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Rockstar Matt

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  1. "Arbitrators rule in favor of Rams in Dome negotiations" http://www.stltoday....7ae1dce981.html The CVC has 30 days to try to enact the Rams' plan for renovation, which is unlikely, and because of that it looks like the Rams can break their lease in 2015. Officially it's saying the Rams lease with the EJD will go on a year-to-year lease beginning in 2015. This is pretty big news.
  2. So, the period in which NFL teams have to submit to the NFL for relocation started 10 days ago. Does anyone have any news for Los Angeles??
  3. It does surprise me a little bit to be honest. I can't comprehend why anyone would get so defensive at the thought of losing their team when that thought is entertained by people who in no way, shape or form, will dictate what happens with the NFL in Los Angeles, or any other NFL Franchise.
  4. But at least the Buccaneers and Bengal have been to Super Bowl, with Buccaneers winning a championship. Why do you get so defense when others explore the possibility of the Jaguars moving from your hometown, to my hometown? Do you see STL Fanatic, or any other Rams fans/St. Louis residents reacting the same way? Obviously, they don't want to lose their team just like you don't want to lose your team, but at least they're able to have civil conversations about it. I've learned so much from Goth and STL Fanatic conversing on the boards and even more so when they post links. I grew up without a local NFL franchise in the second largest media market in the United States. Los Angeles will have a team, and at this point, I don't care where the franchise comes from. Whether it be an expansion or relocation, I'll support any team.
  5. At this point, I don't care who moves to Los Angeles, I just want a damn football team here. I'll support the hell out of any team here in LA, after the Cowboys, of course.
  6. Is that Thomas Landry as in the Cowboys Legendary Coach, Tom Landry? Yes, as a New York Giant during his days as a player. I know he was a Giant. I just thought how ironic it is that cmm posted a player card of an old Giant player who happens to be the most recognizable Dallas Cowboys figure.
  7. Is that Thomas Landry as in the Cowboys Legendary Coach, Tom Landry?
  8. True, very true, but like I said, use the helmet from that era with the modern unis, and you'll have a beautiful uniform. I hate their new helmet.
  9. I think the Seahawks' Green Jersey is one of the best looking jerseys ever. The only way this uniform would have been better is if they used their white pants with it. Then, it would have been one of the best uniforms ever. Also, I think this is the best the Bills have ever looked. I will add that if the Bills used the helmet from the Oh-God-help-us-not-them-again-Bills era, with their current uniforms, then their current set would be the best in Bills history.
  10. I've been hearing and reading reports that Toronto is going to lose the Raptors. And it looks like Sacramento is getting their act together. I left New Orleans because I can't think of a place they'll move to. Seriously. Plus, moving Toronto but keeping the others allows for a division lay out that makes sense.
  11. In light of the possibility of Seattle getting a new arena and with that, a new basketball team, this is my new NBA. Same division lay out and such. WEST Pacific Division LA Lakers LA Clippers Golden State Phoenix Sacramento Northwest Division Seattle (Toronto's team) Utah Denver Minnesota Portland Southwest Division Oklahoma City Dallas San Antonio New Orleans Houston EAST Central Chicago Detroit Cleveland Indiana Milwaukee Atlantic Boston Philadelphia New York Brooklyn Washington Southeast Miami Orlando Charlotte Atlanta Memphis What do you guys think?
  12. Nope. Angelinos can assure you, she left because she wanted to be in St. Louis, her hometown. The moment she took the Rams to Anaheim many, but not all, Rams fans started following another team or quit the NFL all together. It was only a matter of a time before she made the Rams leave SoCal for good.
  13. That looks so incredibly badass. Eeeeeh, nothing's more badass than this That does look really sweet having the stadium built out of the hill, until you realized where the hell that thing is actually going to be. Downtown LA > City of Industry. Depends on who you're asking. Someone from the Inland Empire or the OC might disagree. But yeah for anyone in LA county or Ventura it's a big plus. Please don't call it THE OC. Drives me insane. And I'm from OC. I prefer the downtown site. And my comment above wasn't based on a commute or distance thing. It was based on I'd rather spend time in Downtown LA than I ever would in the friggin City of Industry. Also, why the hell would anyone ever want to spend time in the City of Industry? It's f ing hot out there, and miserable And to bosrs 1, (and no disrespect to Still MIGHTY) but this stadium would Los Angeles' team. Not the Inland Empire's or OC's team, but Los Angeles' team. They should play in Los Angeles.
