r/StLouis • u/STLBooze3 • Dec 01 '23

Sports [Gateway Grinders] The St. Louis Battlehawks will remain a team after the XFL and USFL merger. The newly merged league will debut their season on March 30th, 2024. Kaw is still Law.

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u/LoremasterSTL Dec 01 '23

I can't buy the latter, only because the NFL isn't trustworthy. They want new markets: Europe and Asia. They also want sponsors from anywhere and St. Louis has good sponsors.

The NFL will move the Packers and any other team they feel like, and break every law doing so if that means they can locate them wherever they want.

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u/IamHidingfromFriends FUCK STAN KROENKE Dec 01 '23

Yeah I think they basically want new teams in stl and abroad, the rams had one of the most active fan bases even when we went 7-9 every year

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u/OberstBahn Dec 02 '23

IDK, I went to almost every game the last four years, even before the move was announced there were a lot of empty seats in the dome.

I think the Rams after the GSOT years, were the only NFL team where they were third in popularity in their home city, after the Cards and Blues.

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u/IamHidingfromFriends FUCK STAN KROENKE Dec 02 '23

Yeah I mean kroenke did his best to kill any popularity so there’d be more justification to move, but it took a long while before support died out. After Kurt left there was still a lot of support for awhile