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The Los Angeles Rams move from St. Louis to LA is a lingering story not going away anytime soon, as litigation is due to get under way. http://ramblinfan.com/2017/05/13/los-angeles-rams-in-st-louis/
One Los Angeles Rams story that continues to trudge along is the messy divorce between the city of St. Louis, the Rams, and the National Football League. It’s also a story winding its way into a courtroom.
In a piece filed by Jim Thomas at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, we learn that the the NFL is sending its best and brightest from legal to St. Louis for the breach of contract lawsuit over the relocation of the Rams to Los Angeles.
The Washington-based law firm of Covington & Burling will represent the league and 31 of their 32 teams. The 32nd team, which is the the Rams, is represented by Kirkland & Ellis, headquartered in Chicago.
The suit seeks unspecified damages and restitution of profits. The suit claims that the Rams and the NFL failed to meet relocation guidelines, made intentional false statements, and “unjustly enriched themselves.”
The move from St. Louis to LA has been contentious for Stan Kroenke and his team. The last season in 2015 was one met with attendance issues, signs expressing all matters of discontent with the fan base, and a sense that the move west was a “fait accompli.”
Toss in a losing team nursing what has become a decade of dreadful play, and the wrap up in St. Louis has fostered a lot of ill wil
As for the NFL, they would issue a statement the day the suit was filed saying there was no legitimate basis for the litigation.
Something says the city of St. Louis may have the last word on that one.
One Los Angeles Rams story that continues to trudge along is the messy divorce between the city of St. Louis, the Rams, and the National Football League. It’s also a story winding its way into a courtroom.
In a piece filed by Jim Thomas at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, we learn that the the NFL is sending its best and brightest from legal to St. Louis for the breach of contract lawsuit over the relocation of the Rams to Los Angeles.
The Washington-based law firm of Covington & Burling will represent the league and 31 of their 32 teams. The 32nd team, which is the the Rams, is represented by Kirkland & Ellis, headquartered in Chicago.
The suit seeks unspecified damages and restitution of profits. The suit claims that the Rams and the NFL failed to meet relocation guidelines, made intentional false statements, and “unjustly enriched themselves.”
The move from St. Louis to LA has been contentious for Stan Kroenke and his team. The last season in 2015 was one met with attendance issues, signs expressing all matters of discontent with the fan base, and a sense that the move west was a “fait accompli.”
Toss in a losing team nursing what has become a decade of dreadful play, and the wrap up in St. Louis has fostered a lot of ill wil
As for the NFL, they would issue a statement the day the suit was filed saying there was no legitimate basis for the litigation.
Something says the city of St. Louis may have the last word on that one.