Chump Change

The NFL and Rams’ owner Stan Kroenke have decided to settle a lawsuit filed by St. Louis groups protesting the team’s move back to Los Angeles in 2016. The defendants decided to settle after failing to keep the lawsuit from approaching trial. And the cost? The NFL walked away from St. Louis for $790 million. That might seem like a lot of cash, but the powers that be thought it was less than what a guilty verdict would have cost them. Imagine a league having that much money to get rid of a lawsuit. It makes you wonder why football needs a salary cap.