[AltiTude Ram]

Vinny responded by saying Spanos said that he's sticking with Davis.

This is gonna get really cool the next 3 days.

He's not going to have a choice suck it Spanos!

No doubt. It's time someone called his bluff. It's either join up with Kroenke or you can build Carson by yourself while Kroenke builds in Inglewood.

Spanos is about to find out he doesn't have as many friends as he thinks he has.

[AltiTude Ram]

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/stad ... eague.html

LOS ANGELES – Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has submitted an alternative resolution ahead of an NFL relocation vote in Houston calling for the league’s owners to approve the Rams’ and Chargers’ relocation to play in a $1.86 billion Inglewood stadium backed by Rams owner Stan Kroenke, the Orange County Register has learned.

The proposal by Jones, a longtime Kroenke ally, was outlined in a memo sent to teams on Friday. Chargers owner Dean Spanos and Raiders owner Mark Davis, who want to build a $1.75 billion stadium in Carson, are opposed to the Jones plan.

Allies of the Carson project view the proposal as a delaying tactic by Kroenke and his supporters and part of a strategy in which NFL officials and key owners put pressure on Spanos to agree to join the Rams in Inglewood. At the same time, some owners, including some close to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, have raised the possibility, although not formally, of the Rams joining the Chargers in Carson.

Goodell in another memo to the league’s teams on Saturday said new stadium options presented by officials in Oakland, St. Louis and San Diego are “inadequate.” Goodell, however, is non-committal on which team or teams should be approved for relocation.

NFL owners are expected to approve two teams for relocation during a special meeting Tuesday and Wednesday in Houston.

Goodell’s memo clears what until recently appeared to be a potential major obstacle to Kroenke’s relocation plans: a viable stadium option in St. Louis.

A stadium task force appointed by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has proposed a public/privately financed $1.1 billion stadium on St. Louis’ downtown waterfront. Several league owners including those on the NFL’s Committee on Los Angeles Opportunities have said it would be difficult for a franchise to gain approval for relocation if a viable stadium option exists in the team’s current market.


But league staff and several influential owners have cooled on the St. Louis proposal in recent weeks. A San Diego City and County proposal for a $1.1 billion stadium at Mission Valley is not considered viable by league officials and owners because of concerns about the legality of an expedited environmental review process and the fact that the earliest a vote on public funding for the stadium could be held is next June.

NFL officials said they have yet to see a credible plan from Oakland officials or Bay Area developers.

Jones’ proposal comes despite repeated statements by Spanos to league officials and owners that he has no interest in the Inglewood project.

“I have reviewed the letter you received dated December 1, 2015 from Stan Kroenke,” Spanos wrote in a Dec. 7 letter to the Los Angeles committee obtained by the Register. “Nothing in Stan’s letter gives me any reason to reconsider my partnership with Mark Davis and our stadium site. I firmly believe that the proposal we have jointly made is in the best interests of the entire League and is in complete compliance with the League’s relocation policies. I write to respectfully reaffirm our strong partnership and my abiding desire to help the National Football League’s return to Los Angeles in the most successful way.”

The Jones’ proposal also follows a Nov. 27 letter from Kroenke to the league’s six-owner Committee on NFL Opportunities in which the Rams owner said he was receptive to a second team acquiring an ownership stake in the Inglewood stadium. Under Kroenke’s proposal, the stadium would be owned by both teams as part of a stadium company. The stadium company and the two teams would finance the stadium. Kroenke said funding for the stadium would come from two $200 million loans from the NFL, one for each franchise, sponsorship revenue, naming rights and personal seat license fees. The teams would be responsible for the remaining funding.

The design, construction and planning of the stadium and surrounding area would be the responsibility of an entity designated by Kroenke.

The Jones proposal would likely require the league cutting a deal with Davis, with one scenario the league providing $100 to $200 million on top of a $200 million loan from special stadium fund for a new 50,000-seat venue in Oakland.

The Kroenke and Jones pitches mark a significant departure from how he earlier viewed a second team in Inglewood.

During an August NFL meeting on the Los Angeles situation in suburban Chicago, Kroenke was asked during his presentation on the Inglewood project by Chicago Bears chairman George McCaskey if the stadium could host two franchises. Yes, Kroenke replied, a lease agreement with a second team could be drawn up very quickly.

The Jones move is also seen by Carson supporters as recognition that Spanos and Davis have, according to NFL insiders, between 17 and 20 votes going into the Houston meeting.

[ramsman34]

Could you imagine the Rams and whiners or Rams and sheattle playing in the same stadium?? NO WAY. Spanos wants to lie in bed with his biggest rival bc he knows more Raiders fans buy tix than chargers fans at their games.

He is such an asstool.

Jerry has a lot of juice, probably more than that other asshat Richardson. There are a lot more teams I am going to hate no after the dust settles.

I hope Carolina gets blown out in their first playoff game

[den-the-coach]

I'm growing so tired of the supporters of a Stadium Project that is non existent and will never get off the ground. Why can't someone report on this so we don't have to read or listen to this demagoguery....I'm sooooooo tired of this b.s.

[SWAdude]

I'm growing so tired of the supporters of a Stadium Project that is non existent and will never get off the ground. Why can't someone report on this so we don't have to read or listen to this demagoguery....I'm sooooooo tired of this b.s.

No surprise Disney's Iger in promoting the Carson stadium. Its imaginary.

The creative department at Disney is called "Imaginiering". He is a perfect fit.

[den-the-coach]

The creative department at Disney is called "Imaginiering". He is a perfect fit.

Stadium and Side Show via Disney!

[Hacksaw]

I'm with you 34,, and if JJ get's us in, I might even start to like the Cowboys..

Get'er done son !!

[Hacksaw]

The creative department at Disney is called "Imaginiering". He is a perfect fit.

Stadium and Side Show via Disney!

ROTF ou guys. Imagineering,,, bwaahaahaa,

[OldSchool]

Jerry offering this proposal could be a nice boon. The undecided owners have all seen that Davis is open to stay in Oakland if the league will help him. The undecideds have all seen that Kroenke is willing to take on either of the other 2 as a minority partner and solve their stadium situation also. The undecided have seen that Spanos won't work with anybody that it's his way or the highway. Spanos' stubborn insistence could sway these undecided away from giving the petulant child his way.

[Elvis]

I'm not sure this Jerry Jones news means much. It's already well known that he's a Inglewood supporter. Jones doing Kroenke's bidding is hardly a surprise.

If and when it becomes clear that Spanos can't stop Kroenke from coming to L.A., that's when i think he'll seriously consider staying in SD.

But until then it's full speed ahead on blocking Kroenke...