Rams fans bring the passion but how much will it matter?

Rams fan Michael Sokolik, right, shows a picture of himself and his son attending a Rams game to NFL executive Eric Grubman during a hearing in St. Louis on Tuesday.ST. LOUIS -- Some fought back tears. Others couldn't even get words out of their mouth before the emotion of the moment caught up to them. Some were even downright eloquent.

One local doctor compared the thought of losing the St. Louis Rams to Los Angeles to having your leg amputated. Yes, you'd still be alive, he reasoned, but how much different would your life be without that leg?

Most of the approximately 1,500 Rams fans that showed up at the Peabody Opera House on Tuesday night came dressed in plenty of Rams gear with the…