A Surprising Statistic

I remember there being much discussion about what would become of the STL football market once the Rams returned to LA. To be perfectly honest I still felt the Rams would draw well there.

I recall several teams reaching out on social media to STL fans to join up with their teams. Chicago was a popular pick from those on the outside looking in. I remember Indy reached out on social media to appeal to STL fans. Tennessee also did something similar. Nobody really knew.

Alas, years later we may have found a surprising answer. Is it just a fluke or a lasting trend? None the less it is a surprise.

St. Louis hates the NFL? Market draws nation's 3rd-best rating for Chiefs-Bills: Media Views

Only the cities with the teams playing in the game, Buffalo and Kansas City, have better ratings than the NFL-scorned Gateway City.

www.stltoday.com

 

[SWAdude]

My take on these things is a loyal fan sticks with a team no matter.

You are simply a bandwagon fan if you can quit a team that easily.

Most of the fans in St Louis quit on the Rams. Even before the move back.

 

[RhodyRams]

not directed at anyone in particular, but please let's not get into the LA-STL-LA debate


we are all members here because of the love of the Rams, no matter where we live

 

[dang]

My take on these things is a loyal fan sticks with a team no matter.

You are simply a bandwagon fan if you can quit a team that easily.

Most of the fans in St Louis quit on the Rams. Even before the move back.

It depends on if you were a StLouis fan or a Rams fan. Rams fans going back a ways have had to stick with them from Cleveland to LA to Anaheim to StL to LA. I came aboard the Tams train in 1972, have stuck with them ever since and will continue to do so until my final dirt nap. It’s a sense of pride sticking with them through thick and thin. Enduring the struggles makes the success all the sweeter.

 

[Angry Ram]

Not surprising.

Internet voices aren't reality. NFL is king.

 

[Psycho_X]

My take on these things is a loyal fan sticks with a team no matter.

You are simply a bandwagon fan if you can quit a team that easily.

Most of the fans in St Louis quit on the Rams. Even before the move back.

I don't know any fans who quit on them before they moved back. Afterwards... sure a lot did but can you blame them if they did? Same thing happened in LA when they left there. I don't view that as bandwagon fandom... people can't help what their heart wants or doesn't want when being stabbed in it. That goes for both LA and St. Louis. The CURRENT ownership did both fanbases dirty twenty years apart. I've accepted years ago that billionaires don't give a shit about the team or the fans aside from the money it can make them. But some people struggle with that when confronted with it and I don't blame them turning away as it is off putting.

I envy the young generation that will grow as Rams fans now because it's likely they'll never be forced into a situation where they have to face supporting their team over their locality. They get to just be Rams fans and never have to experience that heart wrenching moment when they read the news headline that their team is leaving them because their home, family and friends who supported them for years was deemed not good enough. I don't blame people who can't get over that. That's not bandwagon fans that's just human emotions.

Now if any of those people came back and started being Rams fans again after they went to any of the Super Bowls since 99, now those are bandwagon fans.

 

[Corbin]

not directed at anyone in particular, but please let's not get into the LA-STL-LA debate


we are all members here because of the love of the Rams, no matter where we live

I’m feeling threatened