He was a force involved in making the move happen. He had been trying for many years if I recall. He was a vocal proponent for an NFL team, and then the Rams, in Saint Louis.
He will have to address his many statements about the Rams and Saint Louis if he tries to move the team.
Again, I'll have to defer to someone else, I know he was involved, but I haven't heard much about him being the driving force, especially for many years. If I recall he was trying to buy the Patriots sometime before that as well, and I don't think it was with the goal to move them to St Louis. I think he just wanted an NFL team, and he saw an opportunity to do so with the Rams. Had it been going the other way, with Georgia trying to get out of St Louis instead of in, I think he would have jumped at the chance still.
I disagree. They don't profit by stripping two cities of their teams to please Kroenke and alienating millions of fans.
It's not "so while the Rams could make it work in St Louis", the Rams DO work in Saint Louis. We have a long history of supporting the Rams even when they suck.
Two teams get stripped of their cities and millions of fans are alienated either way. St Louis county has about a million residents, contrasted to San Diego county who has 3.2 million, and Alameda county (where Oakland is) has 1.5 million. Either way two cities and millions of fans will lose their home team. The argument that the Rams could make is they'll be coming back to LA county and the 10 million fans they left in the first place. In terms of making it work, again I do think the Rams work there, and I think they can work there long term.. However if market studies aren't good (and last we heard they weren't) and the Rams are the least valuable team in the NFL (which they are) then Kroenke has some numbers to back up that it's not working for them. Numbers don't lie.
Kroenke has never mentioned inviting a second team. It could just be that he is planning a home for the Raiders and Chargers.
He's building a two team facility, and recent word is that he told the NFL he'll let them pick the second team to join him in LA and he would assist the team left out. That just came out a week or so ago (the helping the third team out thing) bringing a second team into LA to join has been there from the start. Kroenke is not spending two billion dollars in LA for two different teams, not getting to enjoy that stadium, and then turning around and spending over half a billion for himself in St Louis, that's completely ridiculous.
Why bluff? To make sure he gets his new stadium. Kroenke doesn't need ownership to be the owner in all ways that matter.
Why are all the Inglewood fans claiming the NFL twisted their arm? I'm just confused as to how all of this information just magically appeared as facts.
If the new stadium is defenetly being built as you claim, then why does he need to continue to make sure? Is St Louis going to pull the plug as soon as he can't go to LA anymore? Kroenke likes to own and operate his stadium and "own everything including the dirt", and he doesn't get that with the Riverfront stadium, and can't get that with the Riverfront stadium. That's probably a pretty big sticking point for him, and it's a lot of lost potential revenue.
Why are all the Inglewood fans claiming the NFL twisted their arm? I'm just confused as to how all of this information just magically appeared as facts.
Actually most of those claims have came from St Louis fans who use it to support that they're not negotiating in good faith with the city. However it originates from an article discussing the stadium situations.
Kroenke has never said he intends to move. Quite the opposite.
Saint Louis is building a stadium.
Kroenke has wanted a better stadium for his team.
The NFL favors the home city.
The Rams are participating in designing and supporting the new stadium.
The NFL encouraged the new stadium.
All Kroenke has in LA is multi-purpose land and drawings.
Kroenke has stated he will do as the NFL says.
The NFL said there won't be three teams in LA and the Raiders and Chargers need a new home where Kroenke does not.
No other team has shown any interest in moving to Saint Louis.
Kroenke made that statement when he first took over the team. Since the process has started (back during arbitration) he hasn't made a whimper about wanting to stay. Back when I was 10 years old I said I wanted to be a fighter pilot. Many years, and no attempts to become a fighter pilot later, I think most people would say that the situation has changed.
Of course he wants a better stadium for his team, he'd get one in Inglewood, arguably the best stadium in the history of the NFL to this point.
In terms of the NFL favoring the home city, I'll point out, they're in favor of not one, but two teams in LA, meaning they favor LA over at least "two" home cities... I don't think they favor any home cities, I think they favor money.
The Rams are also participating in designing and supporting Inglewood... And they're paying for it, which they aren't in St Louis.
NFL also encourages LA.
He also has every box checked other than the permits (which take a while and are in the process of getting, which no other potentials stadium has done), and the land is ready for the stadium, including old structures blown up.
Kroenke hasn't stated he'd do as the NFL wishes, those close to him have only indicated that they believe he would allow the NFL to vote on the matter. They didn't say he would honor the vote or anything like that. That was when some suggested he'd just up and move without even bringing it to a vote.
Kroenke does need a new home, the Dome is horribly outdated. The argument is does he need a new city? I'd say the Chargers need a new home but not a new city either. Raiders need a new home, but it's debatable if they need a new city (since Davis says he would love to stay if he had the money).
