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Chargers are on AM only vs. the Cowboys today

If L.A. couldn’t handle NFL football on FM, then L.A must really not be a sports market

Which is what we were telling you two and a half years ago:

 
Which is what we were telling you two and a half years ago:

I was hoping things changed in two years šŸ˜”. The Chargers playoff success hasn’t. Although they didn’t cough up a 27-0 lead this time
 
You can forget about the Chargers moving back to San Diego. Would require a new stadium, and numerous proposals for one have been shot down by heavy public opposition. San Diegans don’t want the NFL back in their city.

Not entirely true. San Diego would love to have an NFL team, they just didn’t want to foot the bill for it. Measure C, the initiative before San Diego voters in 2016, was dead on arrival because back then, it required a 2/3 supermajority to pass since it involved new taxes being implemented. 2 years later, the California Supreme Court struck that down and said a simple majority is all that was needed. Sadly, the Chargers had already decided to move to LA. A subsequent ballot initiative may have been successful since the Measure C tally was very close to passing if a simple majority is all that was needed.

NFL football is still very popular down here in San Diego, but the betrayal by the Chargers and Dean Spanos for relocating, to LA of all places, runs deep. Most people here would welcome a new NFL team, just not the Chargers owned by Dean Spanos.
 
Not entirely true. San Diego would love to have an NFL team, they just didn’t want to foot the bill for it. Measure C, the initiative before San Diego voters in 2016, was dead on arrival because back then, it required a 2/3 supermajority to pass since it involved new taxes being implemented. 2 years later, the California Supreme Court struck that down and said a simple majority is all that was needed. Sadly, the Chargers had already decided to move to LA. A subsequent ballot initiative may have been successful since the Measure C tally was very close to passing if a simple majority is all that was needed.

NFL football is still very popular down here in San Diego, but the betrayal by the Chargers and Dean Spanos for relocating, to LA of all places, runs deep. Most people here would welcome a new NFL team, just not the Chargers owned by Dean Spanos.
Anyone who knows the increase in the team's valuation by moving to LA knows that any discussion of the team moving back to San Diego is absolute foolishness.
 
Anyone who knows the increase in the team's valuation by moving to LA knows that any discussion of the team moving back to San Diego is absolute foolishness.
Not necessarily. The Chargers aren’t bringing in that much money. My hot take prediction is the NFL forces a return to San Diego by the end of the decade. They want SD to host Super Bowls

 
Not necessarily. The Chargers aren’t bringing in that much money. My hot take prediction is the NFL forces a return to San Diego by the end of the decade. They want SD to host Super Bowls

The Chargers aren't moving back to San Diego. Period. No stadium, little fan base, no interest to the big players including the networks.

And who wants SD to host Super Bowls when you have two teams in LA, an order-of-magnitude more important media market? Granted, LA also has the Rams, who would keep them in the mix, but the days of SD as an NFL, or any other pro league other than MLB, market are long dead. And no, soccer doesn't count as a major league sport in the United States, no matter how popular it is in some markets.
 


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