Quote:   The NFL could make things very difficult for Stan Kroenke if he moves w/o approval.  One example of this is the NFL puts together the schedule of games with the input of their TV partners.   Here's one illusration of this,  even without overseas games as part of the equation.   Lets say that in every other season,  the Rams have 4 games in the Eastern Time Zone.  Every other week in a 7 week period,  the Rams could be sent to the Eastern Time Zone.   That would take a huge toll on the team.   To make things even worse for the Rams,  the NFL could move the Rams into a division with East Coast teams if the league re-aligns.   They were once in the NFL's Coastal Division,  hence there's a precedent for this.   

True, and I suppose the schedule-maker could absolutely ruin the Rams' lives if he wanted to, but that wouldn't have any real effect on Kroenke's moving or keeping the team in LA. All it would do is prevent the Rams from fielding a competitive team anytime ever again. I don't know if the league really wants to see yet another team flounder and fail in LA because it had zero fan support, and setting the Rams up to be the next Jaguars franchise in terms of on-field success is not a good way to build that fan base.

 

For that reason, and because there's already an existing fan base for both teams in LA (albeit much smaller for the Rams than for the Raiders), I'm still expecting the Rams and Raiders and share Inglewood, and the Chargers to end up in St. Louis or San Antonio.

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