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Tuesday, January 19. 1988 / University Daily Kansan
St. Louis wants new team
The Associated Press
ST. LOUIS — Now that William Bidwell has made it official that his NFL team will soon be the Phoenix Cardinals, local efforts will be turned to attracting an expansion franchise.
"Saturday marks the first official day of trying to get an expansion franchise," said former Cardinals lineman Dan Dierdorf, now a broadcaster in St. Louis and a commentator on Monday Night Football. "I'm sure when we look back on the history of St. Louis, this will be a dramatic day."
NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle has tentative plans to appoint an expansion committee at the March league meetings in Phoenix, with hopes of adding two teams by 1990. St. Louis will join a list of at least 25 cities that have expressed interest in applying for an expansion team.
Gov. John Ashcroft, who flew to St. Louis to hold a news conference after the announcement, said political and business leaders need to be unified to secure an expansion franchise.
However, several Missouri legislators said they felt a bill to establish a sports and convention authority in St. Louis that would finance construction of a new stadium might be on hold. The house passed the measure and sent it to the Senate on Thursday.
"It brings it kind of to a screeching
right now," said Sean Edwin L.
Dirick
House Majority Leader Tony Ribaud, sponsor of the bill, said he would continue to push for the bill's passage. Ribaud said St. Louis
would need a new stadium to be able to attract an NFL expansion team.
Ashcroft said the city's final offer was more than reasonable.
"It was a spectacular offer," Ashcroft said "However, the Cardinals chose another path and it is now incumbent upon us to maintain our unified effort in order to prepare for other opportunities."
Ashercroft, St. Louis County Executive Gene McNary and Mayor Vincent C. Schoemehil, along with Charles F. Knight, chairman of Emerson Electric Co., met with Bidwell last week to present the city's final offer.
Knight said the negotiations were frustrating and difficult because Bid-
"Mr. Bidwil really never negotiated any of this," Knight said. "That's his style, I guess. At no time did he sit down and say, 'This is what would take.' Candidly, this was a frustration that we all had to deal with."
McNary, who blamed battles between the city and county for Bidwill's leaving the city after 28 seasons, said at a news conference that nearly everyone involved in negotiations with Bidwil but himself was responsible for the loss.
"The only person who doesn't share in the responsibility for the team's leaving is me," a perturbed McNary told reporters at his office several hours after he received word of the move. "I did everything I could to keep them."
McNary said the city and Schoemehl had worked to block a county plan to build a domed stadium, one of Bidwil's conditions for staying. He said the Missouri Legislature's sports and convention authority bill was too late to help.
Schoeheml, who said he would fight the move, wasn't going to take any of the blame for the loss of the Cardinals.
"Now we can get on with our lives," offensive tackle Luis Sharpe said. "We'll get a lot of support, sell out the stadium, and that will help the team. It's special for any athlete, to perform in front of a large crowd."
Cardinals offensive lineman Joe Bostic said the move was like having all 55 players traded. Because being traded is part of the job, players seemed to take the news in stride.
"He's (Bidwill) the one who is walking away." Schoemehl said at a news conference at his office Friday afternoon. "I'm not going to allow the victim to be turned into the perpetrator here."
Quarterback Neil Lomax said he was excited about the move.
"I don't want to sound too derogatory about St. Louis, but moving is going to be a positive thing for this football team," Lomax said. "I can't help but show my emotions. I'm thrilled to be going to Phoenix."
"There's no question it will make us a better football team," he said.
Cardinals coach Gene Stallings said he hoped the move would not affect the team's performance. The last team to change cities, the Indianapolis Colts, were 7-9 in Baltimore in 1983 and 4-12 in Indianapolis in 1984.
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