The points in the CVC's message to Stan Kroenke's London plan can be counted on one finger.
When it comes to the big question hanging over the St Louis Rams' future - where will they play home games in 2015 - the ball is in the court of the St Louis Convention and Visitor's Center. The STL CVC for short. They owe Stan Kroenke and the Rams a proposal for dome improvements that would elevate the building into the upper tier (read: revenue-producing, not gimmicky design elements like video lightboards) of the NFL.
Before they tender that proposal, though, they offered a few choice words for Kroenke and his plan to move three of the team's next 24 regular season home games to London: "No f***ing way."
Well, that's a paraphrase. But it isn't too far off the mark, according to a report from the St Louis Post-Dispatch:
The commission acknowledged that the Rams playing overseas would "elevate an awareness of St. Louis on the global stage.&...
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