[AltiTude Ram]

http://www.latimes.com/sports/nfl/la-sp ... story.html

Sam Farmer and Nathan Fenno

The proposed stadium solutions in Oakland, St. Louis and San Diego are "unsatisfactory and inadequate" to keep the Raiders, Rams and Chargers in their home markets, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a report distributed Saturday to all 32 teams.

The contents of the 48-page report were disclosed to The Times by someone who has seen it but is not authorized to discuss it publicly.

The intent of the report is to establish facts about the home markets, as the league views them, heading into a special meeting in Houston on Tuesday and Wednesday to resolve the two-decade L.A. vacancy. The report does not give teams the green light to move to Los Angeles — that will be determined by owners' voting — but establishes that the home markets have failed to provide stadium solutions.

Goodell does not make any recommendations about which club or clubs should be approved to relocate, or which stadium project — Carson or Inglewood — should be approved.

At least 24 league owners must vote to approve a move. The commissioner does not have a vote, but his strongly worded report is intended to provide objective information that will assist each club in making its own judgment on the proposals.

In the report, Goodell said that each home market had "ample opportunity but did not develop their proposals sufficiently to ensure the retention of its NFL team."

The report says none of the three clubs has received a stadium proposal that is free of any contingencies and presents a viable long-term solution.

On Monday, the first day they were eligible, each of the three teams submitted relocation applications the league.

Los Angeles has had several sites proposed for an NFL stadium over the years, yet the nation's second-largest city is still without a team.
Earlier this week at league headquarters in New York, the stadium, finance and L.A. committees discussed those applications and met with the backers of each project. The Chargers and Raiders have teamed to propose a stadium in Carson; the Rams want to build a stadium in Inglewood.

Goodell's report says each of the teams has worked, without success, for many years to improve its stadium situation and identifies problems with each home market's response to the situation.

Oakland, while expressing an interest in keeping the Raiders, has not made a formal stadium proposal.

St. Louis has put forward a plan for a $1.1-billion riverfront stadium, but Goodell's report said that proposal's financing package includes a request for league funding — at $100 million — in excess of the maximum provided under current league policy. In their application, the Rams said no NFL team would take the St. Louis deal.

San Diego's concept of a $1.1-billion stadium on the Mission Valley site of the current Qualcomm Stadium is contingent on a public vote in June.

The report says that none of the three teams would be breaking its lease by moving from its current market, and that market research supports the conclusion that the L.A. area is capable of supporting two teams.

[Elvis]

http://www.latimes.com/sports/nfl/la-sp ... story.html

Roger Goodell calls NFL stadium proposals in Oakland, St. Louis and San Diego 'unsatisfactory'



by Nathan Fenno and Sam Farmer

The proposed stadium solutions in Oakland, St. Louis and San Diego are "unsatisfactory and inadequate" to keep the Raiders, Rams and Chargers in their home markets, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a report distributed Saturday to all 32 teams.

The contents of the 48-page report were disclosed to The Times by someone who has seen it but is not authorized to discuss it publicly.

The intent of the report is to establish facts about the home markets, as the league views them, heading into a special meeting in Houston on Tuesday and Wednesday to resolve the two-decade L.A. vacancy. The report does not give teams the green light to move to Los Angeles — that will be determined by owners' voting — but establishes that the home markets have failed to provide stadium solutions.

Goodell does not make any recommendations about which club or clubs should be approved to relocate, or which stadium project — Carson or Inglewood — should be approved.

At least 24 league owners must vote to approve a move. The commissioner does not have a vote, but his strongly worded report is intended to provide objective information that will assist each club in making its own judgment on the proposals.

In the report, Goodell said that each home market had "ample opportunity but did not develop their proposals sufficiently to ensure the retention of its NFL team."

The report says none of the three clubs has received a stadium proposal that is free of any contingencies and presents a viable long-term solution.

On Monday, the first day they were eligible, each of the three teams submitted relocation applications the league.

Earlier this week at league headquarters in New York, the stadium, finance and L.A. committees discussed those applications and met with the backers of each project. The Chargers and Raiders have teamed to propose a stadium in Carson; the Rams want to build a stadium in Inglewood.

Goodell's report says each of the teams has worked, without success, for many years to improve its stadium situation and identifies problems with each home market's response to the situation.

Oakland, while expressing an interest in keeping the Raiders, has not made a formal stadium proposal.

St. Louis has put forward a plan for a $1.1-billion riverfront stadium, but Goodell's report said that proposal's financing package includes a request for league funding that is $100 million in excess of the maximum provided under current league policy. In their application, the Rams said no NFL team would take the St. Louis deal.

San Diego's concept of a $1.1-billion stadium on the Mission Valley site of the current Qualcomm Stadium is contingent on a public vote in June.

The report says that none of the three teams would be breaking its lease by moving from its current market, and that market research supports the conclusion that the L.A. area is capable of supporting two teams.

[den-the-coach]

So once again no owner has the right to block any other owner all three have the right to move and the best plan should win and it's obvious the best plan is Inglewood and any other decision would Arbitrary and Capricious....This should make it game, set and match for Inglewood!

[max]

Kroenke had 2 thorns in his side. With one removed, it's gonna be extremely hard for NFL to pick inferior Carson stadium plan only based on Spanos, especially with Davis weighing Spanos down.

The handwriting is on the wall, fellas. Stan is hammering this baby home.

[majik]

If Spanos wants to act like a petulant child then let him build Carson and let Stan build Inglewood and watch Goldman Sachs own him when the Chargers become the second San Diego transplant to move to LA and become second banana like the Clippers have been for the last 30 years

[den-the-coach]

Kroenke had 2 thorns in his side. With one removed, it's gonna be extremely hard for NFL to pick inferior Carson stadium plan only based on Spanos, especially with Davis weighing Spanos down.

The handwriting is on the wall, fellas. Stan is hammering this baby home.

[AltiTude Ram]

Just heard on CBS before the wildcard game. Jerry Jones has put together a proposal for the Chargers and Rams in Inglewood.

I would like the Rams by themselves but if it takes the Chargers coming to LA to get my Rams home lets do it.

[SoCalRam78]

As I said a year ago, St. Louis was better off doing nothing. NFL wasn't going to get in Kroenke's way when he was building a palace that was going to fill the NFL coffers with money. Yet no one would listen. Next exposure will be Methane Stadium and the Carson ilk.

[Stranger]

January 9th, 2016 at 7:00pm CST by Connor Byrne

A return to Los Angeles in 2016 is looking likelier than ever for the NFL. In a 48-page report distributed Saturday to the league’s 32 teams, commissioner Roger Goodell criticizes the respective stadium proposals in St. Louis, Oakland and San Diego, referring to them as “unsatisfactory and inadequate,” according to the LA Times’ Sam Farmer and Nathan Fenno. Further, in the opinion of Goodell, each market had “ample opportunity but did not develop their proposals sufficiently to ensure the retention of its NFL team.” The Rams, Raiders and Chargers agree, having applied for LA relocation earlier this week.

http://www.profootballrumors.com/latest ... urn-to-la/

[snackdaddy]

The PD put out an article a short while saying the NFL won't stop the Rams from moving to LA. If it was a pro LA publication I'd take it with a grain of salt. But this is from the PD. Looks like game, set and match.