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OneShiningMoment · 06-19-2009 11:09 AM

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/200...lous-rams/

BARTLETTTIGER · 06-19-2009 11:33 AM

(06-19-2009 11:09 AM)OneShiningMoment Wrote: http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/200...lous-rams/

Why wouldn't Fred Smith want to get involved with overall the most sucessful sports business in the world. You ever heard sell low and buy high? He can buy for NFL standards the Rams at a low price, and then make a big profit when he sells the franchise ten or twenty years down the road. How big of a sponsor is FedEx, the company he founded, of the NFL? The NFL would be stupid not to consider him a serious ownership group for the St. Louis Rams. St. Louis is only a one hour flight from Memphis, by the way.

GoTigersJoe87 · 06-19-2009 12:31 PM

I don't think he would move them to Memphis though. They would need a stadium, and there's no guarantee the fanbase would jump ship from the Titans.

newtiger · 06-19-2009 12:49 PM

would he have to sell his minority ownership in the redskins?

memp600 · 06-19-2009 01:22 PM

I'm telling you right now, an NFL team in Memphis would be the hottest ticket in town. Whether the team comes to Memphis is another story.

fsquid · 06-19-2009 01:57 PM

Would FedEx have to stop being a sponsor of the NFL?

HornLakeTiger · 06-19-2009 02:13 PM

(06-19-2009 12:31 PM)GoTigersJoe87 Wrote: I don't think he would move them to Memphis though. They would need a stadium, and there's no guarantee the fanbase would jump ship from the Titans.

I'd jump in a heartbeat, and with a smile on my face.

Love the Titans, but I'd jump on with a Memphis team without qestion.

sparkomemphis · 06-19-2009 03:11 PM

(06-19-2009 12:49 PM)newtiger Wrote: would he have to sell his minority ownership in the redskins?

From the article

Quote:If Smith were to purchase the Rams, he’d have to sell his interest in the Redskins.

Dak10 · 06-19-2009 03:51 PM

(06-19-2009 02:13 PM)HLT 2011 Wrote:
(06-19-2009 12:31 PM)GoTigersJoe87 Wrote: I don't think he would move them to Memphis though. They would need a stadium, and there's no guarantee the fanbase would jump ship from the Titans.

I'd jump in a heartbeat, and with a smile on my face.

Love the Titans, but I'd jump on with a Memphis team without qestion.

I'll always be a Buc at heart, but I, too, would throw my support to a Memphis NFL team.

I mean I root for the Titans, but my NFL gear, etc. is Tampa Bay. I'd start buying Memphis gear, etc. if it ever happened.

I'd be surprised to see it anytime soon.

Gibson Tiger · 06-19-2009 04:56 PM

The Titans would scream "territorial rights" from the mountaintops if he tried moving the Rams to Memphis.I know Birmingham is considered to be in Atlanta's territory & can't be considered for a team unless the Falcons moved.

ncrdbl1 · 06-19-2009 08:46 PM

I hope he passes on the deal. No chance of moving the team so Fred will be pending a lot of time in St Louis and will be getting to know the StL business commun8ity and government a lot better. Who knows if they may make him a killer deal to move FedEx. Also any money he spends on NFL cuts into potential Tiger money.

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