Last week, St. Louis City, St. Louis County, and the St. Louis RSA (Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority) filed a lawsuit in Missouri state courts against the NFL and all 32 teams and the owners - because of the whole Los Angeles debacle that resulted in three NFL teams being moved in the span of 15 months. Of the three cities that lost teams, the NFL did the dirtiest work against the Gateway City.
You can read the full 52 page legal brief for yourself at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website.
Today, we start reading the legal brief. We only have time today to read or go over the petition, parties, jurisdiction and venue, and - most importantly - allegations.
In layman's terms, the plaintiffs are calling out the NFL over its (joke of a) relocation policy as well as the former St. Louis team's quotes regarding trying to stay in St. Louis, contrasted with particularly damning quotes following the move to LA - all of this happening while St. Louis did what the NFL continually asked them to in terms of putting together a viable stadium plan (which neither Oakland nor San Diego did). Think of the quotes as "(Professional Liar) Kevin Demoff's Greatest Hits."
Next time, we'll go over the five counts.
Fair use: Randy Karraker's speech at the October 2015 NFL relocation meeting in St. Louis, as well as "Senor Stan" open this and all parts of our three-part program on this matter. All three also end with "I Can Take Anything" from Planes, Trains and Automobiles. (Coincidentally, the scene in the movie that uses the song takes place in St. Louis.)
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