Chargers to St. Louis?

[George Cantstandya]

(11-30-2021, 09:06 AM)WiregrassBenGal Wrote: Wow, Kevin. Yes, the Chargers should stay out there. It isn't that difficult to get from S.D. to that stadium, especially on a Sunday. My other thought is why didn't the Cardinals change their name to something reflecting their region better (Coyotes, Road Runners, Desert Storm).

Probably due to tradition.   The Cardinals are one of the oldest continuously run professional football teams.  Some info from Wikipedia:

Quote:The team was established in Chicago in 1898 as an amateur football team and joined the NFL as a charter member on September 17, 1920. Along with the Chicago Bears, the club is one of two NFL charter member franchises still in operation since the league's founding (the Green Bay Packers were an independent team until they joined the NFL a year after its creation in 1921).

Quote:The team was known as the Racine Normals until 1901, when O'Brien bought used jerseys from the University of Chicago. He described the faded maroon clothing as "Cardinal red" and the team became the Racine Street Cardinals. The team eventually became in 1920 a charter member of the American Professional Football Association (APFA), which two years later was rechristened the National Football League (NFL). The team entered the league as the Racine Cardinals; however, the name was changed in 1922 to Chicago Cardinals to avoid confusion with the Horlick-Racine Legion, who entered the league the same year.