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Friday, March 17, 1995
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Rams home for next year unknown
Lawsuits abound over the possible St. Louis relocation
The Associated Press
PHOENIX — The Rams realized yesterday that they may be in Southern California for another season. NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue — who opposed the move to St. Louis — suggested relocation still was possible.
"The objective is to have teams in both places in a short-term time frame," Tagilabue said on the final day of the NFL owners meetings.
Tagliabue wasn't specific about what he meant by that, but he said he'd start working on the problem today.
It wasn't clear whether that meant some sort of compromise might lead to another vote, another round of expansion or that a different team might move to St. Louis in the near future.
Rams president John Shaw said he didn't know what Tagliabue was talking about.
Shaw was on the offensive. He threatened a $2.25 billion lawsuit against the league — $25 million a year for the 30 years of their lease in St. Louis — with triple damages. The $25 million represents the annual difference in profits in St. Louis and Anaheim, where the Rams lost money last year, he
Raiders owner Al Davis ended up with about $10 million after taking the league to court over his move from Oakland to Los Angeles.
"As of this time, we don't have our legal strategy worked out," Shaw said. "We'll probably figure that out in the next couple of days."
Shaw said that if the owners tried to reschedule the vote to the next scheduled meeting, May 23-24, in Jacksonville, Fla., it would be too late.
"We would be on a course of litigation by then," Shaw said. "Once we get on a litigation course, it'd be hard to get off the track."
Missouri attorney general Jay Nixon also is poised to file antitrust legislation against the NFL.
The Rams and the NFL couldn't come to a consensus on any issues during the negotiations.
Taglibaue again cited the Fox TV issue, the sharing of personal seat license money and the league's demand that the Rams contribute an unspecified amount to a trust
fund to be used to build a new stadium in Los Angele
Tagliabue said the league asked the Rams
to be prepared to take some financial responsibility for Fox's anticipated loss of $25
The league turned down the Rams' settlement offer of in excess of $25 million, according to Shaw, but didn't make a counter-offer.
"They didn't give us an offer because I think they didn't want to settle it." Shaw said.
Under an agreement with the NFL, the Rams have the right to sue first until March 31. But Shaw said that a lawsuit probably would mean that the team would have to spend
"One of the easiest things to do is file a lawsuit. All you need is a fax machine."
Paul Taglabue NFL commissioner
another season somewhere in Southern California instead of St. Louis.
"I'm not saying that isn't a possibility, I'm just saying it's unlikely this late in the day," Shaw said.
Shaw said the Rams probably would allow their lease to terminate at Anaheim Stadium Aug. 3, but said there's a chance they could play there on a year-to-year basis. He also said the team would explore all possible stadium sites within the Rams' home territory, anywhere within 75 miles of Los Angeles.
Bill Rogers
Valparaiso sports information director
Valparaiso blocked from postseason play
slap in the face to a lot of schools,but it would have been a big deal for us."
The Associated Press
So while the two major college basketball tournaments began gearing up for the start of play this week, Valparaiso's Crusaders stayed home in northern Indiana wondering what went wrong.
The Crusaders won the Mid-Continent conference regular-season crown, captured the league's post-season tournament and finished at 20-8. Yet they were snubbed first by the NCAA and then by the National Invitation Tournament.
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"Only two teams (not in the NCAA or NIT) won their conference and postseason tournament. ... One was Southern Utah and we were the other," Valparaiso sports information director Bill Rogers said. "We're not bitter, but we are disappointed because we felt we should have been playing somewhere this week."
Then, after the NCAA pairings were announced Sunday, the NIT also bypassed the Crusaders.
Valparaiso coach Homer Drew flew to New York last week to meet with NIT officials and came back encouraged.
...the NIT is a
"But I think the NIT looks at other things, like established names and tradition, because making money is obviously a concern," Rogers said.
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"I guess it's not a tourney willing to take a chance on somebody like us. The NIT seems to take NCAA leftovers," he said. "You know, the NIT is a slap in the face to a lot of schools, but it would have been a big deal for us."
With this year's record, Valparaiso has won 20 or more games in consecutive seasons for the first time. But it still is the only one of Indiana's eight Division I schools that has never received an NCAA bid.
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