Yea, the Rams want as many of those stories out there as they can get so that they can coerce St. Louis to giving them as much as they can get. The NFL is making more money by using LA as leverage than they'd ever make by having a team here. We've now not had a team in the second largest market for 21 years. Does that make sense otherwise? Come on, dude; figure out what the rest of us already know..
sorry but this guy here below makes MUCH more sense to me
than you and jason cole,a sports goof nut who has gotten MANY things wrong in the past in his reporting.
Yesterday at the conclusion of his show, Fred Roggin interviewed Jason Cole from Bleacher Report. Although I respect Fred, I think he let Mr. Cole off easy! Fred agreed with Cole that StL "will build a stadium" first, sorry Fred but you are wrong, when it comes to the Rams staying, StL is not building a stadium! Simply, without Stan Kroenke's owner's commitment, Riverfront will only be a blue print on Peacock's desk waiting. An owner's commitment is needed first before any stadium is build, and that doesn't just hold true in StL, that's a logical prerequisite anywhere. Now, when it comes to NFL (not the Rams) in StL, again, an owner's committee is needed before the stadium is built, not after, so without a hint of a single NFL owner committing, how is Riverfront a sure thing? How are we connecting the dots and reading the tea leaves that stadium is "going to be built"? Let's break it down further, both Spanos and Davis are on record that they want to stay in their current respective markets first and their collaboration in Carson is a reaction to Kroenke's bold and unexpected move in Ingelwood. Now, if Stan Kroenke is building a stadium "no matter what" in LA which he has and is still investing millions in and will stay according to Jason Cole in StL, then Stan has two serious issues: one, if Spanos and Davis stay in their current markets and two, if Carson is built. The only way Kroenke is building Ingelwood and stays in StL is if he knows 100% (on a $2.2 billion development) that the Chargers and Raiders are 100% not going to stay in their current markets and Carson is bust. Because, Mr. Cole if either of the above is not 100% Kroenke is taking a massive risk, who will play in his state of the art stadium? He needs tenants ASAP. Also can you imagine the leverage an NFL owner will have on Stan, if Stan signs a lease in Riverfront and now desperately tries to rent his expensive development in Ingelwood? Remember what I said, and Dave Peacock said it too, without an owner's commitment first, again first, the best you can do is have a shovel ready stadium, that's it! Ask AEG! So Jason, if You believe, at the end of the day, Stan will keep his Rams in StL, where is his 100% owner's commitment to build Ingelwood? Because unlike StL, Kroenke is already building in Ingelwood, no ifs ands or buts, so he must have an owner's commitment in his pocket if his stadium is in full throttle. So if Spanos and Davis have directed their commitments to 1- current market and 2- Carson, on who's owner's 100% commitment is Stan building in Ingelwood? How about his own Jason! The reason he is actually building is because he has that logical prerequisite called an owner's commitment in his left pocket that his team, the Rams will move and triple in price. My other problem with Jason Cole's narrative is this: if Stan Kroenke has any intention in staying in StL (this late in the game) why is he not doing the logical think like Spanos and Davis? Both of them are on record that they want to stay and they are only considering Carson out of future financial fear for their respective franchises. They want their current markets to offer them a great deal, you know, like the one StL put together in public money support for the Rams. Now ask yourself this, if San Diego and Oakland had the same deal StL was offering the Rams in their current markets, wouldn't they take it? Of course they willI! More than half of stadium will be publicly funded, Spanos and Davis will be kids at a candy store if either San Diego or Oakland offered them what StL is offering the Rams to stay. So why oh why Jason, Kroenke hasn't jumped on this offer from Peacock/Nixon and with only 5 months away from relocation, we still call him silent Stan and Ingelwood hasn't missed a step? Not a word has been spoken, it is not like what StL is offering is going to get better in the next 5 months, Stan is getting a max deal from StL right now! Nothing is going to change in next few months, why is Stan not taking the deal now and save a lame duck low ticket sale season Jason? Why is he moving full speed in Ingelwood Jason? what more could StL offer him Jason? Maybe because he is moving no matter what Jason! I am not a sport writer, you are, when you do this for a living, we expect better logic to logic analysts! I find it humanly asinine that Jason Cole thinks Stan is staying with all that has transpired since the beginning of this year! At the end of the interview, Jason Cole bet Fred Roggin a six pack of beer that the Rams are staying in StL. Jason, I see your six pack of beer and raise you every supermarket, club, and liquor store in LA! Rams are moving to LA!
