Super Bowl 56: St. Louis Cardinals fans conflicted after Rams win
St. Louis Cardinals fans were conflicted seeing the Rams win the Super Bowl, as it was a painful reminder that the Los Angeles team was once in St. Louis.
Moving a sports franchise between cities always causes a painful fracture for fans. There are the fans who remain fans after the move, while others are too scarred to continue rooting for their team elsewhere.
So when the Los Angeles Rams won Super Bowl 56, conflicted Cardinals fans took to Twitter to vent their frustrations online.
Some pointed out the common tendency for Rams fans in Los Angeles to ignore the 20-year period of the team’s history in St. Louis, which took place from 1995-2015.
The @NFL is trying to pretend neither the Cardinals and especially the Rams were never in St. Louis. It’s a disgrace. If you’re someone who wasn’t living in L.A. when the Rams played there & are became a Rams fan AFTER the dirty move from St. Louis, you’re a part of that disgrace https://t.co/AY0BUUxcpg
— Matt Saxe🎭👨👧🐘💙 (@vpmattsaxe) February 13, 2022
For those who did acknowledge St. Louis’ NFL history, fans were thankful that someone remembered that both the Arizona Cardinals and Los Angeles Rams once headquartered in St. Louis. Today, St. Louis doesn’t have any NFL team, despite being considered an ideal market for sports franchises.
Thanks for your support for St Louis and the history of the NFL in St Louis. It’s a shame that our own local leaders have a hard time acknowledging that both the Football Cardinals and the Rams once played here.
— Alistair E. Fannell (@the_mls) February 13, 2022
Some MLB fans coped with the bittersweet win with humor — if only the Cardinals got a compensatory pick for the Rams move.
The worst part about the Rams winning is that the Cardinals get another competitive balance pick because the Rams left St. Louis.
— Evan Altman (@DEvanAltman) February 14, 2022
St. Louis Cardinals fans lament after seeing the Rams win Super Bowl 56
Before 2022, the Rams won their first and only Super Bowl back in 2000, when Kurt Warner led the St. Louis franchise to victory. The Rams did make the Super Bowl the following year, but the St. Louis team known as “The Greatest Show on Turf” famously lost to the New England Patriots as a dynasty was formed that night.
Upon moving to Los Angeles and hiring Sean McVay, the Rams have gone “all in” in two of the past five years, making the Super Bowl in the 2018 season and the 2021 season. This time, the Rams came away with the win, but Cardinals fans weren’t having it.
I cannot stress enough that almost the entire city of St. Louis was rooting harder against the Rams than we have ever rooted for the Cardinals. We're not as bummed as Cincy, but we're three times as pissed off.
— oceanfrog frazer crane (@thamosdeaf) February 14, 2022
Live look at St Louis (hey at least the Rams won a Super Bowl, Blues won a Stanley Cup, and Cardinals won a lot of World Series) pic.twitter.com/P58KrPqsv2
— It's Matthew (@compSciMatt) February 14, 2022
I know the Rams started out in LA (actually Cleveland), but I feel for the St. Louis fans who had the franchise ripped away because of an owner's greed.
— Glen Macnow (@RealGlenMacnow) February 14, 2022
I follow a lot of St. Louis Cardinals media people on here. A lot of them are throughly miserable that the Rams who use to play in STL won the game. 😂
— Greg Alderdice (@g_alderdice) February 14, 2022
However, some Cards fans are ready to focus on the teams that stayed rather than the one that got away.
My goodness people. Get over the Rams and Stan Kroenke. It happened and we can’t change it. We were Rams season tickets holders for years and it does hurt. However, lets focus on our @StLouisBlues , @Cardinals , and our newest hometown team St. Louis SC. Let’s celebrate them. pic.twitter.com/wfsF3iKeIH
— The Drop Hockey Show (@drophockeyshow) February 14, 2022
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