The St. Louis Rams may not have totally alienated their season ticket holders, but they at least took a good first step in that direction.
How? The NFL announced that the Rams have agreed to play one of their 8 home games in London for the next 3 seasons. Their 2012 game in London will be against the New England Patriots.
Why do this? Rams majority owner Stan Kroenke is also the majority shareholder of Arsenal FC in England. The NFL is hoping to put a franchise in London one day, so anything that makes the people of England more excited about football (and you could easily argue that subjecting them to 3 Rams games in a row will have the opposite effect) is a boon for them.
Who gets screwed in all of this? The Rams fans. Not only is their team at a competitive disadvantage with respect to the rest of the league for 3 straight seasons (in playing 7 true home games while everyone else plays 8), but these fans are deprived of what is likely their last chance to see Tom Brady play in St. Louis as Brady isn't scheduled to go back to St. Louis until 2020.
For shame, Rams, it's not like you've given your fans much of anything the last 6 years, this is just adding insult to injury.
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