[fhayek]

In my lifetime, Los Angeles has lost THREE football teams. Ya think maybe it’s not a football town?

[sparklite2]

San Diego was a football town. When the Chargers moved to LA, they moved away from their now-angry base to a city where they had no fans. The Chargers are playing in a soccer stadium that only seats 27,000 and they can’t fill that.

Hint: the Coliseum and Jerry’s stadium in Arlington each seat just under 100,000.

Coliseum seating is a problem for the Rams, too. They have been historically unable to get SRO at the Coliseum so that it always looked like it was under-attended. The NFL may have made a mistake in letting the LA market remain without a team as long as they did. People may have lost interest and found other pursuits.

The LA revolving door of the Raiders, Chargers, and Rams doesn’t make for long-time fans. The Green Bay Packers have a decades long waiting line for season ticket and the Dallas Cowboys ratings for the first game were better than last year. A national decline in football viewership has a lot of reasons with the chia-headed baboon dissing the anthem just one factor.

[SamAdams76]

I lived in Southern California for a few years and really had no desire to go watch pro sporting events. The weather there is so perfect year round that there were always other things I'd rather be doing. I remember one Christmas playing volleyball at the beach. I think that's the reason pro sports struggle a bit there.

Just read a book on the history of professional football and it was very interesting, especially how the modern NFL all came together under the leadership of Pete Rozelle and turned pro football into a multi-billion dollar industry - making millionaires out of players, many of which otherwise would be flipping burgers or pumping gas.

The NFL had a really good thing going but they are pissing it away.

[VOR78]

Yeah, that was my first thought, too. How many times does the NFL have to get run out of LA before they finally figure out that their product isn’t selling there?

[redgolum]

But the money boys want to have a team to play with while they sit on the West Coast.

Moving the Rams out of St Louis was stupid. They had a solid (if small market) fan base. They lost all of that now for a shiny new stadium that will set empty. Paid for by the tax payers of course.

[Moltke]

In my lifetime, Los Angeles has lost THREE football teams. Ya think maybe it’s not a football town?

Obvious answer: Mexicans prefer soccer.

[Kozy]

But LA got two teams this fall , the Rams and the Chargers. Wait until you see the 27,000 seat soccer stadium this Sunday. As of yesterday it is not sold out. Smart move by a stupid owner.
The NFL let someone else control their brand. Not a winning approach to continued financial success. NFL is on the down slope.