Titles
Rams: 3
Packers: 12
Founded
Rams: 1936
Packers: 1919
Team History
Rams: Cleveland Rams (1936-1945), LA Rams (1946-1994), St. Louis Rams (1995-now)
Packers: Green Bay (1919-now)
Team Future
Rams: Constantly changing owners consistently renew threat to relocate team to another city.
Packers: By design, it is impossible to move from Green Bay
Average Attendence at Home Games in 2009
Rams: 60,041
Packers: 70,825
Metro Population
Rams: 2,813,912
Packers: 226,778
Stadium Capacity
Rams: 66,965
Packers: 72,928
What's the difference?
Size doesn't matter, ownership and fanbase do.
The highest ranked team in the NFL is also the only team that is a non-profit. How has it kept such a small market for so long? If it gives up on Green Bay it gives up all its money. Moreover, it is owned by the fans. There are 111,967 stockholders. None have more than 200,000 shares. The residents of Green Bay own the Packers.
St. Louisans may go to see a game at the dome. They aren't seeing their team though. They're seeing the property of a cadre of weathy individuals. Just recently those individuals abandoned the team. There was an emergency and other rich people had to step up and hold the team in place before it floated away to another city.
If I might be so bold, there is a better way.
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