Goodell hearts STL...

...and maybe even vice versa. With the scenario that the Rams are going to be sold and move out of town in short order still thriving, who around here couldn't like the words of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell at his "state of the league" message last week?

"We want to be in St. Louis."

Even though Goodell's hypocritical and likely uninformed proclamations against Rush Limbaugh caused unneeded difficulty for the lead effort to keep the Rams in here, it's still nice to hear that from an NFL commissioner for once. After all, Pete Rozelle didn't exactly stand in Bidwill's path to Phoenix, and Paul Tagliabue seemed to do everything he could to keep any NFL team, expansion or existing, from coming here, and clearly held a grudge for years after the Rams did move here.

It's nice that it at least looks like the league commissioner's in our city's corner for a change.