Rams to LA thread for 11/10

Bernie: Rams are confusing off and on the field

Bernie Miklasz

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/bernie-miklasz/bernie-rams-are-confusing-off-and-on-the-field/article_960a4120-99cb-5d65-8445-1a6493e7650d.html

SAN DIEGO • I submit a proposal to make the competition a little more interesting: the winner of Sunday’s game between the Rams and Chargers gets to move its franchise to Los Angeles.

If the Chargers prevail, the Spanos family that owns the team gets to block Rams owner Stan Kroenke from relocating to Southern California. If the Rams emerge triumphant, then the Spanos clan will drop their resistance and let Kroenke’s moving vans cruise on through to that plot of land near Hollywood Park.

What’s that, dear reader?

You don’t like the idea? OK, fine.

You’re about as much fun as Kroenke.

I brought it up only because Team Spanos and Team Kroenke are looking for new stadiums. The Chargers strongly prefer theirs to be built in San Diego, but that city has declined to order the construction cranes.

Kroenke wants … well, we don’t know what Silent Stan wants, exactly.

(Except for more money, of course.)

Based on the rumors du jour, Kroenke might want a new stadium in St. Louis, he might want a stadium in Los Angeles, he might want to buy the Denver Broncos or he may sell 50 percent of the Rams to LA-based investors to evade the NFL’s cross-ownership rules.

He could always invade London. The crazy-looking dude who owns the Oakland Raiders has been flirting with San Antonio, so maybe Kroenke will see if there’s any gold to be mined in the Texas hill country.

Zooey wrote:

zn wrote:

Zooey wrote:

@JoeStrauss
I think in February, the Rams are going to file an application to move. Now, that’s to say they’re going to actually move.

STLRamsforever

NFL is not happy with the way SK is conducting business and Rams relocation is NOT on the NFLs agenda. Other owners besides Chargers are not warm to SK moving.

crewe

CM just reported on ESPN. Looks like Stan wouldn’t have votes even if he did try to move.

These reports are BS.

Okay. But how so?

What can Stan possibly be doing to irritate the NFL?

A lot, apparently. He’s pushing and ignoring various rules. He’s trying to act like an exception to rules they all agreed to.

Now the reports that he has issues with other owners are much more widespread.

Zooey wrote:

I haven’t read that. Why don’t the PD guys mention that?

I don;t know. Anyway it’s all very confusing.