[Elvis]

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JASON LA CANFORA

CBS Sports NFL Insider

NFL heavyweights to meet in New York in advance of LA relocation vote

January 1, 2016 6:51 pm ET

With the NFL pushing forward with plans to vote on a Los Angeles relocation soon, there will be preliminary meetings of key owners in New York next week. Sources said the powerful Los Angeles relocation commitee, which is spearheading this issue, along with the league's stadium committee and finance committee, are set to meet Wednesday and Thursday in New York.

That is ahead of the mandatory ownership meeting that remains scheduled for Jan. 12-13 in Houston, where a vote on a move to L.A. is still expected. Currently, sources said neither the Chargers/Raiders project in Carson (Calif.), nor the Rams project in Inglewood (Calif.) has the votes needed (24 are required). However, as long reported, the Carson project is much, much closer, with probably around 18-20 votes. Rams owner Stan Kroenke has had enough votes to block, but that could change between now and an actual vote, with pressure mounting to get this situation resolved and a majority favoring the other project.

Some owners would prefer just the Chargers go first, with perhaps another franchise later joining. And many would support getting the Rams and Chargers together (though it seems highly remote that could occur between now and mid-January).

No one knows exactly how this will go down, and it's always possible there is no vote and the matter is tabled until 2017, but for now sources said both of these ownership meetings are on schedule and it's quite possible a resolution is at hand.

[Hacksaw]

JLC appears pro StL Carson.
How does he know hey are closer? Unless McHair and Dickardsn are telling him so. Like deiter recently stated, 'if you lie enough about something, it will become reality'. This is what I believe has been happening all along. The horny little reporters have been like birds in a nest waiting for their next worm.

[RedAlice]

I'd say most of us know more at this point than several reporters, like this one.

And none of us actually know what these rich dudes will decide.


We chatter amongst ourselves, but they write what brings in the $.

[max]

JLC just tosses out stupid stuff, like the Chargers moving alone and maybe someone joining them latter. Does he even think about the ramifications of that statement? How does Spanos do Carson without Davis when they have this contract to do it together and Iger is doing Carson based on the Raiders being a part of it. I can go on and on, but it's apparent that JLC is not event thinking about what he is saying.

[Stranger]

I'd say most of us know more at this point than several reporters, like this one.

And none of us actually know what these rich dudes will decide.


We chatter amongst ourselves, but they write what brings in the $.

Can you imagine what a web site of fan-reporters could be like? Just filter-out the nutcases, and assemble stories from fans-with-brains who are on the ground and can really report what's going on. You could have an extremely accurate source of information. Instead, we're left with insiders who in most cases got their gigs because of family, friends or their biz network.

[BuiltRamTough]

It's been kinda slow on LA news lately so let's tell it again in a new article...

Carson has more votes.

Both projects don't have enough votes to pass.

We've know this for a couple of months now.

[Elvis]

At least we know that's what the word on the street is.

This being a meeting of the L.A. committee, could be a lot of pro-Carson spin coming out of it.

OTOH, if there's not, that could be newsworthy in itself...

[SoCalRam78]

JLC doesn't know jack shit re relocation. Carson isn't happening let alone the Chargers moving alone.

But don't worry. The St. Louis PD contingent use this kind of crap as their idiot fuel.

JLC is the definition of a lazy media reporter being spoon fed horse shit from the Charaiders/Fabiani camp and regurgitating it. They feed off this crap.

[The Ripper]

He's just pointing out that the Raiders don't have enough support to move by saying the Chargers alone. There are vocal group of owners that back Spanos and because of that they seem pro Carson but all they want is for the Chargers to be in LA. If Spanos ditches Davis then he might be able to get enough votes to move but that doesn't necessarily mean that Carson will actually be approved even if they say it is. The thing to remember about the NFL, what they say is not the way it really is. Carson may have years of remediation which will be completed with or without the NFL, so the stadium may get the nod now but that could change in a year.

[RedAlice]

Somewhere around here we have a list of who is on the committees. Anyone remember where?

We have the:

LA Committee

Finance Committee

Stadium Committee


This is who Kroenke, Spanos and Davis will meet with next year. It was published somewhere during a recent meeting? Member where?

eta: Was from JT. I found it - adding it here for future ref if anyone wants it.

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Finance Committee • Chairman Bob McNair (Houston), Arthur Blank (Atlanta), Joel Glazer (Tampa Bay), Clark Hunt (Kansas City), Shahid Kahn (Jacksonville), Robert Kraft (New England), Jeffrey Lurie (Philadelphia), Steve Ross (Miami).

Stadium Committee • Chairman Art Rooney (Pittsburgh), Michael Bidwill (Arizona), Woody Johnson (New York Jets), Stephen Jones (Dallas), George H. McCaskey (Chicago), Jed York (San Francisco).

Committee on Los Angeles Opportunities • Hunt, Kraft, McNair, Rooney, John Mara (New York Giants), Jerry Richardson (Carolina).

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