QUESTION: Is St. Louis really done with the NFL? Can you envision a time over the next decade where STL is in play for another team? Is expansion off the table with the NFL?

THOMAS: Expansion is off the table at this time in the NFL, if for no other reason than the league does not want to split the ultra-lucrative TV pie into two more slices. The only teams on the horizon that might at some time consider St. Louis are Oakland and Jacksonville, and both owners have made it pretty clear they're not interested in moving to St. Louis.

However, that could be subject to change over time. I think if and when London is off the table as a potential home for an NFL team that Jacksonville might start looking at STL. Also, maybe Oakland comes around once Jerry Jones (Dallas) and Bob McNair (Houston) make it clear they don't want a third team in their state (San Antonio), and if Spanos and the Chargers decide to join Kroenke in Los Angeles. Under that scenario it's hard to imagine Davis coming up with the money to build a stadium in San Diego. But both of those scenarios are remote, and could take years to unfold..

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