Oakland Raiders, St. Louis Rams to Re-Relocate to Los Angeles (satire)

Two NFL teams are returning “home”.   Leaked reports indicate both the Oakland Raiders and St. Louis Rams will move back to Los Angeles for the 2010-2011 NFL season.   The Raiders’ attempts to get public financing for a new stadium in Oakland, along with sharing a stadium with Bay Area rival San Francisco 49ers, have failed. The St. Louis Rams also have been trying unsuccessfully to get public financing on a new football stadium.   For the Raiders, it’ll mean leaving their original Northern California home and returning to Southern California, where they played from 1982-1994. And for the Rams, it’ll mean returning to Los Angeles—where they left in 1994.   The move has been endorsed by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.   “Los Angeles is the nation’s second-largest TV and radio market, and we’re thrilled to once again have two NFL teams there,” he said. “We may try to generate more publicity ... (link)