  14. Cowboys - My all-time favorite team, period. (Football is my favorite sport) My dad is a Cowboys fan so naturally I became a fan as well and I've been one for as long as I can remember. Lakers - I'm from Los Angeles and plus if you like basketball growing up in LA, you like the Lakers, not the Clippers (unless you're purposely rebelling just because or your family roots for the Clips.) Raiders - I'm from LA, and I root them because my mom loves the Raiders. I will root for them to win every game, except when they play the Cowboys. Angels & Ducks - Truth be told, none of my family members really like either sport so I never grew up with it, but just through being a sports fan (and a kid once upon a time) I watched those disney movies about the Angels and Mighty Ducks and I became fans of them. Watched both their championship runs, have been to a couple of games but that's about as far as I watch them. LA Galaxy - My two best friends growing up loved soccer, and through them, I grew to love the sport too. So since they're the LA MLS team, I root for them. Newcastle United - This one is a bit strange. I became interested in the club through a movie I watched (and I can't remember the name), plus whenever I played the Manager Mode in FIFA, I always chose Newcastle. So now I watch them whenever I can.
  15. With the Jags current lease, they need to prove that they've lost money in three consecutive years otherwise they can't break the lease until 2028.
  16. You clearly haven't experienced Los Angeles traffic When I drive out to college, it's a 15-mile drive, it usually takes me about 1 and a half hours. An hour and a half to go 15 miles? It's ridiculous. There have been times where it takes about 2 hours to go 10 miles in some parts of the city. Traffic here is horrendous.
  17. Yeah, and I didn't want the Cowboys to leave Texas Stadium either. Don't get me wrong, I love our new stadium, but Texas Stadium is better. Plus, they're the only team the majority of Angelinos actually want back.
  18. Preferably, the NFL wants to plan to bring both an AFC and NFC team here, for all purposes of TV rights, demography and revenues (so that CBS, NBC, ESPN and FOX pay more to televise games from LA, with a reach of 18 million new viewers). The shoo-in is the Chargers, and there's speculation about the Rams and Vikings, but with Al Davis' death, the Raiders are suddenly in the mix. But like you said, the NFL has always relied on us as a bargaining chip for other people's fans to fork over public money for stadiums, for NFL owners to split the profits on. Since the NFL abandoned us, 23 of the 32 teams have either gotten upgrades or new stadiums. Three of the oldest stadiums now rely in California, while new massive deals have been made elsewhere (Meadowlands, Philly, Foxboro, Pittsburgh). And there has been anti-LA sentiment over the last 16 years, from the owners who view LA as a joke market with bandwagon fans, to fans who always discredit Los Angeles from any sports talks because of a lack of an NFL team. The NFL has attempted to give LA a team back, but everytime a small snag appears on the side of the road, then pooof, the NFL says a big F U to us in disgust and laughter. Being put through this kind of hell, any kind of roadblock to me is seen as a major one for us, and the possible moment when NFL pulls the trigger and shuts down a return to Los Angeles. The only chance the Raiders have of coming back is if Rowski's stadium gets built. AEG has repeatedly said the Raiders will not be moving into their stadium mostly because they don't want the Raider culture in L.A. Live. Oakland Raider fans support the team more than we do and their scariest Raider fans aren't like scary LA Raider fans. Scary LA Raider fans are most likely gangbangers and our gangs are notoriously violent. As previously mentioned, I too believe that the Chargers are the team to most likely to move and the only other team that has a realistic chance of moving to Los Angeles, in my opinion, is the Rams. Chargers will be heavily supported if they come to LA first, but if the Rams come back and/or if they come back first (unlikely) they'll be beloved. We'll embrace the Rams as if they had never even left. Chargers will be supported as well, but not as much as the Rams if they come back. If we just get the Chargers, they will be our team, if that makes sense. We'll rally around them. But, only if they're the only team we get.
