Last week, the NFL announced that the St. Louis Rams agreed with the league to play 3 games overseas in the dreadful NFL International game played in London, as “home” games. The NFL announced that the St Louis Rams will be the “home” team, playing against the New England Patriots on October 28th. Despite the Rams franchise plans to play overseas, the owner of the teams actual home venue has raised some doubts this afternoon, the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission this afternoon said not so fast.
The St. Louis CVC stated this afternoon that the Rams might default on their contract at the Edward Jones Dome, after agreeing to play every home game in the dome. The agreement by the Rams to play three consecutive “home” games in London, fueled the speculation that the Rams were in play as one of the teams aligned to move to Los Angeles with the pending new stadium.
The agreement to play games abroad provide a financial windfall for teams which are struggling with attendance num...
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