[Elvis]

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Two L.A. Committee members suggested extra $100 million for St. Louis stadium

Posted by Mike Florio on December 19, 2015, 10:57 PM EST

The ultimate reality show is in the process of launching a spin-off that could be nearly as compelling.

The NFL’s effort to return to Los Angeles quickly is careening toward a potentially ugly fight in January, as competing factions not only solidify but begin to engage in conduct that will make it even harder to persuade 24 owners to get behind any one proposal.

The latest example of dysfunction comes from the phantom $100 million from the NFL that the St. Louis Board of Alderman included in the stadium financing package that was approved on Friday. So how did that extra $100 million commitment — which the NFL has disavowed in writing — get into the package?

Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the extra contribution was suggested to the St. Louis stadium task force by one of the six members of the league’s Committee on Los Angeles Opportunities. The source says that a second L.A. committee member echoed the commitment.

While unable to bind the league, the committee members indicated that the extra $100 million would come from the redistribution of relocation fees paid by the team(s) that move to L.A.

It’s unknown which committee members were involved in making the promise/suggestion/whatever to St. Louis regarding the extra $100 million. If neither Panthers owner Jerry Richardson nor Texans owner Bob McNair (who both are on the record as favoring a new St. Louis stadium for the Rams) were involved in the communications, it means that more than two of the six committee members currently believe that the Rams shouldn’t move to L.A. — and that the Chargers should.

Regardless of which members of the committee made the $100 million non-commitment, the committee is giving Rams owner Stan Kroenke plenty of ammunition for pushing back against the final recommendation of the committee — either in the meeting room or, eventually, in a courtroom.

Whether a courtroom can be avoided will depend in large on whether Commissioner Roger Goodell ultimately can broker a deal that leaves the Rams, Chargers, and Raiders happy. As of now, it’s becoming more and more clear that it will be difficult for Goodell to forge a final consensus that keeps the full scope of folks responsible for employing and paying him happy.

[max]

Makes you think Kroenke isn't going to go down quietly.

I still think when these owners get in a room almost every one of them will say, no way am I onboard investing $300M in that dying rustbelt STL market.

[Elvis]

Shane is calling this a grand bargain?

Forcing Stan to stay in St. Louis (assuming he doesn't want to be there) and then taking $100 million of the relo money (which normally goes to the owners so some would go to Stan) and giving it to the city of St. Louis instead is a grand bargain?

I guess i don't know what a grand bargain is...

[Stranger]

Charaiders can't afford a relo fee, so there's nothing to give StL.

[SWAdude]

Charaiders can't afford a relo fee, so there's nothing to give StL.

Thats what I thought about St Louis and the money for the new stadium.

They seemed to put a shell game together that convinces some that its game over.

[bluecoconuts]

I was more interested in the court comment. That's a shift from the idea that Kroenke would accept whatever happens. I've heard from others that Stan wouldn't be afraid to go to court recently as well. That's a big threat in his pocket if he wants to use it.

[Elvis]

I was more interested in the court comment. That's a shift from the idea that Kroenke would accept whatever happens. I've heard from others that Stan wouldn't be afraid to go to court recently as well. That's a big threat in his pocket if he wants to use it.

Completely agree.

[SoCalRam78]

Shane is calling this a grand bargain?

Forcing Stan to stay in St. Louis (assuming he doesn't want to be there) and then taking $100 million of the relo money (which normally goes to the owners so some would go to Stan) and giving it to the city of St. Louis instead is a grand bargain?

I guess i don't know what a grand bargain is...

Shane Gray is a moron.

[The Ripper]

Shane is calling this a grand bargain?

Forcing Stan to stay in St. Louis (assuming he doesn't want to be there) and then taking $100 million of the relo money (which normally goes to the owners so some would go to Stan) and giving it to the city of St. Louis instead is a grand bargain?

I guess i don't know what a grand bargain is...

Only half goes to the owners the rest goes to the players in the form of an increase in the salary cap and starting with the Rams relocation the relo fee only went to the lower revenue teams.

[LA RamsFan JSJ]

ESPN's Jim Trotter tweeted this out on Friday regarding this extra $100 million being thrown toward the STL Stadium:




Might be nothing, and simply a formality to get any future G4 funds approved, but it's something I hadn't seen before and yet ANOTHER layer in all of this.