San Dee-Ay-Go, make that Los An-Gel-Es, Super Chargers?

Miklasz was also the NFL writer when the cardinals left in 1988 for Phoenix. He went to Dallas and returned a year later as a columnist.

Damn right this is a big deal. While no one cares enough to go to the games, being in a city with an NFL team is a major distinction.

 

That's right. Nobody has considered LA a major city since the Rams and Raiders left.

 

The ONLY people I have heard pining for the NFL in LA last twenty years has been columnists and talk radio yakkers.

 

It's different in flyover country. That's not a reason for St. Louis to spend the money on a new stadium when we all know there are a lot more pressing issues in that region, but idea of losing something that helps you identify as a major city in St. Louis, KC, Indy, etc. feels a lot different than it does in Hollywood.

 

The Rams should count their blessings.
St. Louis fans do everything The Right Way.

 

So now the co-leader of the St. Louis stadium task force is floating the theory that there could be an ownership change with the Rams that would keep them in St. Louis - despite no indication anywhere that Kroenke wants to sell.

He wants the Rams to play in a stadium he pays for 100 percent in Los Angeles. While the St. Louis media refuses to ask why it's a good idea to spend $250 million of public funds - that the city and state don't have - for a stadium to house a team the entire region is pretty indifferent about. And for some reason, the key players in this new stadium don't want anything to do with a public vote on the money being spent.

I wonder if Bernie's arms get tired from carrying this guy's water all the time ...

Bernie: Peacock keeping St. Louis' options open : Sports

 

Does St. Louis circa the 21st Century really have the economic base to support constructing a new football stadium and supporting the team that goes along with it?

 

The short answer, TigerVols is... no.

St. Louis would have more respect to have the fortitude to say, "no, we're not doing this again" and letting the NFL go.

 

Or, along those same lines, it should just admit "we're perfectly happy with being the home of the Cardinals" and call it a day.

 

Or say, "We cannot fully fund our educational system at any level, cannot fully fund social services, and our infrastructure throughout the state is crumbling before our eyes with no solution in sight. So we cannot justify spending one dime on a football stadium 3 blocks away from a 20-year-old facility that we are still paying for."

 

St Louis ain't going down without a fight...amongst themselves.

L.A. could be a winner in debate over funding for St. Louis stadium - LA Times

 

Looks like Joe Buck is angling for a FOX Sports suspension....

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