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Meet the new boss, better than the old boss?

The St. Louis Rams have a new owner. Well, almost. Illinois auto-parts magnate Shahid Khan has agreed to terms for the Rosenbloom's 60 percent share of the team. The deal is expected to be completed in a month or so. 

There's not much to say about the matter at this point. To our LA fans, I'm sorry to say that all indications point to Khan, who has deep ties to St. Louis and the region, intends to keep the team here. As a St. Louis guy that makes me happy. St. Louis is a great American city and it deserves a football team. More importantly it deserves a winning football team, and it would seem at first glance that Khan intends to support the front office in making that happen. And that's good news. He is also reportedly willing to work out a deal to address the stadium issues that arise when the franchise reaches a key clause in its lease on the Dome in 2014 that allows them an out in the agreement if the Dome isn't among the top facilities in the league. 

It also means that the ownership issue is settled, or will be. The Rams have enough to do without an ongoing sideshow, not to mention the uncertainty that creates for the front office guys who are making big financial decisions. 

It remains to be seen how active and involved with running the day-to-day aspects of the Rams Khan intends to be, or how tightly he intends to control the purse strings as the Rams head into the uncharted territory of an uncapped year. He seems like a smart enough businessman to know that a winning team brings home the bacon. 

Talk about the end of an era though. The Rosenblooms have owned this team for a long, long time. Carol Rosenbloom swapped his ownership of the Colts for the LA Rams in 1972. 

There's still much to learn, but this seems like good news. 

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I agree this would appear to be good news

Mr. Khan also appears to be more of a fan than a self styled general manager (e.g.Jerry Jones), so hopefully he will be content to let the football people run the football operation.

Any idea of the price tag on this team?

by tbell61 on Feb 11, 2010 6:32 AM CST reply actions  

I'm happy about this.

First of all, the team will be staying put in St. Louis. Secondly, while I do really like Dave Checketts and love how he’s ran the Blues, I’m kinda happy it wasn’t him.

The whole Checketts things always seemed like a house of cards. I just felt as if he was way over-extending himself to buy the Rams. Seemed as if things could have ended badly and way too early had he been the buyer.

With Khan on as the new owner, I have to be optimistic. He apparently has more than enough bank since he’s to be expected to go ahead and buy the remaining 40% of the team if Kroenke decides to sell out. I don’t expect Kroenke to do so right now, but there is definitely a chance he could want to do so in the near future and if he does, this shouldn’t be an issue.

Congratualtions to Mr. Kahn! And thank you.

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Feb 11, 2010 7:41 AM CST reply actions  

Agree on the Checketts observation

Being a big Blues fan as well, he frankly, has his hands full with that situation…they have been a huge disappointment this year, so he and his team have some work to do.

If Checketts were controlling both teams, you could have had the situation where he wasn’t doing either job very well.

Thankfully, that doesn’t appear to be an issue. Looking forward to hearing from Mr. Khan.

by tbell61 on Feb 11, 2010 8:02 AM CST up reply actions  

Interesting!

Maybe why I had the dream I just had before waking-up. Maybe noew with this issue, my seering abilities have allowed me to envision the Rams draft.

Thus far, my dream exposed a quarterback and tight end. The vision (throwing style) of the qb appeared to be that of Casy Clausen or Sam Bradford. The Tight End – I dunno.

For the record, I have been either Suh or Berry or trade down. I have been anti-qb for the whole draft as i don’t think there really is a top-notcher this draft.

With that said – The Weiss Affect!

by jlcdb70 on Feb 11, 2010 7:51 AM CST reply actions  

Exciting news

I’m glad the Rams are going to be in St. Louis.

I also love how, for all the speculation and reporting about the potential buyers, this guy came out of nowhere to get the team. Just goes to show you that sometimes reporters don’t really know what is going on.

by Hetfield72 on Feb 11, 2010 9:04 AM CST reply actions  

New Owner...

