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Hochman: Is the NFL on our side?

Imagine being accepted into the brotherhood of your fraternity … and then being asked to re-pledge.

That’s what this feels like. That’s what Tuesday night felt like.

We are St. Louis, and our city is a member of the NFL fraternity of cities.

Yet the NFL is asking St. Louis to prove its worth.

OK, so, St. Louis will prove its worth. Its task force has cooked up a recipe for a new stadium with naming rights. And its citizens showed up Tuesday at the Peabody Opera House, giving smart speeches and making passionate pleas to NFL executives in attendance.