Raiders and Chargers add Disney CEO Bob Iger to help convince NFL for relocation (11/11)

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Jason Cole ‏@JasonColeBR 3m3 minutes ago
Source: Deal by #Raiders owner Mark Davis to sell part of team to LA investor could be coming soon in hopes of moving team. #NFL
 
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Why would that help? The NFL is going to say "Ooh, look, he's born in L.A....let's give rights worth billions to him cuz he's a hometown boy?"
 
I assume I"m missing something. 
 
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Tony C said:
Why would that help? The NFL is going to say "Ooh, look, he's born in L.A....let's give rights worth billions to him cuz he's a hometown boy?"
 
I assume I"m missing something. 
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Perhaps he has business connections that would enable them to put forth a more concrete proposal. I agree that residence shouldn't matter too much unless it's someone like Spielberg.
 
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So the thread title is badly out of date:

The Carson project teams (the Raiders and Chargers) added Disney CEO Bob Iger to the mix:

http://www.insidesocal.com/nfl/2015/11/11/chargers-raiders-statement-on-bringing-on-disney-ceo-robert-iger/
Robert Iger, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Walt Disney Company, has agreed to serve as the Non-Executive Chairman of Carson Holdings, LLC. Carson Holdings is the joint venture of the Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers formed in February 2015 that is responsible for working with the City of Carson in connection with the construction of the new
Los Angeles NFL stadium by a municipal stadium authority at the 168-acre Carson site. Mr.Iger’s work on behalf of Carson Holdings is contingent upon the National Football League owners approving the proposed LA Stadium site at Carson as the new home of the NFL in Los Angeles.

“Should the owners approve the move, Los Angeles will proudly welcome two incredible teams to our community and build a stadium worthy of their fans,” said Mr. Iger. “LA football fans will enjoy unprecedented access to games during the season, in a state of the art stadium designed to deliver the most entertaining, exciting and enjoyable experience possible.”

In his role, Mr. Iger will be responsible for hiring the President of Carson Holdings. Following Mr. Iger’s strategic direction and leadership, the President will work with the teams to oversee on a day-to-day basis the teams’ participation in the NFL LA stadium project, including the design and construction of the stadium, the fan experience on game day, the marketing of the stadium to the Los Angeles region, the branding of the location and venue, and the successful reentry of professional football into the Los Angeles marketplace.

Mr. Iger will continue to serve as Chairman and CEO of the Walt Disney Company under the terms of his contract. The agreement between Mr. Iger and Carson Holdings makes clear that Mr. Iger will not be required to provide services to Carson Holdings which conflict with his Disney duties and obligations. Mr. Iger’s appointment as Non-Executive Chairman of Carson Holdings will be for an initial term of five years, with an automatic two-year renewal option. Mr. Iger’s compensation as Non-Executive Chairman will be $1.00 annually. Mr. Iger will have the option, subject to League approvals, to acquire a minority, non-controlling equity ownership interest in
one of either the Raiders or Chargers. Mr. Iger has committed not to exercise his option until he departs his role as Disney’s Chairman and CEO.
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Some analysis from Jason LaCanfora
The Carson project already had, by some owner's estimates, 16-20 votes of support prior to this development; it will require 24 votes for either stadium initiative to proceed. Some high-profile owners have privately expressed the view that they believed Inglewood might be a more profitable locale (Cowboys owner Jerry Jones chief among them), and Kroenke has exhaustive real estate experience.

However, any concerns about the ability of the Spanos (Chargers) and Davis (Raiders) families to construct a superior facility on their own, or one that might rival Kroenke's, might be sated given Iger's inclusion in the project, and many of the key members of the Los Angeles committee (Jerry Richardson and the Rooney and Mara families, for instance) had already been firmly in the Carson camp, sources said, even before Iger came on board.

Kroenke's bid to relocate could also be complicated by the momentum St. Louis is building on a new stadium project and the need for owners to meet certain relocation criteria in their current markets before gaining the right to move. If not for NFL relocation regulations, Kroenke would have already moved his team, having purchased the land earmarked for the new stadium long ago.
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http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/writer/jason-la-canfora/25369834/disney-ceo-agrees-to-lead-la-stadium-project-for-raiders-and-chargers

This shows two things to me. First, the Raiders and Chargers have acknowledged the League's alleged doubts about two relatively (compared to Stan) poor owner's ability to establish, promote and market their teams in Los Angeles. There really is no better way (aside from selling to a multi-billionaire) for the Spanos and Davis families to make themselves more competitive than to bring in the guy who has been so successful at Disney, both globally and in SoCal. This really blunt's Jerrah Jones' argument that you need a massively wealthy guy like Kroenke to make the NFL work in LA.


Second, I think this shows better than anything that the Chargers and Raiders are married in this and can't be split apart to partner with Kroenke in Inglewood. If the NFL owners are forced to vote on a Carson project for two teams with ownership groups who predate the merger and have met the NFL move criteria relative to their local markets vs. Stan Kroenke's desire to get even richer, I think Carson is going to win, regardless of how much more the owners generally prefer the Inglewood location. In the article in 411's post above from a couple months ago, Jason Cole notes (I think accurately) that the NFL would prefer a brokered solution that gets the preferred site (Inglewood) with one of the California teams (and Spanos is certainly more popular than Davis) and avoids having to deal with a pissed of Kroenke and all of his Walmart money. That course of action is predicated on splitting the Chargers and Raiders, and I think the Iger move really confirms that this is not possible.
 
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And the team ripe, from the other owners eyes*, for an infusion of a good minority owner is probably the Raiders, which will probably be the one that Iger opts into (or the other owners tell Davis "you're not getting our vote unless he's your part owner").

*Not necessarily because they actually need it as Mark Davis has been doing alright. He just is one of the old school rich because the team is rich versus made it on his own billionaire with business acumen.
 
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soxfan121 said:
It's on the list of shit to fix. Not this specific thread title, just fixing thread titles in general. ;-)
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From the forum page, over to the right of the title is an edit button (just to the left of Replies: and Views). That allows you to edit the title (and maybe hide/close/sticky the topic if you're a mod/dope).

So @soxhop411 should be able to do that (and reply saying thumbs up so we know it works).
 
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SumnerH said:
From the forum page, over to the right of the title is an edit button (just to the left of Replies: and Views). That allows you to edit the title (and maybe hide/close/sticky the topic if you're a mod/dope).

So @soxhop411 should be able to do that (and reply saying thumbs up so we know it works).
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