The Blues contend that all of the experts proposed by the plaintiffs, except one, in fact meet certain legal standards as expert witnesses.

The plaintiffs offered Spencer as an expert to challenge parts of a consultant’s report to the city on the benefits of investing in Scottrade Center, and proposed former mayor Vincent Schoemehl as an expert on the lease and the original 1992 ordinance. The Blues claim that Schoemehl was able to testify to the facts at the time the deal was made because of his role in it, but that neither he nor Spencer are qualified as experts in public-private partnerships.

The other experts proposed by the plaintiffs are Robert West, professor at the University of St. Louis, specializing in real estate transactions, and Victor Matheson, professor at the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts and expert in sports economics. The Blues say West’s legal analysis is inadmissible because it is nothing the court cannot find out on its own, and Matheson cannot testify to the agreement with the Scottrade Center because he cannot has certainly not done any research.

“He made no effort to analyze specific facts about St. Louis or Scottrade Center,” the Blues attorneys wrote. “This testimony is generalized, unreliable and therefore irrelevant. “

A pending appeal in a lawsuit the Blues have successfully ruled against St. Louis comptroller Darlene Green could further complicate enforcement of the funding deal. Green complied with a court order on Tuesday by signing and delivering a copy of the deal to the Blues.