ST. LOUIS • Gov. Jay Nixon’s riverfront stadium task force long expected owner Stan Kroenke to file with the National Football League to move his St. Louis Rams to Los Angeles.
But the content of that application, the task force said in a five-page, point-by-point response sent to the league and every NFL owner, surprised the co-chairmen.
“We were not prepared,” they wrote in the letter released on Friday, “for the cruel attack and false claims made by our local team owner to his League peers, in an attempt to punish and embarrass St.