Daniel Snyder was and is a Redskins fan before he bought the team. Same with Jerry Jones and the Cowboys.. Look what they’ve done with their teams. Not sure being a BIG fan of a team you bought is a good thing! Too much ownership involvement with player personnel decisions and what’s going on during games. I’m not clapping my hands on this new owner of the Rams just yet.

by Ricksome on Feb 11, 2010 10:57 AM CST reply actions  

I can agree on this, but...

Khan’s ownership and fanship doesn’t mean he’ll be a megla-maniac like those two owners. He can be a fan w/o meddling in the football side of the business. There are tons of NFL teams that have owners who are fans (Colts, Steelers, Bears, etc) that leave the football stuff to the experts. Another thing about Jones and Synder, their ‘hands on’ reputations were well known prior to them buying their respective teams. The exact opposite of Jones and Synder is Bill Bidwill; lets hope Khan’s none of the above.

by Da Rams! on Feb 11, 2010 1:27 PM CST up reply actions  

Hooray!

Rams staying in St.Louis. Now just need to focus on everything else. I hated the idea of the Rams leaving St.Louis and now that it’s settled I’m happy again :)

by kinzav29 on Feb 11, 2010 12:24 PM CST reply actions  

Okay we have a new owner..

I’ll admit I never heard of the guy but he sounds like he has the funds to carry this thing through. I agree with Ricksome, I’m not applauding just yet either. It is yet to be seen if Mr. Kahn is simply buying the team for a huge tax deduction or if he seriously wants to reach deep down into his pocketbooks and help this team sign the players that will send us into the direction that we need to go.

Some of the drafts that we have had recently appear to me that the team was not committed to bring in “value players” to avoid signing them. Instead we would choose “disposable” players and go through the motions. There is way too much talent in this years draft for us to do that again.

So with that I will say, welcome aboard Mr. Kahn and let’s see what you are truly made of!

by NachoD on Feb 11, 2010 12:30 PM CST reply actions  

This purchase can be written off?

        I wish I’d have known that earlier.

by dbcouver on Feb 11, 2010 1:55 PM CST up reply actions  

I think It's gonna be pretty good-

Checkouts would have had to borrow lots of money, and make sweetheart deals to do it. Who knows what woe’s that would have brought us when the promises come due. When the now new owner’s agent was asked if he could pay for the team-He told them—wait for it—“of course we Kahn”

by Knoxfan on Feb 11, 2010 12:50 PM CST reply actions  

I'll admit, the potential move of the Rams to LA...

…seemed like a dream. Nevertheless, the whole time I knew there was little chance it would happen, and frankly, it changes nothing for me. I fell in love with the ST. LOUIS Rams. It was only after I was a fan of the Rams that I dug into their history and four that they were the LA Rams once. That was just an added bonus, and I’m simply happy if this owner has the $ to make us a winner again.

"I was just letting the shots fly. You know, I don't leave any bullets in the chamber."

"Everything negative- pressure, challenges- is all an opportunity for me to rise."

-Kobe Bryant

A mantra for all athletes.

by TrojanRam on Feb 11, 2010 2:35 PM CST via mobile reply actions  

I Wouldn't

give up on your dream just yet………..he may be just saying he’ll keep the team in St Loo just to make Chip N Lucia happy. It would be better for his income to come to California because of the size of the market. Especially if there is no CBA………….He also has to go through the whole approval process which means he’ll be under a microscope……..nothing is for sure yet

Jake Locker in 2011

by JordansDad on Feb 13, 2010 10:08 PM CST up reply actions  

I'd be devastated if the team moved away.

I love spending my Sundays at the Ed.

He didn't need the backboard on that one!

by StopSpe on Feb 11, 2010 2:42 PM CST reply actions  

Congrats on the buy Mr. Kahn.

now let’s see if we can get this jalopy back to racing form.
Thanks

"SJAX" - The extra strength cleaner that fights off that Stubborn, Stingy Defense

by moy on Feb 11, 2010 3:26 PM CST reply actions  

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