What if the Rams weren't the Rams?

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Would You Support a Rebranded Rams?

  • Absolutely! Go Stallions!

  • No way. I guess I'll just spend my Sundays with my family (sigh)

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Imagine...

Sitting in his office in stately Kroenke Manor perched high atop Mt. Wal-Mart, Rams owner Stan Kroenke has an idea that hits him like a fastball off the the head of his namesake.

The Rams have been mediocre for so long, maybe what we need is a change…
OF NAME!

From now on the Rams will be known as the Stallions. Or the Pilots. Or the SuperStars!
The colors will be the same. The history will be the same. The only difference will be the name.

Are the former Rams (TFKAR for short) still your team?
 
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Our logo could be this;

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Yes they will be my team til the day I die,been with them over 30 years.But I will not refer to them by any other name but THE STL RAMS
 
Legatron4 said:
No, the name leaves, I leave. Won't ever happen, but yeah, I wouldn't be able to root for them anymore.
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Wow, really?

It's just a name, what really matters is the history of the organization, the coaches, players, and fans who have put their blood, sweat, and tears into trying to make that name mean something.

Personally, I'd still be a fan no matter what their name is, what colors they wear, or what city they move to. I guess I'd have to pick a new team if they were to dissolve, but it would put a strain on my interest in the NFL in general.
 
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ahh but let us throw a little zinger in there.

What if another team comes along in 5 years and takes over the RAMS name like the whole Cleveland/Baltimore deal with the Browns

then who would you root for?
 
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jjab360 said:
Wow, really?

It's just a name, what really matters is the history of the organization, the coaches, players, and fans who have put their blood, sweat, and tears into trying to make that name mean something.

Personally, I'd still be a fan no matter what their name is, what colors they wear, or what city they move to. I guess I'd have to pick a new team if they were to dissolve, but it would put a strain on my interest in the NFL in general.
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If your talking about history then you have to include the name. Without being the Rams, we no longer are the first time to have a logo on the helmet. If you change the name, you change their history. The city doesn't matter, but they always should be the Rams.
 
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I fell in love withe horns painted on the sides of the helmet that's why I became a fan. So I assume if they change the name the horns will be leaving too.
So yeah, I'd stop being a fan
 
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Legatron4 said:
If your talking about history then you have to include the name. Without being the Rams, we no longer are the first time to have a logo on the helmet. If you change the name, you change their history. The city doesn't matter, but they always should be the Rams.
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How does changing the name change their history? History can't be changed, it's already happened...:confused:
 
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One would think if that was going to happen, it would have happened in 1995 as part of a deal that the next expansion team was guaranteed to be the Los Angeles Rams, a la the Cleveland Browns deal.

And if that happened, I would have continued to follow the Stallions until the new Rams debuted, then the day would eventually come when the Stallions had no Rams on them, then they'd be just another team.

Now if they had pulled an Oilers-to-Titans deal, I'd still follow the Stallions but I'd be part of any effort necessary to change their name back to the Rams.
 
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How does changing the name change their history? History can't be changed, it's already happened...:confused:
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Yes but it wouldn't be our history anymore. In my opinion, if you change the name, you change the team. Therefore you lose whatever history you had. The Titans Are a good example. Whenever you watch one of their games, they don't talk about the Oilers. Because that's not what they are. It's a completely different team.
 
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Legatron4 said:
Yes but it wouldn't be our history anymore. In my opinion, if you change the name, you change the team. Therefore you lose whatever history you had. The Titans Are a good example. Whenever you watch one of their games, they don't talk about the Oilers. Because that's not what they are. It's a completely different team.
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Then why do the Titans wear the old Oiler unis when they do their "retro throwback" days?
 
Legatron4 said:
Yes but it wouldn't be our history anymore. In my opinion, if you change the name, you change the team. Therefore you lose whatever history you had. The Titans Are a good example. Whenever you watch one of their games, they don't talk about the Oilers. Because that's not what they are. It's a completely different team.
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No they don't talk about the Oilers because their name isn't the Oilers anymore. But they still have the Oilers history. Jeff Fisher didn't go from being the Oilers coach to another team's coach, he was still coaching the same team with the same players and the same history even though most of it came in another city.

When Snoop Dogg changed his name to Snoop Lion (weird I know) did he transform into a different person? No, he still had the same DNA, sang/rapped the same songs, smoked the same weed, etc.
 
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No they don't talk about the Oilers because their name isn't the Oilers anymore. But they still have the Oilers history. Jeff Fisher didn't go from being the Oilers coach to another team's coach, he was still coaching the same team with the same players and the same history even though most of it came in another city.

When Snoop Dogg changed his name to Snoop Lion (weird I know) did he transform into a different person? No, he still had the same DNA, sang/rapped the same songs, smoked the same weed, etc.
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Hahaha no that's a good point. But I just think it wouldn't be the same. I'm sure the Titans lost a ton of fans when they moved and I think the Rams would too if they changed their name. Luckily, it will never happen. I would most likely be forced to become a Bills fan because that's where I live.
 
I've lived in Chicago Bears country my entire life and despite having Bears gear all around me, I was never a huge fan. I became a fan of the Rams as a kid because of the name, the horns, the uniforms.. it was just cool to me. So idk, it'd be weird. I'm a RAMS fan. So when they go and change their name and logo and all that, it kind of kills the reason I became a fan in the first place.. It just wouldn't be the same.
 
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I'd be done with them. It was the horns that attracted me to them way back when I was a kid and saw the pic of Merlin Olsen, in uniform, in the Sears catalog. I've always thought the uniforms were the coolest, and always thought the horns logo on the helmet (the FIRST team with a logo on their helmets, BTW) was just too cool. Without that, I don't really have the same emotional attachment.
 
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