Rams, Chargers and Raiders expected to file for relocation to Los Angeles

For the first time in more than 20 years, Los Angeles could have a professional football team – or three. All, especially the Raiders, receive significant public support despite being amongst the worst teams in the NFL.

Those decisions could actually come as soon as the owners meeting on January 12-13 – the 17 members of the league’s finance, stadium and L.A. committees will convene in New York Wednesday and Thursday to hear extended pitches for the potential new stadiums. A team wanting to move needs 24 of 32 votes. The issue is that the cities which home these teams are desperate to keep them as well, at least in the case of St. Louis and San Diego. It will be interesting to see which team garners the most support from the owners though as this relocation process moves forward for all three teams.

Last week, the cities sent the league their final stadium proposals, except for Oakland which sent a letter on its latest efforts to get a stadium.

Raiders owner Mark Davis wants to partner with the division rival San Diego Chargers to build a stadium in Carson. The full ownership will meet in Houston next week and could vote on which teams will move to L.A.

“The St. Louis Rams informed the National Football League today that the Rams propose to relocate to the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area”.

It’s possible an impasse could serve to be a catalyst for negotiations among the three teams to settle this amongst themselves.

One unofficial report said you take $200 million from the relocation fee and give it to the Chargers, doubling the league’s contribution to $400 million.

The Chargers, who have played in San Diego for 55 seasons, announced the filing Monday night.