  19. It's in Los Angeles County I've also preferred the downtown, because of the downtown aspect. Industry would be a shorter drive for me, but eh. (As always in SoCal, drive times vary based on traffic, so who knows. I'm only taking two freeways to either location.) I don't think the difference between the two really changes much for an NFL game, at least for me. Usually, people aren't leaving to get to an NFL game right on time. Most people get there early, tailgate, explore around. There's things to do or party areas or game watching areas. (Both sites would have that in spades. Tailgating would be less for downtown, but again eh.) I know it is, but I just love the idea of our football team actually playing in the City of Los Angeles. Traffic is a big reason why I don't want the stadium in the City of Industry. For me, to get to the stadium in L.A. live, I would only have to take one freeway. To get to the City of Industry I'd probably have to take 3 or 4. If know the LA area, it takes 30 mins/1 hour (without/with traffic time) from downtown to Grand Crossings. And you don't like it because it's in a suburb (Industry is an LA suburb) and not in downtown? OK then, so by your logic, you hate the stadiums for the 49ers, Giants, Jets, Pats, Dolphins, Cowboys and Cardinals because those aren't in that city but in that town's suburb. Where exactly are you starting that drive from. Santa Monica? Because with traffic, there to downtown is 1 hour on weekdays. I don't mind stadiums in suburbs, but I prefer for teams to actually play in the City for which they're named after. I do know the LA area as I've lived here my entire life. I go to college in Santa Monica, but I live in the South Bay, beach cities area. I can usually get into downtown LA in about 30-45 minutes depending on traffic. I just prefer Farmer's Field because I love the new downtown area. It'd be fun to go games because it's in LA. In the City of Industry, I may as well drive down to San Diego to see a game. It'd have the same feel for me. It wouldn't feel like our stadium/team.
  20. The only reason I don't like the City of Industry proposal is because the stadium isn't even in L.A. and if I were to ever go to a game, the drive would take about an hour to an hour and a half depending on traffic. However Farmer's Field would be only a 30 minute drive and it's actually in Los Angeles.
  21. Oh God no, I'd rather have anyone but the Chargers. Keep 'em in San Diego where they belong. I've been telling people which ever team moves to Los Angeles will instantly become my 3rd favorite team (behind the Cowboys #1, and Raiders #2) but that won't be the case if it's the Chargers. If they're not even gonna be either of your top 2 teams, then what the hell are you complaining about? You're not gonna be cheering for 'em anyway. I hate when people say, "it better not be this team cuz I'm not gonna cheer for them cuz, even though I'm a fan of 12 other team's, they'd be my 13th favorite if they were anyone else", as if they're the one person potential owners are looking at for a response out of before relocating a team. Take a step back and chill. I'm allowed to voice my own opinion. You are not the opinion-police. You don't understand the hatred Raider fans have for the Chargers and the dislike between Los Angeles and San Diego (when it comes to sports and politics). Plus, think about how ludicrous it'd be for the Chargers to move into a city that once held their Arch-Rivals. And I know the Chargers started in Los Angeles but that was for only one season, plus who is the only franchise to bring a NFL title to Los Angeles? That'd be the Raiders. EDIT: I'm not saying I want the Raiders back, because I don't. But, the more I think on it, I think that the best option for Los Angeles is to have both the Rams and Chargers move to LA. The Chargers only because if they agree in time they can break ground on Farmer's Field by June 2012 and have the Stadium to be ready in time for Super Bowl L, 2016.
  22. Oh God no, I'd rather have anyone but the Chargers. Keep 'em in San Diego where they belong. I've been telling people which ever team moves to Los Angeles will instantly become my 3rd favorite team (behind the Cowboys #1, and Raiders #2) but that won't be the case if it's the Chargers.
  23. I would love, love, to have the Rams back. They never should have left in the first place. They're the only team, in my opinion, who belongs in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Rams. It just fits. St. Louis never deserved to have the Rams. I don't care that city has a team, it just shouldn't have been the Rams. I hope a team commits to this stadium. This stadium plan is by far the best option we've had for a NFL team moving to Los Angeles since the Rams and Raiders left.
  24. Vikings belong in Minnesota. I hope they never move. I hope L.A. gets the Rams or the Jaguars however. I actually want both teams, but I'll take one team.
