Richard Sherman thinks Rams L.A. move is ‘awesome’

But if the Rams pull it off with no major missteps and a reasonably successful on-field product, this move could be extraordinarily rewarding for owner Stan Kroenke and his lavish Inglewood stadium complex.

San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer extended the proverbial olive branch to defeated Chargers owner Dean Spanos on Wednesday in hopes the two can head back to the bargaining table “for a fresh start” and another stab at keeping the football team in San Diego.

The Rams, who called St. Louis home for 20 years, are moving back to Los Angeles where they were the home team from 1946-1994.

Ellis would not speculate on whether Chargers owner Dean Spanos would execute the option or try to work out a new stadium with the city of San Diego. City and county leaders even appear to be backing-off their previous stance that they’d need some type of substantial commitment from the Chargers to stay in San Diego before further exploring a downtown stadium option. In the simplest terms, what are those options? “But when the Rams fell off, the support fell off and the money kind of dries up and unfortunately the team is going away now”.

The team would normally have to pay a $550 million relocation fee to move out of Oakland. Stadium construction is expected to be completed by the 2019 season.

And if Spanos wants to be in L.A.in 2016, it has to be quickly.

The excitement of the Rams’ 2016 return only increases when fans talk about it, especially for Visalia resident Hector Olvera. San Diego voters would have to approve those funds though, something that could now happen. This is the riskiest option for the Chargers.

Owners rejected a plan by the Chargers and Raiders to relocate to a new $1.75 billion stadium in Carson. They should be furious that an extra $100 million in NFL funding that the league wouldn’t dedicate to their city’s project (which already had $200 million from the NFL) has been offered as a consolation prize to the Oakland Raiders (and, potentially, to the Chargers). The dilemma for the Chargers here is that their leverage is waning.

“The difference between, they don’t own the stadium so they don’t pay any debt at Qualcomm, versus if they become an equity partner in Inglewood they would be on the hook for tens of millions of dollars in debt servicing”, Bruvold said. Instead, the Chargers raised concerns with a hastily conducted environmental impact statement they felt could get tied up in court. The week of January 12, 2016, will live along the thoughts and memories of L.A. and Saint Louis Rams alike, all because of one man: Silent Stan Kroenke. “There were bigger problems going on in L.A. when I was young”, said Sherman.

In the light of day, there are still no clear answers on which way the Spanos are leaning.

Those sources, who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of ongoing negotiations, said that it is still possible for the team to move this offseason because the Raiders satisfied the NFL’s relocation guidelines during the recent, three-team competition to move to Los Angeles.