[SoCal Pubbie]

If you check the stats, attendance for the Raiders was better in Los Angeles than the long term average after they moved back to Oakland. Some of the crowds in that dump they call the Oakland Mausoleum in recent years have been the worst since the early AFL days before Al Davis took over.

As for the Rams, dear old Georgia did nothing to field a competitive team and never did any community relations in the OC to boost attendance. Fans in St Louis have pretty much given up on the team after the Kurt Warner years too. Of course it didn’t matter because for years the city agreed to buy up all the unsold tickets to get the team to move there in the first place.

[Dilbert San Diego]

well now just waiting for the other shoe to.drop. doesn’t this news make the St.Louis Rams a lame duck franchise as of right now??? Will they play in the Rose Bowl or somewhere else in the L.A. region while waiting for the new stadium? Hard to believe they stay in St. Louis for now assuming this stadium news is a done deal.

[IamConservative]

If you check the stats, attendance for the Raiders was better in Los Angeles than the long term average after they moved back to Oakland.

Part of the issue with the Raiders today is brand related I think - and the team has been down. Their brand has been soiled irreparably by the association with gangs, hip hop and NWA specifically.

[jttpwalsh]

dear old Georgia did nothing to field a competitive team

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I went to a Monday Night Game, when I first moved to Orange County - Rams vs. Falcons. Some fan put up a neat banner:

ATLANTA, YOU CAN KEEP GEORGIA.

The fans booed like crazy when security took that one down (but not others, nearby).