Chargers, Raiders, Rams file for relocation to Los Angeles

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. The relocation of a franchise requires the affirmative vote of three-quarters of the National Football League clubs (24 of 32).

The Chargers and Raiders have submitted joint plans that would enable both franchises to move to the Los Angeles area and play in the same stadium.

His competition, Rams owner Stan Kroenke, has some extremely deep pockets – so don’t count the midwest squad out from returning to L.A. just yet. A final decision on which team, or teams, gets to move could come from that meeting. Each team receives hundreds of millions of dollars in TV money from the National Football League every year, irrespective of how the team performs on the field or at the gate.

Mark Ganis, the president of sports business consulting firm SportsCorp was involved in moving the Raiders to Oakland and the Rams to St. Louis previously.

Murray was most proud of being able to play all 16 games and was pleased to break 1,000 yards, although the yardage came with much more difficulty late in the season and it didn’t always feel as if he were making any headway. “But, you have to exhaust every effort possible to make sure that teams are staying in their own markets”.

All three teams have been frustrated for years with their current stadium situations. The Rams released only a brief statement confirming the news, as did the Raiders. It’s a particularly busy time, as five of the six men on the L.A. committee own teams in the playoffs, and the sixth, New York Giants co-owner John Mara, accepted the resignation Monday of longtime coach Tom Coughlin.

SPLIT SEASON: The Raiders had one of the league’s top offences the first half of the 2015 with Carr teaming with rookie Amari Cooper and Michael Crabtree to form a lethal passing game. At its centerpiece is a $1.1 billion stadium along the Mississippi River, not far from the city’s iconic Gateway Arch. The Rams have rejected the plan.

On a day where head coaching changes usually capture the headlines, the San Diego Chargers made a different kind of move.

Kroenke has proposed a privately funded $1.9 billion stadium set among more than $2 billion in shops, offices, town homes – even a 6,000-seat theater – at the old Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, Calif. Or, at the very least, enables the odd team out to move onto other options from a position of strength rather than weakness. If the Raiders are not allowed to go south they will likely remain in Oakland on another short-term lease and have their long-term future remain in limbo.

If fellow owners are flexible enough, perhaps the $200 million G-4 designated for the Rams could be re-directed to the Raiders, which would give them a combined $700 million to contribute to a new home.