If St. Louis loses its NFL team after the 2014 season, it can be pinned on the new stadiums being...

If St. Louis loses its NFL team after the 2014 season, it can be pinned on the new stadiums being built by the Cowboys and Jets/ Giants. Since these facilities will utilize every sort of revenue-building device available to them, cities such as St. Louis will either have to scramble to find funding to upgrade its football facility or build a new stadium entirely.

Evan Weiner's "The Business of Sport"

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Coming off of VanRam’s most recent post (here), I came across the above article and thought it was worth sharing.
BruinFanBaby talked about the inside-LA perspective (which Weiner touches on) that is pessimistic as the possibility of the move. Keep in mind Weiner’s mention that the rumors around a move to LA are targeting 2015 for the move. That gives the Rams seven years to get back into the upper echelon of teams (on-field necessity) and to put together a rabid fan base that will voice their loyalty with their wallets (off-field necessity).
Seven years is a long time. Case in point: seven years ago, we were still dealing with the Super Bowl loss to the Pats (Wiki), with or without a taped walkthrough(Wiki)...
I think it’s difficult to say where this team will be in 3 years let a lone 7. Should we be concerned that the team might relocate? Eventually. Should we be more concerned about winning games? Yes. Yes, yes, yes.

by 3k on Jun 27, 2008 1:19 AM CDT reply actions

Be concerned with attending, too.

I single-handedly tried to keep them in LA during 1992 to 1994 by driving 600 miles round trip to see them play 15 times over those three years (all in Anaheim). Nobody else in SoCal felt inclined to do the same because they were more worried about the product on the field than about losing that product.

Poor quality pro football is still PRO football and while I understand frustration, you cannot boycott by not showing up. It will cause you to lose the team.

by Downing Rules on Jul 2, 2008 6:01 PM CDT up reply actions