
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, March 16, 1995                   TAG: 9503160085
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-1   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: The Washington Post
DATELINE: PHOENIX                                LENGTH: Short

RAMS HAVE TO WAIT TO CALL THE MOVERS

NFL owners overwhelmingly rejected the proposed move of the Los Angeles Rams to St. Louis during their annual winter meeting Wednesday.

Rams owner Georgia Frontiere described the vote of her fellow owners as ``arbitrary and capricious,'' and indicated ``the last chapter has yet to be written.''

With 21 owners voting no, three in favor and six absentions, the league essentially told the Rams they will have to play next season in Anaheim, Calif., the city they spurned in favor of a new, $260 million domed stadium in St. Louis.

St. Louis has been without an NFL team since owners approved the move of the Cardinals to Phoenix after the 1987 season. Tagliabue was asked what he would tell St. Louis' fans.

``The first thing people should do is not overreact,'' he said. ``It's one of the reasons I referred back to the expansion process earlier. We're taking this one step at a time.''

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