Chargers to announce they're moving to LA tomorrow

[Vitamike]

At least San Diego still has the Padres...

True, just don't go on a day when the Dodgers are playing at Petco.

It really feels like you're at Dodgers home game.

 

[Judge Fudge]

I don't root for LA teams. Fuck LA and Fuck Dean Spanos.

Seahawks could use i few more fans

Just saying

 

[True Lakers Fan]

I'm sure there are plenty of nice and happy LA people, I just get around to rooting for a team there. At least San Diego still has the Padres...

lol - That's not saying much - their stadium is kind of dilapidated as well if memory serves me right. I love San Diego and they get a lot of tourism. I just can't figure out why they couldn't keep the Clippers and now the Chargers.

 

[handicappers]

lol - That's not saying much - their stadium is kind of dilapidated as well if memory serves me right. I love San Diego and they get a lot of tourism. I just can't figure out why they couldn't keep the Clippers and now the Chargers.

Same reason why some people go bankrupt...it's all about the benjamins.

 

[Bolts]

 

[Breed]

This is why cities should own the sports teams, it sucks losing teams you rooted for all your life and they just pack up and leave town... It's a slap in the face... Packers have the best model of ownership out of all the NFL teams, had they not done that they wouldn't have them there right now... It's funny how the NFL quickly stopped other teams from having that ownership model... Sorry San Diego fans, totally sucks ...

The Chargers just didn't pack up and leave though. Spanos has been trying to get a new stadium for a while now. I too feel for the Chargers fans and to the owner of the Chargers I say this. You better get your squad on the stick with a quickness, homie. Cuz if you feel like the majority of San Diego peeps were apathetic to your situation. Continue losing in LA for about 3 or 4 seasons in a row and see what happens.

 

[cowboys5xsbs]

Isn't StubHub center like 27,000 seats? I mean I guess they could sell out every game?

 

[bksballer89]

Isn't StubHub center like 27,000 seats? I mean I guess they could sell out every game?

It could be expanded to 30,000. HUGE DIFFERENCE

 

[cowboys5xsbs]

Report: Chargers may rebrand in L.A.


.... LA Silver Knights confirmed

 

[boltfan72]

Report: Chargers may rebrand in L.A.


.... LA Silver Knights confirmed

Perhaps a Cleveland Browns type situation? Best thing that could happen for San Diego is to get rid of Dean Spanos and get another team in here to adopt the Chargers brand. That may take 20 years, or may not ever happen, but this is a team that has the deck stacked because of the ownership, yet they still have a ton of support. No longer. For Christ's sake this is an owner that fired a 14-2 coach and replaced him with Norv Fucking Turner.

It's no mistake that the 2 owners that have been fighting for stadiums are both sons of the original owners. They had everything gifted to them and could never build anything on their own.

Now I hear this may be a play to get more money from the city and NFL. If it is then fuck you Spanos. Go to LA and enjoy your 27k seat venue full of Raider fans.

You guys want some entertainment? The mayor's state of the city speech is tonight. I hope Mayor Faulconer offers to help them move.

 

[Sharkonabicycle]

They should combine the teams. The Charging Rams! It worked for the Little Giants and Cowboys! Two coaches one team!? The Cowboys got a beast LBer/cheerleader and a QB out of it.

The team would probably still suck.

QB: Philip Rivers
RB: Todd Gurley/Melvin Gordon
TE: Hunter Henry
WR: Allen is about it.. Austin/Benjamin might be okay in slot.
O-Line: Would still suck.
D-Line: Bosa, Aaron Donald, Robert Quinn (that'd be awesome to see)
LBers: Would still suck.
Secondary: Would still suck.

Least that way they could maybe go 7-9 or something.

 

[boltfan72]

@boltfan72 @Bolts @Eugene Baker III - You guys staying Charger fans after the move?

Fuck no. Never. Long time San Diegans despise LA. Dean Spanos can burn in hell.

My B-team has always been the Steelers. My dad was born and raised there and until we moved to San Diego 36 years ago I donned some Steelers gear. I'll never have the same passion I had for my San Diego team though.

 

[boltfan72]

True, just don't go on a day when the Dodgers are playing at Petco.

