< the="" decision="" was="" made="" via="" a="" vote="" by="" the="" rest="" of="" the="" league's="" owners="" at="" a="" meeting="" in="" atlanta.="" "stan="" has="" been="" a="" familiar="" and="" respected="" figure="" in="" the="" national="" football="" league="" for="" more="" than="" 15="" years,"="" said="" nfl="" commissioner="" roger="" goodell.="" "he="" is="" a="" proven="" businessman="" and="" has="" experienced="" success="" in="" all="" of="" his="" sports="" franchises,="" as="" well="" as="" serving="" as="" a="" responsible="" community="" leader.="" we="" look="" forward="" to="" him="" continuing="" to="" uphold="" the="" goals="" and="" values="" of="" the="" nfl="" as="" he="" becomes="" the="" majority="" owner="" of="" the="" st.="" louis="" rams."="" previously="" the="" minority="" owner="" of="" the="" rams,="" kroenke="" played="" a="" vital="" in="" the="" effort="" to="" bring="" professional="" football="" back="" to="" the="" gateway="" city="" in="" 1995.="" "we="" are="" delighted="" with="" today's="" vote="" by="" nfl="" owners.="" it="" is="" one="" of="" the="" very="" high="" points="" of="" our="" long="" association="" with="" the="" nfl,"="" kroenke="" said.="" "we="" look="" forward="" to="" working="" with="" our="" fellow="" owners="" and="" commissioner="" goodell="" as="" the="" transaction="" is="" finalized="" and="" in="" the="" years="" ahead."="" kroenke="" purchased="" the="" remaining="" 60="" percent="" of="" the="" franchise="" from="" the="" rosenbloom="" family="" to="" gain="" full="" ownership.="" kroenke="" owns="" the="" denver="" nuggets="" of="" the="" nba="" and="" colorado="" avalanche="" of="" the="" nhl,="" but="" based="" on="" nfl="" rules="" forbidding="" cross-="" ownership="" of="" major="" sports="" teams,="" will="" now="" transfer="" ownership="" in="" those="" teams="" to="" his="" son,="" josh="" kroenke.="" "fifteen="" years="" ago,="" my="" family="" entered="" a="" partnership="" with="" stan="" kroenke="" and="" it="" has="" been="" a="" wonderful="" relationship,"="" said="" chip="" rosenbloom.="" "although="" today="" is="" an="" emotional="" day="" and="" the="" end="" of="" an="" era="" for="" or="" family,="" it="" is="" also="" the="" beginning="" of="" a="" new="" chapter="" in="" the="" rich="" history="" of="" the="" st.="" louis="" rams.="" we="" look="" forward="" to="" stan="" continuing="" the="" great="" tradition="" of="" the="" organization."/="">
