Jerry Jones played key role in Rams' relocationBy Jim Thomas
It was probably only a matter of time before Jerry Jones got the call to Canton as a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. After all, he has those three Super Bowl titles from the 1990s, the gaudy palace that is AT&T Stadium, and now, the mother of all practice facilities in The Star in Frisco, Texas.
Jones knows how to brand, make money, and ... make even more money.
But what put him over the top in terms of his 2017 entry into the Hall of Fame may have been helping get the NFL back in Los Angeles after a two-decade absence.
This of course came at the expense of St. Louis, with the Rams returning to LA in 2016. It’s safe to say it may not have happened without Jones helping Stan Kroenke’s stadium project and then intensely lobbying and twisting arms at the league owners meeting in January 2016 that resulted in the relocation vote.
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