Exploring Rams' New Training Facility and Community Impact

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00:00They're making, here it is, I mean, you're looking at their little soccer stadium, everybody

00:06who's listening on radio.

00:08For those of us that are watching on video, there's this little soccer stadium, basketball

00:12facility in the back, the luxury suites across the way, food and beverage for all their sponsors

00:16and partners.

00:17And here was my radio set up yesterday afternoon.

00:19You notice they don't even have goalposts on the field.

00:21They got a, they got a wheel in the goalposts when they do field goal, you know?

00:25So no kicks allowed.

00:27But it was interesting because I, we were talking to their management.

00:30We were trying to get an understanding of why they moved there.

00:33When they were at UC Irvine, they would have to bus everybody to a hotel and back.

00:38And that took a lot of time.

00:39And apparently in the collective bargaining agreement, you're only allowed to have the

00:42players for 11 hours a day.

00:44So they were screwing themselves up with an hour of travel back and forth from the team

00:48hotel to the practices.

00:50Now everybody's staying on campus.

00:51They were able to get back that hour by keeping everybody close by.

00:54So that was pretty cool.

00:56I mean, two hours, technically, if you count back and forth.

00:59Yeah.

01:00I mean, I don't really know how the distance of the buses into the hotel and everything

01:04else, but I'll tell you guys, I have some video.

01:07Let me tell you something.

01:08Rams fans are crazy about Puka Nakua.

01:11This guy hit the scene in year one, and this is right after practice.

01:15He's he's 10 feet from the radio setup.

01:18And this guy is trying to sign every autograph that he can sign.

01:21And the fans are going Puka, Puka, Puka.

01:25They love this guy.

01:26And that's why I was saying last year, I felt like the Rams did a better job last year of

01:31getting more integrated into the community because they finally had like a homegrown

01:36first year face guy, you know, that everybody fell in love with.

01:41So Puka Nakua was out there signing autographs.

01:44It was a very good practice.

01:46So what did we learn about Matthew Stafford's contract?

01:49Is he now the top paid quarterback in the NFL?

01:51You know, they're not really talking about it, which is amazing.

01:53They are.

01:54They keep things super quiet.

01:55The Rams operate differently, you know, like you mean, like, for example, they don't even

02:02send a team of like like Sean McVeigh never goes to the to the combine in Indianapolis.

02:08Neither is their general manager.

02:09Let's see.

02:10They just they just wouldn't normally don't have picks.

02:12That is true.

02:13But they just operate differently.

02:15So I think Matthew Stafford's I think Matthew Stafford's agent operates differently because

02:23of that.

02:24Yeah.

02:25Yeah.

02:26Yeah.

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