NFL Settles Suit Filed by St Louis

The NFL announced a $790 million settlement with the City of St Louis over the relocation of the Rams to Los Angeles.

Disappointed the amount was amount wasn't ten figures and that there wasn't any public owner-on-owner mud wrestling.

Another Trial to Keep an Eye On

With the Kyle Rittenhouse trial over and both the Elizabeth Holmes / Theranos and the Ghislaine Maxwell trials just beginning - there's another trial on the horizon to put on your docket. The NFL's billion dollar mediation and trial with the City of St Louis is set to begin. The trial date has been set for January 10th.

The relocation lawsuit against Stan Kroenke and the Rams by the City of St. Louis looks to be a big loser for the NFL. Seems like Kroenke was in the wrong in picking up his team and moving it to Los Angeles. Also seems like he knew it when he promised the other NFL owners that he'd pay for any damages resulting from this lawsuit. But now it seems that Kroenke wants the other NFL owners to help pay for the damages - which could be a massive bill.

This will not go over well with the other team owners. Get your popcorn ready. This could be a doozy. 

An NFL Lawsuit That's Not Going Away

I don't often root for St. Louis but in this case I really am. NFL braces for billion-dollar exposure in St. Louis litigation.

Couple this with the increasing outrage over the NFL's handling of the WFT investigation (and ahem "cover-up") and the question has to be asked, "Has Roger Goodell handled anything correctly during his tenure?"

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Theodore Kupfer on Comedy Legend Norm Macdonald. (HT Execupundit)

- Macdonald's death from cancer and now knowing he was sick when he said it - makes this quote all the more poignant 

- This is a sticky lawsuit facing the NFL and the Rams. Would love the drama of a jury trial but my gut says a huge settlement is paid to St. Louis instead.

- I think at this point every rational thinking person is in favor of nuclear power - with good reason. 

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Noah Smith: Epistemic trespassing, or epistemic squatting? Love the phrase "epistemic trespassing" and I agree with Smith's overall argument. (As an aside - The Epistemic Trespasser would be a great name for a blog.)

- For the record - I called this trade. (Except I said a 3rd round pick but it looks like they'll get a 4th instead.)

- Heh Heh

- This gives off a serious mad-scientist vibe.

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Amusing that an athlete as wholesome and "aww shucks" as Tom Brady has a motto of "let's fucking go!"... A cute way to describe the GameStop situation... I guess that the Rams REALLY wanted to get rid of Jared Goff and his contract. They traded Goff and two first round picks along with a third round pick to the Lions for Matthew Stafford. This was a salary dump as much as anything... What is up the the Japanese?... Spherical Bastards would be a good name for a band (bastards no matter what angle you look at them)... My biggest disappointment of the Trump Administration is that he never follow through on the purchase of Greenland... 

As Foretold in the Prophesies