Global Warming Drives NFL Rams North
To Wisconsin?
As it’s being reported today, the St. Louis Rams are now planning to convene their Training Camp in a suburb of Milwaukee (WI) on the campus of Concordia University.
Why?
Well, a student newspaper at the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh, which was a possible site for the Rams’ camp, reports that the relatively cool temperatures of Wisconsin during July and August was part of the pitch to get them up North.
In an article by Advance-Titan quotes an Oshkosh administrator who played in the NFL as saying:
“We put together sort of a temperature grid, if you will, and showed them the average temperatures of the months they would be here versus St. Louis and there are significant differences there.”
Phew.
We know that global warming can contribute to the intensity of hurricanes, melt glaciers, and ruin ski seasons in the Lower 48 (to cite a few examples).
But it can make an NFL franchise decide to turn tail on their home state and run for the North?
Well, apparently, that’s part of the picture.
Tags: Global Warming, nfl, St. Louis Rams, Training Camp
May 14th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Ridiculous. If there’s a problem in this world, blame it on the left wing hoax of Global Warming.
May 14th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
It’s not “global warming” that’s causing the Rams to move to Wisconsin. It’s MANBEARPIG!
May 14th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
The Rams want to be able to scrimmage/practice against other teams. Since the olnly other Mo team trains in Wisconsin, that kind of cuts down the possibilities for Mo. Has little or nothing to do with the weather.
May 14th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
@AlABaster … and why is the olnly other Mo team already in Wisconsin? Oh yeah, it’s for the cheese.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Lol @ first poster. Yes, everything is fine. The world is running as planned. There is no reason to do anything differently, because if you do, you will be playing into the “lefty liberals blahblahblah”’s hands, and that would be just so totally wrong and antithetical to your ad hominem lifestyle.
Instead of just changing your life to better the earth, you can do it to lower your electric bill. But that’d be too hard, wouldn’t it? Change is hard. Boohoo.