[Cicero]

Hmm. I’m not much of a football watcher these days, but it seems to me that the money quote may be buried down near the bottom of the story:

“Los Angeles is still without a team, and a loophole in the Rams’ lease allows them to move as early as 2014 if the Edward Jones Dome is not deemed among the top quarter of all NFL stadiums. Though just 14 years old, the dome is fast becoming one of the league’s older venues, and getting it into the top quarter seems unlikely.”

[InterceptPoint]

“Los Angeles is still without a team, and a loophole in the Rams’ lease allows them to move as early as 2014 if the Edward Jones Dome is not deemed among the top quarter of all NFL stadiums. Though just 14 years old, the dome is fast becoming one of the league’s older venues, and getting it into the top quarter seems unlikely.”

YES. This would be better than sending Bret Favre back to Green Bay. Get my LA Rams back where they belong. And get them winning again.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"Los Angeles is still without a team, and a loophole in the Rams’ lease allows them to move as early as 2014"

I would assume that the Rams are the team of everyone in Missouri so the question is, would he actually want to move the team that everyone from his hometown probably roots for? I don't know how often they see him or how passionate of football fans they are down there. That would not fly in Southwestern Pa to even consider moving the Steelers. The person that thought that would be hated and reviled no matter who they were.

[Night Hides Not]

“Los Angeles is still without a team, and a loophole in the Rams’ lease allows them to move as early as 2014 if the Edward Jones Dome is not deemed among the top quarter of all NFL stadiums. Though just 14 years old, the dome is fast becoming one of the league’s older venues, and getting it into the top quarter seems unlikely.”

Jerry World will be the last stadium built for at least a decade. There's labor trouble brewing, and both sides will lose in this fight. Now that it's millionaires vs. billionaires, the average fan is going to tune them out.

There's plenty of college football to occupy the average fan today.

[Obadiah]

Yep, that’s exactly what I noticed too.

[Cyclone59]

“Los Angeles is still without a team, and a loophole in the Rams’ lease allows them to move as early as 2014 if the Edward Jones Dome is not deemed among the top quarter of all NFL stadiums. Though just 14 years old, the dome is fast becoming one of the league’s older venues, and getting it into the top quarter seems unlikely.”

That is a loopole for the current owners. The article in the Post-Dispatch made it clear that Rush/Checkett would keep the team here. Beside, Checkett can’t move the team because of his ownership of the Blues - the NFL now forbids owning other sports teams in other markets.

[ridesthemiles]

“Los Angeles is still without a team, and a loophole in the Rams’ lease allows them to move as early as 2014 if the Edward Jones Dome is not deemed among the top quarter of all NFL stadiums. Though just 14 years old, the dome is fast becoming one of the league’s older venues, and getting it into the top quarter seems unlikely.””

Rush would never getinto a deal where the team could be forced to move back to California.

He is trying to support his own home state, and Calif isn’t that.

Also- he sure isn’t going to put himself into the target zone for the Liberals in Sacramento to put some sort of special tax on the Rams.

The state has enough problems trying to get a place for the 49’ers to move to. Raiders have a very harsh crowd to deal with, and many normal people I know who love football gave up years ago going to Raiders games. Just not safe.