How did San Diego lose a football franchise?

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WTF? Place is banging
Great town
How did this happen?

[gauchojake]

The taxpayers didn't want to fund a new stadium. Dean Spanos would rather have Stan Kroenke be his landlord and double his team's worth than spend a penny of his own money to make it work in SD. I feel bad for SD because they loved the Chargers. Now we have to deal with them in LA.

[firekillex]

spanos is a sack of garbage... the end

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Way too many teams in LA , want to go to LA, etc.
You'd think owners would get a clue

[gauchojake]

Rams the 12th most valuable sports team now according to Forbes. Didn't crack the top 50 in StL

http://www.ocregister.com/2017/07/12/was-cost-of-relocating-to-l-a-worth-it-for-rams-and-chargers-check-out-the-latest-franchise-valuations/

Owners are not stupid. It's free money.

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Owners aren't stupid but now will have 3 teams in LA?
You would have thought that they would have a better solution to this

[firekillex]

Owners aren't stupid but now will have 3 teams in LA?
You would have thought that they would have a better solution to this

agreed, LA market way to saturated with sports teams now, people arent even going to care

[NrmlCurvSurfr]

agreed, LA market way to saturated with sports teams now, people arent even going to care

lots of people not caring to move the team there...

[gauchojake]

Owners aren't stupid but now will have 3 teams in LA?
You would have thought that they would have a better solution to this

Who is the third?

[VeggieDog]

Who is the third?

USC.

[JAKEPEAVY21]

agreed, LA market way to saturated with sports teams now, people arent even going to care

if the Chargers win, LA WILL care

terrible bandwagon sports city

[BigdaddyQH]

There is only one football team in L.A. and that is USC. Uceless, The chargers and the Rams are just poor excuses for men wanting to be football players. The truth of the matter is that Big Business controls the NFL. No one cares what the fans may think. Corporations buy season tickets to treat their people and customers to a game. San Diego has always been a terrible sports town. They lost their NBA team. They have one of the worst MLB teams around. Now they lost their NFL team which never won much of anything. San Diego, much like San Francisco, is becoming a quiche and wine town, not a sports town.

[gauchojake]

if the Chargers win, LA WILL care

terrible bandwagon sports city

Not really- Angelenos love the Lakers and Dodgers. The Kings have a rabid fan base too. Everything else is bandwagon, true.

I know of a few guys who bought season seats to both Rams and Chargers lol.

[JAKEPEAVY21]

Not really- Angelenos love the Lakers and Dodgers. The Kings have a rabid fan base too. Everything else is bandwagon, true.

I know of a few guys who bought season seats to both Rams and Chargers lol.

Not a bad idea by your buddy. If either team ever starts winning, the tickets will become a hot item. I actually think the Chargers could surprise this year. There's a lot of young talent on the team and they finally addressed the oline.

[firekillex]

now mike williams out for year...
what a fckin joke of a franchise honestly feel bad for phillip rivers
how you gonna draft a top 10 guy thats injured and not do multiple check ups/ examinations on him to make sure hell be ok to play


smh

[JAKEPEAVY21]

now mike williams out for year...
what a fckin joke of a franchise honestly feel bad for phillip rivers
how you gonna draft a top 10 guy thats injured and not do multiple check ups/ examinations on him to make sure hell be ok to play


smh

jinxed franchise

even so, if Allen comes back the passing game will be fine

[lakerboy]

The taxpayers didn't want to fund a new stadium. Dean Spanos would rather have Stan Kroenke be his landlord and double his team's worth than spend a penny of his own money to make it work in SD. I feel bad for SD because they loved the Chargers. Now we have to deal with them in LA.

At least they have a QB

[miltonschwartz]

Schuter mickgavin, transplants. Tough to find a non-hispanic 2nd generation San diegan.

San Diego would be nothing without the transplants, yet thats the reason the chargers are gone lol

[gauchojake]

At least they have a QB

lol yes they do have that.

We'll see if Goff is a viable qb this year and if not, cut bait.

[firekillex]

jinxed franchise

even so, if Allen comes back the passing game will be fine

big IF though, williams was going to be the safety valve if allen went down again... now if he gets hurt which is a coin toss at this point our wr 1 again will be tyrell williams smh.... solid WR but should be a wr 3-4

[JAKEPEAVY21]

big IF though, williams was going to be the safety valve if allen went down again... now if he gets hurt which is a coin toss at this point our wr 1 again will be tyrell williams smh.... solid WR but should be a wr 3-4

disagree about tyrell, I think he is a legit 2...either way, obviously it's better for the offense to have mike williams a part of it...just saw a tweet by Ian Rappaport from NFL.com that said surgery was being talked about 3-4 weeks ago but Williams is on the mend now...we will see how this unfolds, hopefully he just needs a little R&R and he will be ready to go for the preseason.

[firekillex]

disagree about tyrell, I think he is a legit 2...either way, obviously it's better for the offense to have mike williams a part of it...just saw a tweet by Ian Rappaport from NFL.com that said surgery was being talked about 3-4 weeks ago but Williams is on the mend now...we will see how this unfolds, hopefully he just needs a little R&R and he will be ready to go for the preseason.

ideally would be Allen Slot WR, Travis Benjamin deep threat, Tyrell WR 2-3 range , Mike Will and Henry/Gates red Zone threats and 50/50 balls

hopefully he heals up, would suck to have a top pick out entire first season.... want Rivers to build some chemistry with him