Roger Goodell Knew of Stan Kroenke’s Plan to Move Rams to Los Angeles in 2014

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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was reportedly aware of Rams owner Stan Kroenke’s intention to move the franchise from St. Louis to Los Angeles well before it became public knowledge.

According to Austin Huguelet, Joel Currier and Katie Kull of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, documents released by the NFL and the Rams after the league reached a $790 million settlement with the city of St. Louis paint a picture of what went on behind the scenes leading up to the L.A. move.

When Goodell addressed the media in 2014 just days before the Super Bowl, he said he had no knowledge of Kroenke’s plans to build a stadium in Los Angeles and subsequently move the Rams there, but he was actually aware of it “long before” then, per Huguelet, Currier and Kull.

The Rams’ relocation was officially announced in early 2015, and the move occurred in time for the 2016 season.

After spending four years playing at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the Rams made the move to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, once it was completed in 2020, and the Los Angeles Chargers joined them there on the heels of their relocation from San Diego.

This article will be updated soon to provide more information and analysis. 

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