NFL nearing decision on Raiders, Los Angeles
There looks to finally be a deadline on deciding on the NFL’s return to Los Angeles, and whether or not the Oakland Raiders are moving there.
The NFL on Wednesday scheduled meetings for January 12 and 13 in Houston, and team owners are expected to vote on which team - or two - of the Raiders, San Diego Chargers and St. Louis Rams will be allowed to move to Los Angeles.
New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch told reporters at the NFL owners meeting in Las Colinas on Wednesday that he expects owners will be locked in a room until we get a decision January 13.
The league will send the City of Oakland - along with San Diego and St. Louis - a letter saying it wants to see its plan/final offer for keeping the Raiders by Dec. 28.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, at the NFL meetings in Las Colinas Wednesday, told reporters that these city plans have to be definite, with no question marks or contingencies.
St. Louis is the closest of the three cities to having a stadium proposal, but Houston Texans owner Bob McNair told reporters that none of the three do at this time.
Raiders owner Mark Davis and Chargers owner Dean Spanos partnered up on a stadium plan in Carson, and league sources said, are meeting with the StubHub Center sports complex in Carson next week about the possibility of holding training camp there.