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[EL GRANDE WHOPPO]

I would want the Raider back #1.
But if not i would not want the Chargers here...stay in San Diego, please.
I would take the Jags if Raiders are not available.
Would love to see MJD come back to LA.

They want an NFL team so that would rule the Raiders out.

[EL GRANDE WHOPPO]

Give me back my Rams!! I would love to have a team to rout for on Sundays.

They do get routed on most every Sunday.

[Juan23]

GO JAGUARS !!

[Paul LA]

They do get routed on most every Sunday.

...and that's how I remembered my 'ol pre Anaheim of LA Rams. (We) need Jack Youngblood, Rosie Greer and Roman Gabriel on LA talk Sports radio for laughs. Too bad that fat slag did what the McCourt's could potentially do to Doyer.

Edited by Paul LA, 07 January 2010 - 11:22 PM.

[EL GRANDE WHOPPO]

...and that's how I remembered my 'ol pre Anaheim of LA Rams. (We) need Jack Youngblood, Rosie Greer and Roman Gabriel on LA talk Sports radio for laughs. Too bad that fat slag did what the McCourt's could potentially do to Doyer.

Loved the Rams as a kid. Suffered through many a playoff losses with that team.

[RaiderHater200688]

the Raiders never belonged in L.A.

[BuckeyeLakerCub]

Al Davis needs to die for that team to turn around

[Juan23]

Al Davis needs to die for that team to turn around

He just won't though ...

[Nanizm]

the Raiders never belonged in L.A.

But they were here and became a part of L.A. That spot in my heart will never be replaced with any other team.

That being said i would still like a team in LA for the future generation of fans. LA should have something to cheer for during the NFL season other than teams from other cities. This is what I dont understand about LA fans of teams that arent in LA and never were.

How do you associate yourself to that fan base?
If they win they celebrate in that city not here.
How can you cheer for that?

How can you hate the Dallas Mavericks but like the Dallas Cowboys? They are likely the same fan you cursed out at the game.

I know I like a team that is in Oakland but I just cant wash away the memories and strong connection i have for them. Plus, they are just up the 5 freeway and Oakland looks crappy just like Huntington Park so i can relate to them.

[BuckeyeLakerCub]

People just get attached to teams even if they have no ties to that area. I'm a Lakers fan because of Phil Jackson, and an Ohio State fan with no ties to the state or university because the first ever college football game I watched, they beat Michigan to prevent them from winning the Big 10. Some of those Buckeye fans were likely Cavs fans who I cursed on LeBron. There is no Cleveland/Ohio vs. Chicago rivalry in football, and in baseball, there is a bit of a rivalry between the Tribe and White Sox, but being a Cubs fan, I support the Tribe. Not a big rivalry between the Cubs and Reds

[RaiderHater200688]

I would rather have the Rams back so the 49ers-Rams rivalry can be resurrected

[Bryon]

I would rather have the Rams back so the 49ers-Rams rivalry can be resurrected

GIVE ME BACK MY RAMS. I miss having a favorite NFL team.

[Kyle]

I would rather have the Rams back so the 49ers-Rams rivalry can be resurrected

Aren't rivalries where both teams trade wins? If I remember right, the niners crushed their souls on a regular basis.

[Nanizm]

Aren't rivalries where both teams trade wins? If I remember right, the niners crushed their souls on a regular basis.

I think the definition of rivalry has changed like that of a fan.
Rivalry is used when two teams or players match up and there is some hostility or interest involved. Records have nothing to really do with it. Clippers and Lakers are a rivalry because of the Los Angeles angle which many find interesting.

People always like to remind you that fan is short for fanatic, but that shouldn’t be the case. Fan means someone that follows a team, player, person or thing. It doesn’t mean they paint their entire body when attending the game or stock their favorite actress. You can like that certain something that you are a fan of or be completely obsessed with it, either way its still a fan.

So the next time someone begins to school you on the definition of fan by citing its origin, jam a ball point pen in their neck after telling them the new meaning of fan.

[EvenSteven]

Aren't rivalries where both teams trade wins? If I remember right, the niners crushed their souls on a regular basis.

You remembered the eighties and the nineties where the 49ers dominated.