St. Petersburg lawyers Scott Brainard and Brian Deeb said if they were representing the current team owners and eyeing a potential franchise move, they would try to pin the city with breach of contract. Under the contract, for example, the city is responsible for things such as completing agreed upon capital improvements and off-site traffic control. On Friday, though, Naimoli said the team and the city have worked well together and that he knew of no areas where the city was failing to comply with its contract with the team. City Council member Bill Foster came to hear Naimoli at Tropicana Field on Friday. I wish he hadn't used the analogy of selling a car.
Cars are on wheels and easily mobile.
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