re: NFL- Explain to me two things

I love how people assume LA is a city that can't support pro-football. It is ridiculous to state that and use the Rams and Raiders leaving as reasoning.

First off, the Raiders were in Oakland before and if I recall correctly, Al Davis moved the team to LA without league permission thinking he could get more TV money (pay-per-view) and that they'd build him a new stadium. LA wasn't willing to build the new stadium to his liking and so in typical Davis fashion said "F U, I am taking my ball and going home".

The Rams is a different story, they were there for 49 years, and the then owner who was the wife of the previous owner (her husband) and inherited the team. She was nowhere near as business savvy and expected to have things handed to her on a platter. After poor business decisions within the team got less than expected revenue, she blamed LA, and took the team back to her home town of St. Louis where they were dying to get a team again.

I think of the Rams situation much like the Saints. A team that had some financial struggles at times, which was on the edge of moving (Saints to San Antonio), but the league and city didn't help out LA the way NOLA got helped.

In the end, people can't say the Saints couldn't thrive in New Orleans.

It's like someone saying Seattle failed with a NBA team because the SuperSonics left. Fact was the new owner lied and the city wasn't willing to put in the money at the time for a new arena. It has nothing to do with the quality of the city for hosting a team.