CFZ Jerry knows how to run a fun camp for fans, the Rams don't

[Whyjerry]

Took a trip to UC Irvine to attend the Rams camp today, and will never go to a Rams camp again. Practice for the Rams starts at 12:30 local time and runs until 3:00 during what is the hottest part of the day in California, vs. Cowboys practices starting at 10 or 11 in the cooler Oxnard climate. That's just the start of it though.

Both times I've been to camp in Oxnard so far, I've been able to find free street parking about a 10 minute walk from the gates. UC Irvine you are not going to find any such thing, and pay $18 for a 15 to 20 minute walk from the gates. Once I got to the gates there was a huge line line. Rams fans were making comments how it felt like standing in line for Space Mountain at Disneyland. Total time standing in line was 45 minutes. When I went to the Cowboys camps on July 30th, and August 3rd I was easily in the camp within 10 minutes. To be fair, I have the United membership, so experience might be different for non-members.

I get through the ticket check in finally, and get to the metal detectors. I have an old zippo lighter that is my lucky lighter I put on the tray before going through the metal detector. Security looks at it, and tells me I have to throw it away if I want to go inside. I am dumbfounded. No way in hell I am throwing my zippo I've had for years. If it was a bic, I wouldn't have cared, but not my zippo. Cowboys camp they didn't have a problem with it. Rams camp. Rams rules. They tell me to go take it back to my car, but give me a stamp so I don't have to wait in line again.

I finally walk into Ram world, and it is grossly over crowded. Last Saturday I thought there were a lot of people at Cowboys camp for the festivities. Rams camp was easily 2 to 3 times the size of that crowd. They just kept packing them in like sardines. By the way, once you are in past the games, you have about another 10 minute walk with the crowd to get to the field. I got to see Stafford do a few plays through much obstructed views before they pulled him. It was about 40 minutes before I found a spot where I had a great unobstructed view. People were already leaving, because it looked like they already had enough with the over crowding. I stayed in that spot about 40 minutes before I had enough. It was hot, not much fun, and this isn't my team anyhow.

So we have 2 to 3 times the crowd of the Cowboys camp of last Saturday, long walk, long line to get in, can it get any worse? Yes. There are also fewer restroom facilities for more than twice the amount of people. No lines for Cowboys port-o-potties. Very long lines if you have to use the restrooms at Rams camp, and not much for washing stations. I thought lines for concessions and the shop at Cowboys camp were silly. The Rams say "hold my beer" when it comes to that.

I actually feel bad for Rams fans after seeing their training camp experience vs. what Jerry gives us. Say what you want about Jones, he does an A-1 job with his training camp. I'm supposed to go to Chargers training camp on Wednesday, but now think I will just attend Cowboys final practice day in Oxnard on Tuesday. I live in central L.A., and Chargers camp starts at 9:00 AM. I don't feel like waking up with the birds to fight through L.A. and Orange County rush hour traffic on a trip to Costa Mesa. I'll do it next season, and do it right by staying somewhere in Costa Mesa the night before.

If I see Jerry on Tuesday I'm going to thank him for choosing Oxnard, and running things the way they do at camp. Just no more mock practices please.

Is this satire?

 

[JoeKing]

Well Jerry has had 27 years of experience running fun camps. That's all he is good at, running fun camps and commandeering the party bus.

He bought the team in 1989. If, according to you, he only has 27 years of experience running fun camp, who ran camp the other years?

 

[blueblood70]

He shared his experience and HSO (hot sports opinion) on the reasons Jerry knows how to run a camp vs the LA Rams. I pointed out that every single thing he complained about is ridiculous and gave valid comparisons on why its ridiculous. I never called him a name, i said all of his actions were stupid and childish. He himself might deserve to be called a name but I refrained from that.

If you don't want to be ridiculed at the town square when voicing your opinion then make some freaking sense. Otherwise you look like the town fool spouting off non-sense.


If you would like to point out which topics I am wrong for calling him out on please let me know.

-Cowboys Training Camp not in home state vs LA being at Home and comparing Crowds
-Weather being too hot in california
-Paying for parking in L.A.
-Not being able to bring a Flammable/Flame creating item into a secure facility

all points wrong, the man is allowed to start a thread without you calling it stupid. that will be all for this week's learning lesson.

go grab rams jersey and be gone! please take your other team pom poms and be free of the facade many fans here put up acting like DC fans and truly arent.they come here to put all things cowboys down because they don't like the owner..thats not how it works..

 

[blueblood70]

And yet the Rams do things to win SBs. Maybe making it uncomfortable for the players helps their conditioning Week 16. Listen I know the post was about fan experience but it also comes across as the “comfy” confines of Cowboys practice bs the brutal Rams camp. JMO

they do??

85 years, 2 superbowl wins, Jerry 31 years, 3..id say jerry got the leg up homie, i mean Jerry went to 4 stright NFCCGs and won all 3 SBs they made.,..whens the last time the rams did this? Outside of NE when's the last time any team has done this? KC close but no cigar..and yet they took 51 years in between sb wins/appearances..


yet somehow fans believe the rams what now are the NE Pats run of the 2000s for nearly 19 years ?? no they aren't

they've only been to 5 SBS in 85 years keep changing their name and moving a lot..id say that not something to brag about..what flavor of the month will you support over you own team this year..lmao what giant loser of fanbase many have become..i mean Cinci got a lot of hype for never have won a SB been 19 years with no playoff wins and loses another sb 31 years apart and fans here talk them up..

gets tiresome.