LAist: Still Waiting

cg

Thu, 02 Jun 2005 15:46:15 -0800

If you're interested, here's my own blog-style site, with a Louisiana perspective on the Saints' situation: http://www.saintsdoggle.blogspot.com/ CG

Doran

Tue, 31 May 2005 16:45:51 -0800

I was a Rams season ticket holder for decades. But then Ms. Frontier moved the team to Anaheim. My father continued to make the trek for a couple more years, but I quit cold-turkey and never looked back. Her contempt for Los Angeles was obvious and I could care less if they went backrupt and Georgia was forced to panhandle outside Disneyland. Ultimately they shuffled back home to St. Louis. Good bye and good riddance. If I ever get the sports jones again, I'll likely watch futbol before football catches my interest. If football is ever to return to L.A. I sure as hell hope 1) It's an expansion team and not some unsuccessful leftover from some other city, and 2) that the City of Angels doesn't give them a billion dollars worth of tax breaks and zoning waivers. If the last decade has shown us anything, it's that the teams need us more than we need another sports franchise. BTW, the Raiders were *always* an Oakland team. They hated L.A. and ran back to the bay as soon as they could. The main reason for their popularity was their violent image.

chris franklin

Tue, 31 May 2005 12:53:53 -0800

The previous writer put a positive spin on LA's lack of a franchise. I didn't think about it until now but, I too have become more knowledgable about the league as a whole in the last year and a half that I have lived here in LA. I guess a "vacuum" can do funny things to human behavior... :).

Ted

Tue, 31 May 2005 11:18:49 -0800

I'm a football fan, but I really don't miss the NFL. Those blacked-out games used to drive me crazy... sure it's fun to go to the stadium on Sundays, but I've actually found I've become a bigger fan since the Raiders/Rams moved away, because I know more about the entire league and not just one team. Anyway, that's my take on it.