[RedAlice]

St. Louis fans sue Rams, alleging ‘deception’

Four St. Louis Rams fans are so mad at owner Stan Kroenke for moving the team to Los Angeles that they’re suing the football club.

James Pudlowski, Louis Cross III, Gail Henry and Steve Henry filed the lawsuit in St. Louis Circuit Court Wednesday, alleging the Rams violated Missouri’s Merchandising Practices Act by making false statements in connection with the sale of tickets and goods.

The lawsuit, filed by Steven Stolze of Holland Law, seeks class-action status.
The suit lists a variety of statements made by Kroenke and Rams COO Kevin Demoff — and brands them lies.

For example:
— In April 2010, Kroenke said in an interview: “It’s not our desire to ever lead the charge out of St. Louis. So if that’s sort of the implication, that’s not why we’re here. We’re here to work hard and be very successful in St. Louis.

“I’m going to attempt to do everything I can to keep the Rams in St. Louis. Just as I did everything I could to bring the team to St. Louis in 1995. There’s a track record, I’ve always stepped up for pro football in St. Louis. And I’m stepping up one more time.”

— Demoff, after Kroenke purchased land in Inglewood, California, was asked in an interview about the Rams’ long-term future in St. Louis, and said, “I expect it will be right here in St. Louis.”

The lawsuit responds, “Defendants did in fact ‘lead the charge’ out of St. Louis, yet Defendants never informed their ticket and merchandise buyers or corrected the previous statements.”
“Their first public acknowledgement of this fact was on January 4, 2016 when Defendants filed the application to relocate the St. Louis Rams to Inglewood.”

The lawsuit also said that Kroenke’s relocation proposal to the NFL, in which the Rams said signing on to a $1.1 billion Mississippi riverfront stadium would lead to “financial ruin,” contained falsehoods and distortions.

The suit said anyone who bought a Rams ticket or merchandise from 2010 to 2015 suffered damages.

It also said that the Rams violated the Merchandising Practices Act because “in marketing and selling the subject tickets and merchandise and concessions to Named Plaintiffs and Class Plaintiffs, Defendants engaged in deception in that they conveyed information to Named Plaintiff and Class Plaintiffs regarding the future location of the Rams that had the tendency or capacity to mislead or deceive...”

The suit seeks compensatory damages. The plaintiffs plan to serve the Rams at Rams Park in Earth City and through St. Louis lawyer Alan Bornstein, the team's longtime lawyer.

A lawsuit from the St. Louis Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority (RSA) against the National Football League or Rams is also possible. The RSA has spent more than $16 million working to develop the riverfront stadium in an effort to keep the Rams in St. Louis. NFL owners voted Tuesday to let the team leave.


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[SoCalRam78]

This class action lawsuit is laughable and will be thrown out as will any RSA/city lawsuit. These entities lured the Rams with one sided, awful leases that allowed the franchise to relocate if certain requirements weren't met. The team was never on the hook for the money to maintain or build the dome, only their 250k rent. It must burn them that they still have to pay off a stadium until 2021 without an NFL team. F em, they deserve it.

[Stranger]

And Bernie M will be outside the courthouse in a cheerleaders costume.

[OldSchool]

And Bernie M will be outside the courthouse in a cheerleaders costume.

Woah it's too early in the morning for a mental image like that! I think I just threw up a bit.

[majik]

Any truth to the rumor that Judge Frawley will preside?

[snackdaddy]

Has any team ever moved without angry fans filing a lawsuit?

[Hacksaw]

"That will go over like a Led Zeppelin".. Keith Moon

[Hacksaw_64]

The St Louis Rams fans should be suing its local sports media (eg. Shane Gray, Bernie) for "deception". How many times did these guys claim they had "inside sources" and falsely mislead its readers? I am convinced these guys willfully reported one side a purposely omitted the other side to gain notoriety in a shameless attempt to further careers by manipulating the emotions of a naive fanbase. How aren't these guys not held accountable for the "the big lie" they spoon fed to its fanbase? They have been wrong about this story at about every single turn. Shane and Bernie have to qualify for the Hall of Fame for yellow press.



Yellow journalism, or the yellow press, is a type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers. Techniques may include exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering, or sensationalism.

[SoCalRam78]

Bernie was consistently wrong about the relocation beginning with the arbitration. Even last week he was talking of Carson winning. A complete rube and an idiot who fed what his readers wanted to read with zero impartiality. All he did was cheer lead whatever enitity was out there that would prevent the Rams from moving to LA, take your pick: Peacock, Carson, Carmen Policy, Bob Iger, Nixon, the dying stadiums in SD/Oak, the California solution mumbo jumbo. He undervalued Kroenke's determination and he refused to admit Inglewood was the better/more shovel ready/more lucrative plan. Also, he never acknowledged that the Rams had the right to relocate and didn't have to work with the task force.

[Stranger]

The St Louis Rams fans should be suing its local sports media (eg. Shane Gray, Bernie) for "deception". How many times did these guys claim they had "inside sources" and falsely mislead its readers? I am convinced these guys willfully reported one side a purposely omitted the other side to gain notoriety in a shameless attempt to further careers by manipulating the emotions of a naive fanbase. How aren't these guys not held accountable for the "the big lie" they spoon fed to its fanbase? They have been wrong about this story at about every single turn. Shane and Bernie have to qualify for the Hall of Fame for yellow press.



Yellow journalism, or the yellow press, is a type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers. Techniques may include exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering, or sensationalism.

Here ... Here.

It was the local media, local politicians, and local leaders that deceived StL fans.