  25. This next part is an example of how the relegation and promotion system works: AFC East: New England Patriots 12-4 New York Jets 10-6 Baltimore Ravens 8-8 North: Cincinnati Bengals 9-7 Pittsburgh Steelers 13-3 Indianapolis Colts 11-5 South: Houston Texans 11-5 Tennessee Titans 9-7 Miami Dolphins 8-8 West: San Diego Chargers 10-6 Denver Broncos 8-8 Oakland Raiders 7-9 NFC East: Philadelphia Eagles 11-5 New York Giants 9-7 Carolina Panthers 6-10 South: New Orleans Saints 12-4 Dallas Cowboys 12-4 Atlanta Falcons 11-5 North: Minnesota Vikings 10-6 Green Bay Packers 9-7 Chicago Bears 5-11 West: Arizona Cardinals 9-7 San Francisco 49ers 8-8 Seattle Seahawks 4-12 AFC PLAYOFF SEEDINGS (Four Divisional Winners guaranteed a spot, but seeding is based on purely record. Like normal, playoffs determine the Champion) 1. Steelers 2. Patriots 3. Colts 4. Texans 5. Chargers 6. Jets NFC PLAYOFF SEEDINGS 1. Saints 2. Cowboys 3. Falcons 4. Eagles 5. Vikings 6. Cardinals ____________________________________ NFL TEAMS THAT ARE RELEGATED: (Four teams from each Conference) AFC RELEGATED TEAMS: Raiders, Dolphins, Broncos, Ravens. NFC RELEGATED TEAMS: Seahawks, 49ers, Bears, Panthers. _____________________________ League 2 East: Buffalo Bills 10-6 Washington Redskins 13-3 Jacksonville Jaguars 11-5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7-9 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 8-8 Toronto Argonauts 4-12 Montreal Alouettes 13-3 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Florida Tuskers 9-7 Hartford Colonials 2-14 UFL Virginia 0-16 West: St. Louis Rams 11-5 Kansas City Chiefs 13-3 Detroit Lions 12-4 Cleveland Browns 8-8 Calgary Stampeders 9-7 BC Lions 7-9 Edmonton Eskimos 6-10 Saskatchewan Roughriders 8-8 Las Vegas Locomotives 9-7 Sacramento Mountain Lions 5-11 Omaha Nighthawks 3-13 (Top 6 teams in each conference advance to the playoffs.) EAST PLAYOFF SEEDINGS (Again, based on regular-season standings): 1. Washington Redskins 2. Montreal Aloulettes 3. Jacksonville Jaguars 4. Buffalo Bills 5. Florida Tuskers 6. Hamilton Tiger-Cats WEST PLAYOFF SEEDINGS 1. Kansas City Chiefs 2. Detroit Lions 3. St. Louis Rams 4. Calgary Stampeders 5. Las Vegas Locomotives 6. Cleveland Browns PLAYOFFS (Normal NFL Format. 1st Round: Jaguars 31, Tiger-Cats 27 Tuskers 24, Bills 21 Rams 34, Browns 13 Stampeders 35, Locomotives 32 OT 2nd Round: (all teams that made it to the 2nd round are promoted.) Alouettes 41, Jaguars 23 Redskins 38, Tuskers 30 Rams 31, Lions 30 Chiefs 21, Stampeders 9 Conference Championships (Each Conference Champion is guaranteed Promotion as well as the runner-up): Rams 23, Chiefs 20 Redskins 35, Alouettes 21 LEAGUE TWO TITLE GAME: Redskins 37, Rams 6 <--- (Both guaranteed promotion) LEAGUE TWO PROMOTED TEAMS: Redskins, Stampeders, Rams, Alouettes, Jaguars, Rams, Lions, Chiefs, Tuskers. New NFL Teams and where they are placed the following season. Italics denote promoted teams. AFC East: New England Patriots New York Jets Florida Tuskers North: Cincinnati Bengals Pittsburgh Steelers Indianapolis Colts South: Houston Texans Tennessee Titans Jacksonville Jaguars West: San Diego Chargers Kansas City Chiefs Calgary Stampeders NFC East: Philadelphia Eagles New York Giants Washington Redskins South: New Orleans Saints Dallas Cowboys Atlanta Falcons North: Minnesota Vikings Green Bay Packers Detroit Lions West: Arizona Cardinals St. Louis Rams Montreal Alouettes New League Two placement of teams: East: Miami Dolphins Chicago Bears Carolina Panthers Baltimore Ravens Buffalo Bills Tampa Bay Buccaneers Hamilton Tiger-Cats Toronto Argonauts Winnipeg Blue Bombers Hartford Colonials UFL Virginia West: Oakland Raiders Denver Broncos Seattle Seahawks San Francisco 49ers Cleveland Browns BC Lions Edmonton Eskimos Saskatchewan Roughriders Las Vegas Locomotives Sacramento Mountain Lions Omaha Nighthawks
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