January 13, 201610 yr Per Update from NFL Network App Raiders bow out and Goodell looking to make sure Raiders are happy also.
January 13, 201610 yr Author Rams given OK to move to Inglewood and will be forced to share location with a second team...looks to be the Chargers as of right now.
January 13, 201610 yr Author Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 2m2 minutes ago Los Angeles Rams. ... That'll take some getting used to [*] Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 24m24 minutes ago Sounds like the #Raiders have bowed out. It's #Rams and #Chargers, with details and timing being worked out. In Inglewood Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 2h2 hours ago Key for @NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell: How to make sure the #Raiders are happy. Sounds like #Chargers able to join #Rams in Inglewood Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 2h2 hours ago The expectation is for the Inglewood site with 2nd team option. First going to Chargers, then Raiders. Lots of moving parts.
January 13, 201610 yr Author Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 1m1 minute ago The vote is done. 30-2. [*] Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 3m3 minutes ago When the #Chargers get the option of moving to LA... it does create a window for the city of San Diego to potentially hold onto their team.
January 13, 201610 yr Author Rams to LA...with the Chargers to follow if they don't get the deal they want in San Deigo.
January 13, 201610 yr Just got the breaking news alert that the owners will soon approve both chargers and rams move to LA
January 13, 201610 yr Author Just got the breaking news alert that the owners will soon approve both chargers and rams move to LA It was a done deal a little while ago.
January 13, 201610 yr I really feel for all the fans in St. Louis right now losing the team they have supported for the last 20 years. Granted, it was probably the same for Los Angeles back then when the team was moved to St. Louis. I just hate how these owners negotiate with the cities and take advantage of them. They and all sports teams make money hand over foot it refuse to open the books and show what they are making when it's clear they can finance their own stadiums. Yet these owners put the stadium risks and financial issues in the city without taking much of the responsibility themselves. On the other side this means that other NFL teams will very little leverage when negotiating with their cities on stadium issues as they can no longer threaten to relocate to a huge vacant market like Los Angeles as they will be host to the Rams and probably the Chargers. Overall, this is just dirty business and makes me want to watch the NFL less and less. That also goes for the other sports when they hang relocation over cities when negotiations new stadiums. Something needs to change and soon.
January 13, 201610 yr Does LA really need two teams? Probably not but its all about the $$$ at this point.
January 13, 201610 yr Can't wait for a small group of privileged folks to push that stadium deal through and try to poach someone else's team. Small is beautiful, folks. The NFL is too big for its own good. Local teams, local control.
January 13, 201610 yr St. Louis got the raw end of bad ownership twice: first with Bill Bidwell, now with Silent Stan Kroenke, who posted three bodyguards outside a public restroom in Minneapolis so he could answer the call of nature in private. Nice to see the NFL give the middle finger to the city of St. Louis, which actually put together a decent stadium plan, and then go out of its way to make sure Oakland -- which did nothing on the stadium front -- gets taken care of lest another Davis challenge the billionaires' club. Just a matter of time before similar happens in Cincinnati.
January 13, 201610 yr Does LA really need two teams? Not even close. I hope at least one fails miserably. That town just needs one team, and that's the Rams. Now, they need to go about getting rid of those awful colors and go back to royal blue and yellow and things will be right again. Well, not totally. The Cardinals need to go back to St. Louis. Phoenix is a minor-league town, despite its population.
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