Why the NFL took $7.5 million from the Bengals
by WKRC
CBS host Jim Nantz interviews Cincinnati Bengals owner Mike Brown after the Bengals defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 27-24 in the AFC Championship Game at Arrowhead Stadium on January 30, 2022 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - According to reports the NFL has taken $7.5 million from the Bengals and each of the other 31 teams to cover a settlement for the Rams relocating from St. Louis to Los Angeles in 2016.
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Team owner Stan Kroenke had agreed to pay all legal costs for the relocation, but by the time the Rams and NFL reached a settlement with the city of St. Louis, the cost of the lawsuit had reached $790 million.
Kroenke has since said he would pay only the legal fees, but not the settlement itself.
The money taken from each team will amount to $232.5 million.
It's unknown whether the teams will get that money back if Kroenke ends up paying the cost himself.
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