Take Heart St. Louis, the Rams Are Staying Put

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Published: June 3, 2009

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... news that Chip Rosenbloom and Lucia Rodriguez are selling their controlling interest in the franchise shouldn't come as a big surprise.

They have to sell.

After the death of their mother, Georgia Frontiere, Rosenbloom and Rodriguez took control of her 60 percent interest in the club. Neither wanted to own a football team. Rosenbloom is a movie producer and Rodriguez is heavily involved in charity and non-profit work. Their hearts aren't in football ownership.

Add to that a hefty inheritance tax looming on the horizon, and it's obvious Rosenbloom and Rodriguez want out. Even so, they have the best interest of St. Louis and Rams fans at heart.

They've done a decent job trying to rebuild a club that is 5-27 over the past two seasons. President John Shaw was forced into retirement, and the siblings unloaded GM/Player Personnel chief Jay Zygmunt, a lawyer by trade, and replaced him with Billy Devaney, a football man.

Devaney jumped into action rig...

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