NFL Owners Surprised By $232.5M in Rams Settlement Charges
“The NFL agreed to pay $790 million in November to end a legal dispute over the Rams’ relocation from St. Louis to Los Angeles back in 2016. The amount is the most the NFL has ever paid to settle litigation, and details about where the money came from are now starting to emerge. Filed in 2017 by,” reports Abigail Gentrup in Front Office Sports.
“The St. Louis Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority, the lawsuit alleged the league broke its own relocation rules when the Rams moved. Rams owner Stan Kroenke agree to inmdenify the league before other NFL owners approved the team’s move in 2016, but wavered on his promises shortly before the trial started.”
