zn wrote:

wv wrote:

sdram wrote:

I’m getting ‘more’ mentally lazy in my old age. Actually, the doubling rule of thumb thing would have it at 30 X 2 = 60 X 2 = 120 X 2 = 240 so 240 Million is approximate answer and then add to it whatever the LA market glamour factor. If one doesn’t think it’s worth much, let the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim owner know that too.

I’m not even sure I understand the principle
behind the “relocation fee.” Why, exactly
does one owner have to pay the other owners money
in order to move a team? Whats the logic there?

w
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I don’t have a direct answer to that, but it’s from not knowing all the info, not because there might not be one. There might be a good answer. I will say this. NFL teams aren’t “owned” in the traditional sense…they are franchises, and and owners are bound by league regs and rules, which they agree to. In fact the league can fail to approve a sale to a particular prospective owner.

I explained the reason why in my post. Instant appreciation of the franchise with a move to LA. The NFL wants to convey an image of franchise stability in markets. Those owners that want to buck that have to pay a relocation fee if the move is approved by a vote of the owners. In the case of LA the new valuation of the team will be a windfall for Kroenke before any work is done on a stadium. He didn’t earn that. The NFL earned that. Plus Kroenke has made out like a bandit in St. Louis. He can’t claim he isn’t making money. He wants to make more in LA. Bucking franchise stability should come at a great cost especially since St. Louis is getting screwed again.

$500 million isn’t high enough for Kroenke. He’s benefitted large in the move from LA to St. Louis and now forces a move back to LA simply to make more money through the immediate appreciation of the team in LA? The relocation fee should be the difference in the valuation between the team in St. Louis and the team in LA since it is value gained via the NFL granting the move. Kroenke shouldn’t be allowed to walk away with that money which wasn’t earned.

There wasn’t any eloquence in his quote. It was over the top. A drama king.

PA Ram wrote:

Happy Birthday, RFL!

Is that shirt for sale?

zn wrote:

bnw wrote:

He should have used brevity too.

That was the 19th century.

The invention of “be brief, concise, and laconic” hadn’t happened yet.

That’s like saying he should have microwaved his coffee when reheating it.

Don’t have to be laconic. Impassioned is fine. Droning on and on to hear ones own voice is bad form in any century.

As bad as it was it will never hurt as bad as knowing the NFL (through the officials) stole Super Bowl 36 from the Rams to give to the “Patriots” after 9/11.

zn wrote:

bnw wrote:

I don’t get his tell them to use moderation but not him.

That there can be no moderation about abolishing slavery. There are no half-measures or compromises. You abolish slavery or you don’t, it’s one or the other, no half-steps. He’s reacting to people who called abolitionists “extremists.” There is no moderation in demanding slavery be abolished.

OK though why use the moderation line regarding situations in which it will not be observed? He should have gotten out more.

I don’t get his tell them to use moderation but not him.

I don’t get it.

Mounds at the proposed stadium site

The site of the proposed riverfront football stadium covers the former locations of several Native American mounds. The locations, marked in red below, are approximate.

Hram wrote:

I think we should just figure out each week when we game plan how to score more points than the other team.

Radical.

Agamemnon wrote:

zn wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:

This is 2 days after the draft.

Sounds like both sides cooled on each other though.

Rams lost any urgency after the draft; JB didn’t like the fact that the Rams wouldn’t meet his demands so left out of pride and spite.

Then again, that;s a TST article, and so maybe they don’t really know and are just running on old info.

You know what happened. He got married. That is when the trouble started.

Yes before marriage when bringing home one rotting carcass would suffice now she demands two.

The Rams couldn’t beat that offer?

zn wrote:

bnw wrote:

zn wrote:

joemad wrote:

Ranked for attempts:

New England 2014: 7th passing, 13th running
Seattle 2013: 31st passing, 2nd running
Baltimore 2012: 15th passing, 12th running
NY Giants 2011: 6th passing, 7th rushing
Green Bay 2010: 10th passing, 16th running

Seattle, 31st in passing, remarkable…….

That was 2013. Last year they were 32nd.

…

Wow. It must keep Carroll up at nights.

No it’s by design.

There’s more than one way to skin a cat, and there’s more than one kind of successful offensive philosophy in the NFL.

I know. I should have added a 😉