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LOOK: Stadium is half-empty for Colts-Rams regular season opener in Los Angeles
CBS Sports ^ | Sept 13, 2017 | John Breech

Posted on 09/15/2017 8:42:28 PM PDT by 11th_VA

If NFL fans in Los Angeles are excited about the Rams this year, they have a funny way of showing it. The L.A. Coliseum looked nearly empty for the team's home opener against the Colts on Sunday, and let's just say that everyone watching at home seemed to notice.

When the game kicked off, former Colts punter Pat McAfee was one of the first people to point out how empty the stadium looked.

Not even the lure of a $6 ticket was enough to get Rams fans to the game. That's right, all you needed was six dollars to attend Sunday's game, and even that wasn't enough to get fans through the doors...

(Excerpt) Read more at cbssports.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: boycott; football; nfl; sports
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To: oldplayer

kickball. third world sport. I understand that the nfl has jumped the shark, but that’s no reason to embrace the guatamalean national sport
— also the favorite of distracted millenials and uncoordinated teenagers in blue states all over our great nation.


61 posted on 09/15/2017 9:37:27 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: morphing libertarian

The hurricanes had to have impacted national ratings. But outside Florida and Texas should have had no effect.


62 posted on 09/15/2017 9:37:34 PM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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To: Bullish

you mean the same New England Patriots that are headquartered in the people’s republic of massachusetts ? those guys?


63 posted on 09/15/2017 9:39:10 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: 11th_VA

Probably late in the game (photo). It was a blowout.


64 posted on 09/15/2017 9:39:12 PM PDT by lacrew
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

But the move made people feel good and that is what counts today.


65 posted on 09/15/2017 9:39:28 PM PDT by matt04
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To: lacrew

If you look at the scoreboard, you’ll notice at the time the score was 0-0.


66 posted on 09/15/2017 9:44:00 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: davius

“Why spend six bucks on a game when you can go to church and watch people kneel for free?”

Good one.


67 posted on 09/15/2017 9:44:04 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: JohnBrowdie

Yep, Tom Brady and Bellichick aren’t having any of that. I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s hell to pay for any player if it’s tried there.


68 posted on 09/15/2017 9:44:20 PM PDT by Bullish (Whatever it takes to MAGA)
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To: JohnBrowdie

Game started in England and then exported to the colonies and the backward folks living east of the Channel.

I played it 40 years and love the game. No other sport rewards blue collar work ethic more than soccer. It’s a simple game best played by clever people.


69 posted on 09/15/2017 9:44:48 PM PDT by oldplayer
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To: oldplayer

The irony is in the US, the people who are into soccer tend to be rich, whereas in England, it was the sport of the Working class, while rugby is the sport of the richer people.


70 posted on 09/15/2017 9:46:17 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: JohnBrowdie

“...just an unintelligent thing to say...”

Even the price is similar to 8th grade football. It costs $5 to see an 8th grade game here. Knoxville’s Neyland Stadium seats over 102,000. Bryant-Denny stadium seats 101,821 in little old Tuscaloosa. Sometimes even the PeeWee leagues play in some pretty big stadiums around here and it doesn’t look much worse than that Rams game.


71 posted on 09/15/2017 9:47:23 PM PDT by Monterrosa-24 (...even more American than a Russian AK-47 and a French bikini.)
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To: dfwgator

In the large cities there is a large hispanic population. That’s who comes out for Futbol go to a match in LA sometime.


72 posted on 09/15/2017 9:50:20 PM PDT by morphing libertarian (Imprison Obama, Clintons, Holder, lynch now.)
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To: 11th_VA

What will these America haters do next?


73 posted on 09/15/2017 9:51:47 PM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: morphing libertarian

Atlanta United is getting great turnouts for their games in their first season in the MLS.


74 posted on 09/15/2017 9:52:46 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: 11th_VA

Love it. Get used to it, National Felons League!


75 posted on 09/15/2017 9:53:57 PM PDT by nutmeg
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To: 11th_VA

I think there will be lots of empty seats at every Colts games this year.


76 posted on 09/15/2017 9:55:42 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: dfwgator

My son is following the team 9n TJ Mexico. They won the championship of Mexico in the last few years. he is impressed by their organization. They do a lot of outreach with kids. SD is looking for someone in the stadium and a Mexican soccer team might be interesting.


77 posted on 09/15/2017 9:55:46 PM PDT by morphing libertarian (Imprison Obama, Clintons, Holder, lynch now.)
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To: morphing libertarian

Liga MX games are fun to watch. Much better quality than MLS games.


78 posted on 09/15/2017 9:57:49 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Is that TJ?


79 posted on 09/15/2017 9:59:17 PM PDT by morphing libertarian (Imprison Obama, Clintons, Holder, lynch now.)
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To: 11th_VA

Somethings happening here.
What it is aint exactly clear...


80 posted on 09/15/2017 10:01:54 PM PDT by lee martell
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