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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
That's the damndest thing about all this.
Kroenke didn't need to create this mess. He could've easily gotten approval to move without scorching the earth and engaging in potentially unfair dealing.
As you said - teams have moved before. It can be done on the up and up. I don't understand why Kroenke was compelled to poke the bear on his way out the door.
Bottom line is that Kroenke is kind of a known prick and cutthroat business partner. A pretty classic 'lay down with dogs and you'll get fleas' situation with St. Louis and Kroenke to begin with. And because he just can't help but be a prick (and presumably believes himself to rich to be punished for it), he got slapped.
There's at least a little karmic justice here.
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So did Kroenke have any money before marrying Sam Walton's daughter?
Pretty amazing how he has all these sports franchises and he got it all by saving up his allowance like a kid who wants a bicycle.
To be fair, after looking at his wikipedia bio, he married in 1974 and did a lot of real estate business in the 1980's and 1990's before he started buying teams, so seems to have made some money through his own work.