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PLAYERS:
Jay Cutler,
Ben Roethlisberger,
Kristin Cavallari,
Rex Grossman,
Chip Kelly,
Adam Schefter,
Mike Mayock
TEAMS: Chicago Bears, Pittsburgh Steelers, Washington Redskins, St. Louis Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Oregon Ducks
TEAMS: Chicago Bears, Pittsburgh Steelers, Washington Redskins, St. Louis Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Oregon Ducks
-- Ongoing discussions of the St. Louis Rams' stadium situation have a lot of people wondering if the team will be in a different location by 2015. The St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission has been discussing the financial permutations of turning the Edward Jones Dome into a "first-tier" facility (read: more luxury boxes). The Rams currently have a lease through 2025, but they can break the lease after the 2014 season if specific improvements aren't made, and the nebulous "first-tier" standards are not met. For a city paying down the debt on that stadium through the middle of the next decade, throwing more money at the problem could be a hard sell.
Complicating factor #1: The Rams are playing a "home" game in London in each of the next three seasons. Complicating factor #2: The NFL's huge new TV deals kick in for the 2014 season, and you'd think the league would want a team in L.A. around that time… [Associated Press]
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