Far be it from me to come to the defense of greedy owners, but why should they have to pay back something the people of St. Louis were stupid enough to do to lure them in the first place?
The St Louis thing has a bit more to it than that. When Kroenke bought the Rams he was bidding against the current owner of the Jaguars. Kroenke was adamant that the Rams would continue to stay in St Louis.
He then proceeded to drive the team into the ground and went to court to break the lease, which would then allow the team to move if they so chose.
He also purposely alienated the St Louis fans and don’t get me started on the players coming out doing “hands up don’t shoot”. After doing all he could to drive fans away, he then used that as a reason he should be allowed to move.
Better idea: why not make the moron politicians that made the the bad deal personally financially responsible?