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[Hacksaw]

I thought the cross ownership thing was dealt with back in August. Glad that (gag reflex) box got checked officially.

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I think a committee recommended it in August, full ownership approved it at this meeting.

Nick Wagoner and Sam Farmer are having a little back and forth about it. Seems this is the same plan the NFL at first didn't like but now it's fine?

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http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/new ... -meetings/

Spanos has allies, Kroenke has money

By Kevin Acee | 8:56 a.m. Oct. 7, 2015



NEW YORK — Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay has long been, among the other 31 NFL team owners, one of Dean Spanos’ closest friends.

They have, on several occasions, spoken with a warmth that burrows beneath the usual platitudes this exclusive clan of rich men publicly bestow on each other.

“Deano,” a beaming Irsay exclaimed as he grabbed a tearful Spanos in an embrace following the Chargers’ playoff victory in Indianapolis in January of 2008.

They have sat next to each other in countless league meetings. They shared a unique closeness with late Raiders owner Al Davis, whose son, Mark, is now partnered with Spanos on a proposed stadium project in Carson.

It is in a quandary faced by Irsay that Spanos’ challenge is characterized.

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“Of course, as owners, personal friendships come into play,” Irsay said. “But in business, mistakes are often made if they’re led by emotion. You have to be very thoughtful.”

Spanons, the Chargers chairman, has spent two decades being the consummate NFL soldier, personifying the catch-phrase of owners and league executives – “in the best interest of the NFL.”

In recent years, Spanos has spent much time demonstrating to the league and his fellow owners that he has exhausted his options for getting a stadium in San Diego. To that end, he has largely succeeded. There is a clear desire by many owners and, it is believed, by commissioner Roger Goodell, to make sure the Chargers are rewarded for Spanos’ assiduousness, be that in facilitating the franchise’s move to Los Angeles or helping ensure a soft landing back in San Diego.

Several sources indicate Spanos has, at least, the nine votes that would block St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke from being approved to move to Los Angeles. He also is believed to have at least the philosophical support of at least two members of the influential Committee on Los Angeles Opportunities, Houston Texans owner Bob McNair and Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson.

However, there is a puzzle the NFL is engaged in trying to solve, as Kroenke’s stadium proposal in Inglewood is viewed by some influential owners as the grander project, more befitting the nation’s biggest sports league’s return to the nation's second-largest market.

While Irsay was careful to not tip one way or another, he said he has an idea where the process is headed. And it is the Inglewood proposal, with its size and Kroenke’s deep pockets, that seems to fulfill Irsay’s vision.

“It would be exciting if this site is a place … (that) has a Disneyland sort of feel where it is a real location where people go to,” Irsay said.

The thought by Irsay, as well as other owners and league executives, is that the NFL Network would be located on whichever L.A. site is chosen, and there has been talk of an NFL museum. Kroenke’s proposal also includes other entertainment venues, and it is located adjacent to the recently renovated Inglewood Forum.

The Carson site is viewed as more of simply a stadium.

[The Ripper]

The naming rights won't matter if Kroneke wants to move. He could say that he wants the PSL money or make them reserve for future renovations just like exists in other cities. Hamilton County puts in reserve each year over $ 40 million which increases every year for the Browns. That's not even getting into the overages and who pays for them. The NFL won't fight Kroenke if he asks for any of those or even all of them.

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Wouldn't that destroy the plan Ripper? Can StL afford to do this IYO?

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Wouldn't that destroy the plan Ripper? Can StL afford to do this IYO?

Exactly. All those issues would have to be resolved prior to the NFL approving the St Louis proposal.