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“I’m sure disgruntled fans will be looking to get them covered up,” McNew, who has been tattooing for 20 years, told ABC News.

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PHOTO: Chad Holbrook, a fan of the Rams since 1976, won't be removing his tattoo now that they've been relocated back to Los Angeles.
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Chad Holbrook, 42, who lives near Boise, Idaho, has been a Rams fan since 1976, when the franchise was still in Los Angeles. But, he had his tattoo done on his right arm in 2003, after the Rams moved to St. Louis.

For that, he has “no regrets.”

“I’m still a die-hard Rams fan, even though they’re not doing very good,” Holbrook, said of his team moving to Los Angeles. “Actually, I’m happy about it because it’s closer to me and I can go to a game.”

Holbrook may not plan to remove his tattoo, but there’s no guarantee that his Seattle Seahawks-fan wife, Pam Holbrook, won’t.

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PHOTO: Chad Holbrook and his wife, Pam, had a St. Louis Rams and Seattle Seahawks-themed wedding in 2012 to showcase their football fanaticism.
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“When my husband goes to sleep I'm going to scalp his tattoo off his arm,\" she tweeted on Dec. 27, after the Rams beat the Seahawks 23-17.

San Diego Chargers fans are still waiting to see whether or not their team will relocate just three hours north.

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PHOTO: Johnny Case will be keeping his Chargers tattoo "no matter what" and plans on driving to Los Angeles for games if they are relocated.
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For 30-year-old army veteran Johnny Case, of San Diego, his Chargers tattoo on his right arm holds sentimental value and will be keeping it “no matter what,” he told ABC News. The artist who inked it for him was in his unit and died in Iraq in 2005.

“The San Diego Charges for me is part of my heart, it’s like family,” he said. “We haven’t lost our team yet, so I still have hope.” Case even bought a satellite during his latest tour in Afghanistan so he could watch Chargers games and “feel a little closer to home.”

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PHOTO: Army veteran Johnny Case says he bought a satellite while in Afghanistan in 2012 so he could watch Chargers games and feel closer to home.
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Case plans to raise his 1-year-old daughter, Jayden, as a die-hard Chargers fan, whether they remain in San Diego or not.

His wife’s cousin, 37-year-old Eddie Lopez, disagrees. Lopez has a tattoo of the Chargers’ insignia from the 1960s that takes up three quarters of his left forearm and plans to have it removed if his beloved team is relocated.

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PHOTO: Eddie Lopez will be removing his old-school Chargers tattoo if they are relocated to Los Angeles. "I support San Diego," he told ABC News.
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“It’s always been a sense of pride to root for the home team,” he told ABC News today. “If they left, I basically can’t follow them to Los Angeles. I’m a die-hard San Diegan.”

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