Rams in St. Louis a problem not going away

The Los Angeles Rams move from St. Louis to LA is a lingering story not going away anytime soon, as litigation is due to get under way.

One Los Angeles Rams story that continues to trudge along is the messy divorce between the city of St. Louis, the Rams, and the National Football League. It’s also a story winding its way into a courtroom.

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In a piece filed by Jim Thomas at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, we learn that the NFL has dispatched its best and brightest from legal to St. Louis, as both the league and the city will take their battle into the courtroom over a “breach of contract lawsuit” initiated when the team moved to Los Angeles for the 2016 season.

Covington & Burling, a Washington-based firm, will represent the league with the exception of the Rams. LA owner Stan Kroenke  will have a Chicago based firm, Kirkland & Ellis as legal counsel.

The suit seeks unspecified damages and restitution of profits. The suit claims that the Rams and the NFL failed to meet relocation guidelines, made intentional false statements, and “unjustly enriched themselves.”

The move from St. Louis to LA has been contentious for Kroneke and his team. The last season in 2015 was one met with attendance issues, signs expressing all matters of discontent with the fan base, and a sense that the move west was a ‘fait accompli.’

Toss in a losing team nursing what has become a decade of dreadful play, and the wrap up in St. Louis has fostered a lot of ill will.

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As for the NFL, they would issue a statement the day the suit was filed saying there was no legitimate basis for the litigation.

Something says the city of St. Louis may have the last word on that one.