Homer mentions the team moving to another city this is a reference to the Los Angeles Rams who from 1995 to 2015 were known as the St. Louis Rams then moved back to Los Angeles in 2016.
UK communications regulator, Ofcom, upheld complaints made about Channel 4 airing this episode before the 21.00 watershed as it feature scene involving a trust exercise in which Homer was shown standing on the branch of a tree with a noose around his neck.
The title is a reference to "Love is a Many Splendored Thing".