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As Profootballtalk.com's Mike Florio framed it: "St. Louis was willing to contribute millions to a new stadium for the Rams. Ultimately, it wasn’t nearly enough. ..."

This after National Football League owners voted to allow the St. Louis Rams to move to Los Angeles for the 2016 season and gave the San Diego Chargers an option to join the Rams in Inglewood.

The historic vote was 30-2 in favor of the Rams and possibly Chargers sharing the Inglewood Stadium, a person who witnessed the vote told Los Angeles Times reporter Sam Farmer.

Commissioner Roger Goodell confirmed the vote in a press conference held shortly after the vote.

Left on the outside looking in are the Oakland Raiders and the $1.7-billion stadium they wanted to build with the Chargers in Carson. Oakland did the least of the three home markets to keep its team, not submitting a proposal for a new stadium as San Diego and St. Louis did.

The shared stadium in Inglewood will have identical locker rooms, offices and owner’s suites for two teams. There will be 70,240 seats that can be expanded to add an extra 30,000 people in standing-room-only areas for large events.

In the last several days, fellow owners worked behind the scenes to bring Rams owner Stan Kroenke and Chargers owner Dean Spanos together in an accord that allows them to be equitable partners in the Inglewood stadium. The only shared stadium in the NFL is in East Rutherford, N.J., which is home to the New York Giants and Jets.

The Chargers have until January 2017 to join the Rams in Inglewood, if they so desire. It provides them with maximum leverage to try on last time to stay put in San Diego. If the Chargers work out a stadium deal in their hometown since 1961, the Raiders then will have a chance to join the Rams in Inglewood.

If the Chargers and Rams work out a deal in the near future, both teams will play at the Coliseum starting in 2016.