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St. Louis Rams: 2015 Media Guide Doesn't Include Owner Stan Kroenke Bio

PostPosted:9 years 11 months ago
by Elvis
Or does it? The story is developing:

http://www.turfshowtimes.com/2015/7/14/ ... roenke-bio

St. Louis Rams: 2015 Media Guide Doesn't Include Owner Stan Kroenke Bio

Stan Kroenke. Owner of the St. Louis Rams, among other expensive things. You may not know him well. That's part of the point of a team media guide, to provide the inclined parties with information they can use to reinforce their output.

Lest you missed it, here's Kroenke's bio from the 2014 St. Louis Rams Media Guide:

Simple, yeah? Well, the 2015 St. Louis Rams Media Guide has been released, and strangely enough, Kroenke has been omitted.

What's more, clicking for more information from his bio page on the official team site leads to this dead page.

Draw your own conclusions. It may be nothing more than a technical glitch, something we're used to seeing.

A week ago, the St. Louis Business Journal reported on a market study conducted by Conventions, Sports and Leisure. That Journal story, located here, was quickly taken down. TST asked why and was directed to Editor Patricia Miller by a staffer who suggested the question was "one for management", offering, "All I can tell you is it was factual."

When asked to clarify why the piece was taken down, Miller replied, "technical glitch."

The story has yet to be re-published on the St. Louis Business Journal.

Watch out for them technical glitches, yall.

(Updated at 6:07pm, July 14)

Looks like they took down the 2015 guide and replaced it with the 2014 edition. Stay tuned.

Re: St. Louis Rams: 2015 Media Guide Doesn't Include Owner Stan Kroenke Bio

PostPosted:9 years 11 months ago
by Elvis

Re: St. Louis Rams: 2015 Media Guide Doesn't Include Owner Stan Kroenke Bio

PostPosted:9 years 11 months ago
by moklerman
Let's really get the rumor mill going and say that it means he's planning on selling the team to the St. Louis contingent.

Re: St. Louis Rams: 2015 Media Guide Doesn't Include Owner Stan Kroenke Bio

PostPosted:9 years 11 months ago
by OldSchool
It's part of the rumor mill from when the Rams nfl.com page said the Los Angeles Rams :D

Re: St. Louis Rams: 2015 Media Guide Doesn't Include Owner Stan Kroenke Bio

PostPosted:9 years 11 months ago
by Elvis
moklerman wrote:Let's really get the rumor mill going and say that it means he's planning on selling the team to the St. Louis contingent.


Close. It means he's already sold the team. Stan Kroenke's bio isn't in the media guide because he's not the owner...

Re: St. Louis Rams: 2015 Media Guide Doesn't Include Owner Stan Kroenke Bio

PostPosted:9 years 11 months ago
by den-the-coach
Elvis wrote:
moklerman wrote:Let's really get the rumor mill going and say that it means he's planning on selling the team to the St. Louis contingent.


Close. It means he's already sold the team. Stan Kroenke's bio isn't in the media guide because he's not the owner...


The real story is, he's not the owner of the St. Louis Rams, he's the owner of the Los Angeles Rams and the bio will go back up once the move is announced!

Re: St. Louis Rams: 2015 Media Guide Doesn't Include Owner Stan Kroenke Bio

PostPosted:9 years 11 months ago
by Hacksaw
Someone bet the media guy he wouldn't actually stick it to Stan and leave him out. Cha ching

Seriously, are the media guides published by the city, CVC/EJD or the Rams?

Re: St. Louis Rams: 2015 Media Guide Doesn't Include Owner Stan Kroenke Bio

PostPosted:9 years 11 months ago
by OldSchool
Hacksaw wrote:Someone bet the media guy he wouldn't actually stick it to Stan and leave him out. Cha ching

Seriously, are the media guides published by the city, CVC/EJD or the Rams?


Going to the media guide at the Rams site sends you to this url:

http://rams.1stroundmediagroup.com/

1st round media group has offices in San Fran, New York and Philly and is described as such:

1st Round is an all inclusive entertainment media group containing divisions in sports, music, film, capital, and has a foundation. At 1st Round Enterprises our vision is to do things that have never been done before. We dream big, and aspire to create. Being 1st Round means being part of the winners circle. The entrepreneurial intuition of 1st Round leads us to construct new ideas and business ventures, always seeing opportunity in the face of ambiguity. The flourishing records division took artist Sam Adams to #1 on iTunes Hip-Hop chart with his debut album Boston's Boy. 1st Round is now creating an athletic apparel line, and is working on a few film projects as well.
Specialties
Sports, Athletic Apparel, Music, TV Shows


It looks like these guys do all the NFL teams websites and/or media guides. For instance I found this when looking them up.

http://patriots.1stroundmediagroup.com/

Non story though on some Rams sites the St Louis nut jobs are conspiracy theory bound.

Re: St. Louis Rams: 2015 Media Guide Doesn't Include Owner Stan Kroenke Bio

PostPosted:9 years 11 months ago
by Hacksaw
Thanks Old School. 2014 Kroenke was the top of the Rams executives pages. This year gone? My guess is the Rams didn't want to rub salt in the wounds of those fans who are die-hard or brave enough to attend games in 2015. I still remember all the Georgia pages laying on the beer soaked ground at Anaheim stadium after the media guides were handed out in '94.
Or ESK quietly sold his team to the invisible man.