Quote: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.

 

   It could be a major dilemma for the NFL.   I'm not sure what's a higher priority for the league,  the success of the Los Angeles market or the importance of the league to have control. 

 

  One other possibility could be the Rams remain in St. Louis,  with Stan Kroenke selling the Rams to local ownership.   With Kroenke then buying majority control of the Raiders and moving them to Inglewood,  CA.   With the Chargers then joining them in Inglewood,  instead of Carson.   I think the NFL would be comfortable with this. 

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