Los Angeles Chargers

[Lloyds legend]

I know we're in the thick of a playoff run but I was surprised this hadn't been brought up yet today.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/18458293/chargers-announce-move-los-angeles-leaving-san-diego

I feel bad for the fans and have been to Jack Murphy/ Qualcomm for a Steelers game in the past. If this **** ever happened to me I'd never watch another NFL game in my life.

 

[MTC]

The shield wants money in bigger markets. LA does not give a rats *** about football or there are already established fan bases of other teams

 

[Lloyds legend]

Agree with you on both.

After 56 years it's a dick move.

Wouldn't expect any different though.

 

[madinsomniac]

Skinflint owners like the chargers' ought to be forced to sell to people who give a rats *** about their fans..and players...

 

[Lunar]

Now that's 2 teams the LA market won't support.

 

[AggieSteel]

Great, now the only teams that gave wins to the 49ers and Browns this year are both in LA! woop

 

[SteelerFan448]

LA doesn't care about the new team they just got, why would they care about a second? Heck, the college football teams out there will probably still be more popular. This really sucks for San Diego and the fans. Selfishly, I always wanted to get out there at least once for a football game, so much for that.

 

[Litos]

I'm a Seattle Sonics fan, it sucks like hell to have your team stolen (and I'm not from Seattle nor live there) so I can't imagine what it must feel for local fans

 

[SteveA]

I saw the Steelers beat the Chargers last year for my 25th Anniversary as time ran out.....

Qualcomm Stadium is an absolute dump.......Felt like I was in a prison when purchasing food.....No ventilation and just a bad environment....I would never attend a game there if not for the Black & Gold

15 years Spanos tried to get a deal even holding out last year....Nothing....

I am in LA and we won't support teams unless they put a good product on the field......For the Chargers to be successful and surpass the Raiders as LA's #1 team....Yes I said Raiders, they simply need to win.....

The Rams are heading in the right direction and the Raiders will be off to Vegas soon, which will alienate Oakland.....

Pro Football is different 20 years later as it has grown huge and transplant fans wanting to see their teams now have more opportunity....

TV will be interesting because we will be forced to watch Rams & Chargers week after week....As a Steeler fan I now have more opportunity to watch my boys in person than I have had.....

 

[Stryker]

Waaaa poor San Diego fans. They'll have to drive 90min north to not watch the team they used to drive 20 minutes to not watch.

This is not a change of markets people. San Diego is essentially a suburb of LA.

 

[Shane Falco]

San Diego was never used properly

 

[Chicoman]

What's even more bizarre if this goes thru is that the Chargers for the next two years will play at Stub Hub Stadium a soccer stadium with a seating capacity of 27,000+. I'd imagine the team will suck balls since they'll have no money to pay players. I know the NFL shares revenue so each team usually gets between $200-$225MM bucks annually but how the frig are they going to pay for team costs? travel? payroll?

I just don't understand why he didn't build a new stadium in San Diego even using his own money it would have been better in the long term for the league and him financially.

 

[CharlesDavenport]

Sucks for San Diego, but really don't care what happens out there in Cali.

 

[MTC]

San Diego was never used properly

lmfao! Shane!

I cannot think of a reply to this at the moment.

 

[Tim Steelersfan]

They'll both fail. LA can't support football. So combine the Chargers with the Rams and call them the Chams.

Done with it.

 

[CharlesDavenport]

I would love to beat an LA team in the Super Bowl again.

 

[IronMike52]

Gotta love billionaire logic. New San Diego downtown stadium cost was estimated to be $1.8 billion. Spanos family is estimated to be worth over $2 billion. NFL would have kicked in $300 million for a new stadium in San Diego. Now, the Chargers have to pay a $650 million relocation fee and whatever other costs are associated with moving their whole operation 90 minutes north and play in a 27,000 seat soccer stadium for two years where they plan to jack ticket prices in hopes people will be willing to pay for a more "unique, intimate fan experience," which is totally going to happen because there's nothing else cool to do in LA, right? And after all that, they get to be forgotten tenants of landlord Stan Kroenke, whose Rams will be equally forgotten about if they don't start to win, and fast. Holy ****, this plan sounds flawless! It's going to be great to watch the NFL's LA greed result in a swift, hard kick to the nuts of Rog and the owners.

 

[Hines57]

LA will not support this team. Just you wait.

 

[Ghost of Frenchy Fuqua]

I'm a Seattle Sonics fan, it sucks like hell to have your team stolen (and I'm not from Seattle nor live there) so I can't imagine what it must feel for local fans

I was born and raised a few miles from Oklahoma City and don't like how all of that went down.

Can't pull for the Thunder, and it'll be interesting to see if they continue to draw well when Westbrook leaves.

That said, I think an NFL team could make it there (or halfway between Oklahoma City and Tulsa). I think San Antonio could support a team, too.

 

[bigtwnvin]

LA doesn't care about the new team they just got, why would they care about a second? Heck, the college football teams out there will probably still be more popular. This really sucks for San Diego and the fans. Selfishly, I always wanted to get out there at least once for a football game, so much for that.

SoCal supports USC & UCLA Football & basketball, Dodger Baseball and the Lakers.
The LA ""Bolts" or whatever they're called now are going to play for 2 years in a 30,000 seat soccer stadium near Compton??
That should work out well.
Owner Spanos rigged up this web page for Charger fans to get tickets thinking they'll make the 2 1/2 hour drive from SD to LA and back LOL
Spanos is a jagoff and must not drive, that traffic out there is so bad there aren't adjectives to describe it!

 

[Ike Kelly]

There are vast specifics regarding this franchise move. Difficult to really place all blame on either side. Spanos has been trying to get SD to help build a new stadium for a long while. Qualcomm is known as one of the worst in the league. I know SD has a good fan base, but they haven't been filling seats there in a while. I would be hesitant to spend a billion of my own if I couldn't get the fans to sell out the stadium now.

On a lighter note, since they apparently changed the logo already and it appears they will have primary Blue/White colors as will the Rams based on their new logo, don't the Dodgers feel "disrespected" with e other professional teams using their color scheme?


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[wig]

Ya, my best friend is a San Diego fan. (Note that.)

He said last night he has to find a new team until somebody comes back to San Diego. I tried to talk him off the ledge. You have to remember he's been a Chargers fan since he was 18 years old and went to college in San Diego.

I asked him, Ok, I get that it sucks that the team is moving and all, but let's think about this for a moment. Are you a fan of the Team or the Town?" He said the town.

So I rephrased. "Ok, how bout this. "What if the Raiders relocated to San Diego? Would you be a Raiders fan?" He said yes.

I said, Ok. **** the Chargers.

But how the league believes for a moment at least one of those teams isn't going to be out of LA within the next 5 years is beyond me.

 

[Troglodyte]

Now that's 2 teams the LA market won't support.

As long as TV $upport$ it, it doesn't matter.

 

[Troglodyte]

I will say I think it would be kinda cool to watch an NFL game in a 27,000 seat stadium.

 

[Spike]

so, this means it's more likely the Raiders are going to Vegas?