RochesterRob Posted October 17, 2018 Posted October 17, 2018 4 hours ago, ctk232 said: Right? Insert obligatory south park ski instructor meme here. So tired of LA and NYC having multiple teams - NYC at least has historically had both teams long enough to create a base for each. LA couldn't care less about football, and while the Rams are being the Rams, why have the Chargers? Was never a good move. Maybe Bon Jovi can finally have his Toronto NFL team... No &%#@* way I want a competing team in Toronto. Stay on the West Coast and look into Vancouver if Canada is a priority.
row_33 Posted October 17, 2018 Posted October 17, 2018 1 hour ago, 1st&ten said: Leather helmets & no forward pass ??? still bootleggers and meat packing plants to run things? 1 1
ctk232 Posted October 17, 2018 Posted October 17, 2018 Just now, RochesterRob said: No &%#@* way I want a competing team in Toronto. Stay on the West Coast and look into Vancouver if Canada is a priority. No one wanted it except for Bon Jovi and Goodell. It won't happen though.
RochesterRob Posted October 17, 2018 Posted October 17, 2018 3 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: ?Houston...Houston Oilers? I kind of miss the Oilers name. Permanently gone per Bud Adams' wishes.
JoPar_v2 Posted October 17, 2018 Posted October 17, 2018 I got the impression from Leibowitz’s book on the league that the other owners don’t view Spanos too highly. The option to lease from the Rams was a pity move. Goodell really wanted Spanos to work something out with San Diego. if you get a chance read The Big Game - there is an incredibly sad description of the “rally” the Chargers held in LA towards the end. Paid actors posing as fans, the whole bit. What a cluster****.
purple haze Posted October 17, 2018 Posted October 17, 2018 4 hours ago, Paulus said: Chargers should move to Irvine, as should the Angels. They should just claim Orange County. The OC Angels and the OC Chargers. People would go, because the stadiums in Irvine would actually be nice, and the surrounding area would as well. Irvine is ???. And I doubt the Chargers get that many fans there either. They need to go back to San Diego and work things out.
Paulus Posted October 17, 2018 Posted October 17, 2018 (edited) 42 minutes ago, purple haze said: Irvine is ???. And I doubt the Chargers get that many fans there either. They need to go back to San Diego and work things out. Irvine is central to SoCal. If I lived anywhere in CA I'd rather travel to Irvine unless I had to travel through LA to get there. Crappy traffic is a cause for a lot of LA avoidance. "Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded." Edited October 17, 2018 by Paulus
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted October 17, 2018 Posted October 17, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, GunnerBill said: The Jags have the best chance of making it stick because they have already made progress in developing a fan base but I do think whether a fan base is sustainable is a fair thing to wonder. A few visits from Marrone, and the Brits will be wondering who the 'sullen colonial' is. Edited October 17, 2018 by Ridgewaycynic2013 Editing for editing's sake.
reddogblitz Posted October 17, 2018 Posted October 17, 2018 4 hours ago, pop gun said: The NFL in LA or the NHL in Atlanta is the definition of insanity. LoT of homesick yankees in Atlanta ...
billsfan89 Posted October 17, 2018 Posted October 17, 2018 4 hours ago, Peter said: Spanos and the Chargers gave San Diego every opportunity to keep the team there. Spanos did not want to move the team unless it was a last resort. As an aside, if I were an NFL owner, I definitely would consider moving the team to London if I could not make it work in LA or somewhere else. As an owner, being in London would present a huge opportunity to be the UK's team with very little domestic competition for the support of people there. Having attended an NFL game, I think London is ripe for an NFL team. P.S. Yes, I know there are naysayers here and elsewhere about having a team anywhere other than in the US. If the logistics work out travel wise then I think the NFL Will have a team in London at some point. But if the Chargers are not working out in LA then I honestly think they should give San Diego a chance to get the team back. San Diego is a big city with a good amount of money in it, the team has a history there, and the city has the infrastructure to make the NFL work. I know they didn't want to move in the first place but the city would not budge on a stadium deal. Hopefully if they back out of LA they try and make San Diego work again.
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted October 17, 2018 Posted October 17, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, 1st&ten said: ...& no forward pass ??? Sort of like the Buffalo Bills, 2018? Edited October 17, 2018 by Ridgewaycynic2013 1
BuffaloBill Posted October 17, 2018 Posted October 17, 2018 I’ve said this ever since I lived in LA, it is not an NFL town. First, teams have been in and out. Second, there are too many other forms of entertainment. The NFL needs to be careful to not overplay its hand by trying to seed its product in places where it is not strong at the expense of small markets like Buffalo where it has an insanely loyal fan base.
