Gothamite Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 If the Raiders move to Vegas, could Oakland get another team? no. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayMac Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 29 minutes ago, Gothamite said: no. Agreed. One abysmal franchise in the bay area (49ers) is really enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimalCookie Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 And guess where the new, somewhat realistic (meaning not London) relocation bait for new stadiums will be? San Diego. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 This is sad. I hate when teams move. To put things in perspective the chargers have been in San Diego longer than the Browns were in Cleveland when the Browns moved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 11 hours ago, CubsFanBudMan said: Why else would Schefter call it a stunner when their relocation was approved a year ago? I heard a radio interview with a woman who covers the Chargers yesterday; she said the recent chatter had been that the team would stay. Schefter was probably hearing the same things this woman was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosrs1 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 1 minute ago, Cosmic said: I heard a radio interview with a woman who covers the Chargers yesterday; she said the recent chatter had been that the team would stay. Schefter was probably hearing the same things this woman was. Locally the word is they're having a meeting in an hour announcing the move to players and staff. Schaefer may have jumped the gun but he wasn't wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 6 minutes ago, bosrs1 said: Locally the word is they're having a meeting in an hour announcing the move to players and staff. Schaefer may have jumped the gun but he wasn't wrong. The interview I heard was before the "official" news broke later. I meant to say that there was some Brexit-style chatter in recent days, and that's why Schefter could find the news stunning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 LA Times (Bill Plaschke) to Chargers: We. Don't. Want. You. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnWis97 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 39 minutes ago, McCarthy said: This is sad. I hate when teams move. To put things in perspective the chargers have been in San Diego longer than the Browns were in Cleveland when the Browns moved. That's an amazing stat. This is even worse to me than most relocations because they are moving to a place that doesn't really want them. Disclaimer: If this comment is about an NBA uniform from 2017-2018 or later, do not constitute a lack of acknowledgement of the corporate logo to mean anything other than "the corporate logo is terrible and makes the uniform significantly worse." BADGERS TWINS VIKINGS TIMBERWOLVES WILD POTD (Shared) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 3 minutes ago, OnWis97 said: That's an amazing stat. This is even worse to me than most relocations because they are moving to a place that doesn't really want them. And it's relatively close to San Diego, which might be worse than if they moved to St Louis or something. If they move far away the fans can completely sever ties, but now they're in the same geographical region, they'll be on local TV and radio, just taunting their old city. I'm trying to put myself in the shoes of a Chargers fan. If the Bengals moved to Columbus would I continue to root for and cheer for them? Probably, but it'd be half-hearted and I definitely wouldn't drive 100 minutes north for games. What's just as likely is I would stop watching the NFL altogether. I feel for Chargers fans and their bad owners and the helplessness therein. I am fully preparing myself for the Bengals to leave town in 10-15 years when Paul Brown Stadium is ~30 years old and they ask the city to build them another stadium and this time people will tell them to kick rocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyk33 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Letter from Dean Spanos saying that he's going to relocate the Chargers to LA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMU Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Dean isn't wasting any time here. Twitter handle changed and a new logo is sprung. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroywen Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 This is a truly terrible decision. I feel awful for the fans in San Diego, who are not only losing their team, but losing it to a a nonexistent fanbase who couldn't care less about the Chargers moving to LA. At least with most relocations, you can feel happy for the fans who are getting a long-awaited team. But LA got their long-awaited team last year, and has expressed zero interest whatsoever in getting the Chargers. The NFL is quite stupid for allowing this to occur. Let the Rams (re-)grow their fanbase in LA, and get (re-)established there. Obviously the Rams had somewhat of a built-in fanbase of old LA Rams fans from years ago, but the Rams still need to develop their appeal to: under-30s who don't really remember the old LA Rams, older fans who have since moved on to other teams (or ditched the NFL altogether), and transplants to LA who might be converted. The answer is not undercutting that with another team playing in the same damn stadium! It'd be one thing if you wanted the two teams to carve out different geographic niches (though I don't think that'd be possible in this situation, given that much of Orange County is still loyal to the Rams). But that's not even the case here. The NFL is undercutting the Rams' ability to lay down roots, while allowing the Chargers to move to a place where they will struggle to grow a fanbase. Spanos deserves what he'll inevitably get with this move: a crap team that no one care about, playing second-fiddle, without a home of their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lights Out Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 6 minutes ago, Nyk33 said: Letter from Dean Spanos saying that he's going to relocate the Chargers to LA. A very sad day for football and any true fan of the SAN DIEGO Chargers. 55 years of history have now been flushed down the drain because of a family of selfish :censored:s who own a pro sports team that they can't afford. The Spanos family is easily the worst ownership group in the NFL, and on the list of pro sports owners all-time, they comfortably rank down there with fellow pieces of :censored: like Donald Sterling, Marge Schott, the Maloofs, and "Dollar" Bill Wirtz. They will fail miserably in LA. I hope the camera pans over to capture the look on Deano's face next year when his team is stinking up the joint in an empty MLS stadium. Maybe then he'll realize what he had in San Diego: a loyal fanbase that he and his family never did a goddamn thing to deserve. POTD: 2/4/12 3/4/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosrs1 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 3 minutes ago, Lights Out said: A very sad day for football and any true fan of the SAN DIEGO Chargers. 55 years of history have now been flushed down the drain because of a family of selfish :censored:s who own a pro sports team that they can't afford. The Spanos family is easily the worst ownership group in the NFL, and on the list of pro sports owners all-time, they comfortably rank down there with fellow pieces of like Donald Sterling, Marge Schott, the Maloofs, and "Dollar" Bill Wirtz. They will fail miserably in LA. I hope the camera pans over to capture the look on Deano's face next year when his team is stinking up the joint in an empty MLS stadium. Maybe then he'll realize what he had in San Diego: a loyal fanbase that he and his family never did a goddamn thing to deserve. No NFL team has moved after such a long time in a city. Disgusting. He just lost the vast majority of his existing fans, and he has no fans in LA. Enjoy playing in front of half empty MLS stadiums Dean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 1 hour ago, Gothamite said: LA Times (Bill Plaschke) to Chargers: We. Don't. Want. You. "all of Los Angeles peering briefly out the windows before closing their blinds." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyk33 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 27 minutes ago, bosrs1 said: No NFL team has moved after such a long time in a city. Disgusting. He just lost the vast majority of his existing fans, and he has no fans in LA. Enjoy playing in front of half empty MLS stadiums Dean. If the Chargers played in Stubhub and actually had a lower attendance than the Galaxy I think a lot of sports fans in America would die of laughter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosrs1 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 6 minutes ago, Nyk33 said: If the Chargers played in Stubhub and actually had a lower attendance than the Galaxy I think a lot of sports fans in America would die of laughter. "Please make it happen, please make it happen, please make it happen..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubsFanBudMan Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 That logo won't last a week, right? I mean, the Dodgers and MLB are already on hold along with those angry San Diegans... right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 This league is going to eat itself and the only people who don't see it coming are Goodell and the owners. You can't keep :censored:ting on your customers like this and expect them not to turn it off. I'm pretty much already there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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