I'm not taking sides. I'm just curious what the local perception is as this plays out.

Jacksonville could also become also a pawn in this. Don't forget that Shad Khan is from Illinois, operates his businesses downstate (meaning "not Chicago" and possibly more emotionally aligned to St. Louis sports than to Chicago) and tried buying the Rams before Kroenke stepped in and quashed that...

His commercial real estate fortune was largely made developing the strip malls anchored by Wal-Marts, right? Not sure if that was pre- or post- becoming a member of the extended Walton family...

And the Dolphins will eventually start rattling cages over a possible move.

The NFL will not approve a Rams move until the Raiders, Chargers and Jaguars are taken care of. And one of them may be taken care of by moving forward with the Farmers Field option.

Due to NFL cross-market ownership rules, he had to officially divest of the Avalanche, Nuggets, etc. (by giving his son an early inheritance) when he became the sole owner of the Rams. Had he purchased the Broncos (which were not for sale), such a rule would not apply.

As a Packers shareholder, I am saddened by this revelation.

How do you feel about the Dolphins? While you'd rather have the Marlins leave than pay for their stadium, if given the choice between paying for the Marlins stadium, a Dolphins stadium, neither or both, where do you lean?

Parity didn't make its way that deep into the playoffs this time. 1 seed vs. 2 seed in AFC and 1 seed vs. their divisional runner up (wild card, but possibly second-best team in regular season - and strong closer) in the NFC.

I'm with both of you... this time, it worked out for the team "victimized" by a poor call that should've been easily correctible via replay. The recovery at better field position on the subsequent play was better than had that play been call correctly in real-time or corrected via replay. They dodged a bullet.

I believe the Packers were largely established that way (once they became mature enough to incorporate beyond just the founding and early running of the team in primitive pro leagues), but I'll probably waste a couple hours on Wikipedia looking into some history at some point... since the Browns are already set-up,…

Think people of Cleveland should buy the team from these rich idiots who insist on shitting on the team's legacy. Do it like Green Bay. Today 9:09am

Can we redirect that hatred and anger towards the umpires? Only those ego-driven a-holes could find a way to ruin the potential of A-Rod recording the season without a batting average as a result of HBP every plate appearance and having too few qualifying at-bats (0).

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His first criteria: not intramurals

I was about to say "Jim Zorn is available" (Sherman Lewis is a Holmgren guy, so unlikely to take the job) but you beat me to it.

Did they allow him to read coverage of Furman v. Georgia instead?

I bet, I don't even like reading Deadspin with you!

I like it much better when teams with outdoor/uncovered venues do well. You don't get much of this at, say, Lucas Oil Stadium.

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