vorpma Posted October 17, 2018 Posted October 17, 2018 2 hours ago, Kelly the Dog said: It had 100,000 seats. Most stadiums now are 60 or so. The Chargers and the NFL made a ridiculously stupid decision trying to place the Chargers in LA. I don't know why, but they thought a substantial if not large number of Charger fans in SD would remain loyal to them because of the proximity of the cities, and the 1-2 hour drive for a lot of them wouldn't be bad. But it was the same concept as moving the Bills to Toronto and they should have known that. Very few Buffalo fans would have remained faithful to the Bills if they were the Toronto Bills. I don't know one person who would have been, although I am sure they exist. In fact, it's easy to imagine the Chargers would be hated more than liked if they moved to LA. Corporations and local companies will buy up enough tickets in a new stadium but thinking SD fans would remain Charger fans when they were betrayed and there is a lot of jealousy/rivalry with LA was dumb. Great post Kelly!
purple haze Posted October 17, 2018 Posted October 17, 2018 26 minutes ago, Paulus said: Irvine is central to SoCal. If I lived anywhere in CA I'd rather travel to Irvine unless I had to travel through LA to get there. Crappy traffic is a cause for a lot of LA avoidance. "Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded." Traffic from San Diego going north through Irvine is bad too. Traffic out here is the worst and no direction is spared. Put the Raiders in Irvine folks will show up. The Chargers are a non-starter outside San Diego. Irvine, Anaheim, it won't matter. Won't be as bad as being in Carson, but it won't be good either.
iinii Posted October 17, 2018 Posted October 17, 2018 1 hour ago, 4_kidd_4 said: Bolded A; They can certainly afford to buy the land. Just another excuse to put the blame on a city/region. Bolded B; I’m pretty close to it. Only watch the Bills. No cable/ESPN in my house. Usually buy a new Bills hat and/or tee for every season, cut that out about 3 years ago. Was gonna bail on seasons this year (16year STH), but re-upped at the last minute because of the group I go with. I regret my renewal, and this will definitely be my last season. Quite frankly, my interest in the league has waned exponentially over the last 5 years or so. I’m finally at the point of just don’t care. Also, not really a huge fan of Pegula, and the hero worship of him around here. Want a new barn Terry? Drill a well. Things changed when Ralph passed, and I’m obviously not a fan of, as you put it, “The Big Boys Club”. I have an interest in the Bills doing well but am very much against fracking and that puts Pegs in the no fly zone, so I am at some sort of Mexican standoff metaphorically speaking. Cheers 4
Paulus Posted October 17, 2018 Posted October 17, 2018 3 minutes ago, purple haze said: Traffic from San Diego going north through Irvine is bad too. Traffic out here is the worst and no direction is spared. Put the Raiders in Irvine folks will show up. The Chargers are a non-starter outside San Diego. Irvine, Anaheim, it won't matter. Won't be as bad as being in Carson, but it won't be good either. Yeah, Sunday traffic heading north from San Diego is crap. Still, ***** LA. Perhaps they should move the chargers to Temecula, near all the casinos, haha.
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted October 17, 2018 Posted October 17, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, iinii said: They could have stayed in SD and built their own stadium if the city would have given them the land was what the poster said. Now SD is stuck with a giant albatross that will sit like the useless hulking relic it is or spend massive amounts of money to tear it down. I doubt anyone buys it and renovates it so it is sad that they couldn’t have agreed on a realistic long term solution. In this case the billionaire was going to spend his money. I am not for the billionaires and their tax exemptions but sometimes you have to see the big picture and realize the powers that be and there isn’t much you can do about it. Spanos is still going to be a billionaire no matter where the team plays. Pegs and company are going to get theirs. If you are so opposed to the big boys club get rid of your gear and turn the game off. ...TV revenues.......look when Bidwell Sr ran the Cards....they were playing before 35,000 at home games......he could care less because of TV loot....Bidwell Jr takes over and they became competitive, as in the Warner era......or how about Mike Brown in Cincy?.....doesn't he have something like 4 people in their Scouting Dept and one is his daughter?....with Pegula writing a check for $1.4 BILLION, and with him saying the Bills are "Kim's baby", they're "in to win" and not for the money IMO...... Edited October 17, 2018 by OldTimeAFLGuy
iinii Posted October 17, 2018 Posted October 17, 2018 1 minute ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said: ...TV revenues.......look when Bidwell Sr ran the Cards....they were playing before 35,000 at home games......he could care less because of TV loot....Bidwell Jr takes over and they became competitive, as in the Warner era......or how about Mike Brown in Cincy?.....doesn't he have something like 4 people in their Scouting Dept and one is his daughter?...... To these guys Watkins has the little job.
Mr. WEO Posted October 17, 2018 Posted October 17, 2018 5 hours ago, sullim4 said: Move them back to San Diego and have private investors build a stadium or completely gut and renovate Qualcomm. Why is this so hard to figure out? Hmmm, yeah. Maybe some private investors....like the Spanos's!! But seriously, that's never going to happen because the money (fandom) isn't in SD either. Blame all 32 owners who couldn't wait to sign off on this, smelling more money for them in it.
GunnerBill Posted October 17, 2018 Posted October 17, 2018 55 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: A few visits from Marrone, and the Brits will be wondering who the 'sullen colonial' is. We like a hard nosed bastard. Dougie is right up our street.
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