It really feels like you're at Dodgers home game.

Lately yes. San Diego and LA are not much different with regards to fans. Put a good product on the field and we'll turn out in droves. Suck balls and we'll keep buying season tickets but sell half the tix to make our money back. That's how you have over 50k season ticket holders and 35,000 Raider fans in the seats.

The Padres are sucking lately, and the Dodgers are spending like crazy and competing. That's why you see the imbalance in recent years.

We're also a top tourist destination, so if you're going to make a vacation of seeing your team play on the road, what cities top your list?

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

In my lifetime, I have seen:

The Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis
The Raiders move from Oakland to LA
The St. Louis Cardinals move to Arizona
The Cleveland Browns move to Baltimore and become the Ravens
The Houston Oilers move to Tennessee and become the Titans
The LA Rams move to St. Louis
Cleveland and Houston both be granted new NFL franchises
The Raiders move from LA back to Oakland
The St. Louis Rams move back to LA
The Raiders threaten to move to Vegas
The Chargers threaten to move to LA (looks like they're serious this time)
The Jacksonville Jaguars threaten to move literally anywhere on the planet besides Jacksonville

And that's just the NFL. I've also seen about 4 or 5 NBA and NHL teams relocate, some of them more than once, plus the Montreal Expos moved to Washington...and we're probably not done yet. This is just something that happens in sports.

 

[boltfan72]

Last year when the Rams moved it was celebrated in LA. They were there for nearly 50 years, and came home. This is how LA is reacting to the Chargers moving:

Chargers shouldn’t look for a welcome wagon in L.A.

 

[flyingelvis]

San Diego has the same problem as LA. For the most part, the fans don't give a shit about sports because there is a lot of other outdoor recreation with the nice weather and all.

 

[calsnowskier]

Hell, they couldn't even get the residents of San Diego to vote for a new stadium that tourists were going to pay for.

It was a lousy bill. I voted against it.

It would have killed SDCC. It would have eliminated the possibility of expanding the convention center, which absolutely guaranteed ComicCon's exit. And SDCC is probably more important to this city than the Chargers.

 

[Clayton]

They should combine the teams. The Charging Rams! It worked for the Little Giants and Cowboys! Two coaches one team!? The Cowboys got a beast LBer/cheerleader and a QB out of it.

The team would probably still suck.

QB: Philip Rivers
RB: Todd Gurley/Melvin Gordon
TE: Hunter Henry
WR: Allen is about it.. Austin/Benjamin might be okay in slot.
O-Line: Would still suck.
D-Line: Bosa, Aaron Donald, Robert Quinn (that'd be awesome to see)
LBers: Would still suck.
Secondary: Would still suck.

Least that way they could maybe go 7-9 or something.

You could probably make a pretty badass secondary from the Chargers and Rams, actually.

 

[The Oldtimer]

In my lifetime, I have seen:

The Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis
The Raiders move from Oakland to LA
The St. Louis Cardinals move to Arizona
The Cleveland Browns move to Baltimore and become the Ravens
The Houston Oilers move to Tennessee and become the Titans
The LA Rams move to St. Louis
Cleveland and Houston both be granted new NFL franchises
The Raiders move from LA back to Oakland
The St. Louis Rams move back to LA
The Raiders threaten to move to Vegas
The Chargers threaten to move to LA (looks like they're serious this time)
The Jacksonville Jaguars threaten to move literally anywhere on the planet besides Jacksonville

And that's just the NFL. I've also seen about 4 or 5 NBA and NHL teams relocate, some of them more than once, plus the Montreal Expos moved to Washington...and we're probably not done yet. This is just something that happens in sports.

Yeah, I've been around to see it all too. Went to my first NFL game in 1953 at the Los Angeles Coliseum, Rams and Niners, 104,000 fans. Something that I will cherish until my final day.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

San Diego has the same problem as LA. For the most part, the fans don't give a shit about sports because there is a lot of other outdoor recreation with the nice weather and all.

I keep hearing this, and it keeps boggling my mind that we insist on putting sports teams in places where nobody will givashit about them.

Face it, some places just don't deserve to have a team, much less two