OldRamsFan

The story I heard was that Mike Martz ditched the pants because the stripes reminded him of pirate swords and the Rams and Bucs had a rivalry at the time. Not sure if there's much truth to that, but Martz IS kind of an idiot so you never know.

I don't remember if it was because of the rivalry, but I do know Martz did not like the stripes because they reminded him of pirate's swords. It was in an interview.

When the Rams did their new uniforms reveal in 2000, they modeled blue pants with gold tapered stripes. They were never used. The white set with gold tapered stripes were used once or twice in preseason.