Think the NFL may have killed off a city for any future bids, i highly doubt they would welcome the NFL back with open arms for at least another 10-15 years, i mean it would seem it would be in baseball, hockey and even soccers favor (MLS would be wise to put a team there, seems like they have good support for it to draw big)
In saying that, the Rams now will be forced to put together a really good team, it ain't going to look good with a 3/4 full coliseum (at best), which is what could happen if the rams are still as bad as they have been. L.A aren't going to be as patient with the Rams as St Louis was, the honeymoon period could be over very quickly if they don't put it together on the pitch.
It makes a lot of sense business wise now, but the way they handled it may have alienated an entire city (even if they had no business moving their in the first place)