The sad part of all of this is that the NFL and owners could give a rip about fans. Period.
This potential move could have been decided long ago. Countries commit billions of dollars and thousands upon thousands of lives into going to war in shorter time than this process has taken.
I, too, visit the 'opposing' page as well as StL media sites for insight. We are all Rams fans - we just fell in love with the Rams at different times and in different locations.
The certainty comes from facts. NFL wants to be in LA. Stan, after trying to secure upgrades to Dome but being rejected, wants to move team. He has invested time and money into Inglewood. He has spoken finally in presenting his plan to other NFL Owners. He held the last public practices for 2015 in SoCal.
While these factors lead to strong optimism, most honest fans will say they are in the 90-95 percent range of certainty of Rams playing in LA next year. True Rams fans know this is the NFL, which some believe stands for No Fan Loyalty. No guarantees.
I've said it before, thankfully the process is...I mean should be coming to an end soon. No matter what, the Rams will end up playing for one city. And one group of die-hard fans will be left watching from afar.
"Anything can happen, it's all up in the air". Are you paying attention? Do you understand what's happening here? Take emotion of it this situation for one second. There are no "views" with the NFL LA story, only facts. Facts: 1. STL lost their arbitration case against the Rams. The Rams are now free agents. 2. Stan wants LA. Yes, he WANTS LA, it's not leverage. 3. Inglewood is building a stadium. Construction is underway. 4. STL doesn't have a finalized plan, nor will they have a finalIzed plan any time soon (don't forget, Peacock's shady-ass plan includes over $250-300 million of Stan's money). 5. The recently NFL conducted a study of the STL market and it showed that STL can't sustain an NFL franchise long-term. 6. Carson...lol, I'm not even going to get into how many issues surround that "plan".
Ed, the principal "anything could happen" is always a given. Trust me we are all adults to know that. However, we also, at our age have experienced enough life to read tea leaves and have fine tuned our common sense and logic.
1- is the NFL coming toLA?
- Yes, all the hype, market studies, special committee, meetings, and three NFL team behavior indicates the NFL is coming to LA
2- if so which site is the preferred site? Carson or Inglewood?
- Inglewood is, dirt is moving, utilities is being laid, streets expansion is complete, and almost all permits are filed. Inglewood, NFL team investment is $300 million (Kroenke) Carson is dormant, the land needs at least 18 months to remediate, permitting process has not even started, no construction at all. Carson, NFL team investment there by Chargers is only $25 million (Spanos)
3- if Inglewood, is it safe to say Rams are coming?
Yes, Stan Kroenke is building a stadium for the Rams and another tenant. He has not spoken a word to StL in 4years and unlike, Spanos and Davis is not on the record to want to stay, no matter what, if StL a stadium is built.
4- if Peacock gets gets all funding done, is the stadium a done deal?
- no, because it another needs $610 million private commitment from Stan.
5- have NFL owners sued or threatened to sue the NFL for antitrust if blocked?
- Yes, Al Davis in 1982 sued and won. Georgia in 1994 threatened and NFL and vote changed in less than a month!
Ed, anything can happen, but logic and common sense often prevail
The reason people on here are so confident are the facts as you see above. Are I would challenge anyone to prove the facts wrong. But on the KTRISTL page their facts are pretty sketchy and when we challenge the "facts" we get banned. So then everyone repeats those false claims as facts. They say "if the stadium gets built, they stay". Without $450 million from Stan, there is no stadium. So that is not true. They say that Kroenke is not saying anything, or working with the home city and that is against the NFL Relocation Rules. That is true, Kroenke is not working with the city, but Demoff is the Rams point man and he HAS and IS working with the city. I can go on and on with their false facts.
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