
Chargers, Raiders, Rams All File Papers with NFL to Relocate to L.A.
The St. Louis Rams, Oakland Raiders, and San Diego Chargers all filed papers with the NFL on Monday to relocate to Los Angeles.

The St. Louis Rams, Oakland Raiders, and San Diego Chargers all filed papers with the NFL on Monday to relocate to Los Angeles.

On Thursday, Bob McNair, the owner of the Houston Texans, and one of the members of the NFL’s Committee on Los Angeles Opportunities, canceled a scheduled meeting with San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer after McNair issued statements on Monday that insulted local government in San Diego.

Appearing on the Bernie Miklasz Show in St. Louis, NFL Executive Vice President Eric Grubman personified the public-relations problem unleashed by crony capitalism.

Although the NFL has scheduled a special meeting on the Los Angeles relocation situation for January, Rams owner Stan Kroenke charges ahead, offering a deal to the San Diego Chargers or Oakland Raiders to share a new $1.86 billion stadium in Inglewood, California.
St. Louis Rams wide receiver Stedman Bailey endured gunshot wounds to the head on Tuesday evening.

San Francisco 49ers running back Reggie Bush plans on suing the city of St. Louis because of a fall he took on Sunday, when he slipped on a concrete path after being pushed out of bounds on a punt return.

California Governor Jerry Brown is inserting himself into the highly contentious San Diego Chargers stadium fight, expediting California’s laborious environmental review process, giving a semblance of hope that the team could stay in its current city if it agrees to a newly proposed stadium. The team’s ownership has been pushing hard for a move to the Los Angeles market.

NFL owners indicated Tuesday that they expect one or more football teams to occupy the Los Angeles market as soon as 2016.

While St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke’s announced plans to build an almost $2 billion stadium in Southern California still unfolds, the city of St. Louis hasn’t raised the white flag yet.

Uncertainty looms in the future of the Chargers and Raiders football organizations as the two teams negotiate over stadium plans that could either allow them to remain in their current home cities or join in sharing one stadium in Los Angeles.

The day after the Chargers Stadium Task Force announced a recommendation of no new taxes in construction plans for a new stadium, Charger fans in San Diego rallied the troops for a ‘Save Our Bolts Spirit Day,’ calling fans from die-hard to casual to don any apparel, whether official gear or just Chargers colors, in support of the team.

Los Angeles may see professional football once again, as the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders announced plans to build and share a $1.7 billion stadium in Carson if publicly-financed deals to stay in their respective cities fall through.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell expressed in a memo on Monday that the league as a whole, not individual teams, will make decisions on franchise relocation.