Drove the half and a half from OC to Thousand Oaks.
We checked in and were told photos were strictly prohibited. Seminar was in main practice room. Was awesome.. same desks the players sit at and 48 REAL comfortable chairs.
Four person panel consisted of head of Football Operations and his main Equipment Man. Also Head of all other things involving hotels down to the meals players eat on the road. Also had her assistant with her. They were very informative and had great stories.
I learned that they reserve 180 - 200 rooms every road game at primary hotel. Then.....have TWO other hotels with the same amount of rooms reserved as backup.
One player once requested McDonalds 50 minutes before gametime
The amount of equipment to load and offload city after city is crazy....and those games in Europe and the one in Hawaii a few years ago was even worse.
A few years back, Storms in Newark forced them to circle and then due to low fuel they were going to Philly...had to tell all the coaches on the plane and try to arrange buses for team when they landed to get to NJ.....plane DID not have enough fuel to make Philly, so they let them cut in front of 30 others jets to land !!
All in all a great time....about 60 peeps there...Thanks LA Rams !!!!.....and yes....I wore the shirt for Ramsdude!!