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Originally Posted by feel wrath
I think ownership are plumping up to sell. Yes, crowds will be a dumpster fire, but there's way more chance of a billionaire paying an irrationally higher price for an LA team
That may be true the Spanos's will be willing to sell, after they realize they're going to flounder in LA, but I wouldn't characterize it as fattening up on their price when they'll be 2nd choice to the Rams in a stadium they don't own and after losing an entire fanbase and support of a neighboring city. If they struggle to fill out 27K Carson they'll be in more of a downward spiral than they already are which will be hurting their price.
And on another note, do they really think leaving SD isn't going to overflow into their new situation? It isn't like they relocated across the country and are getting a welcome party, there's zero anticipation or excitement for them moving up there, and there is still going to be a lot of angst against them in the general area. You'd have to be completely LA clueless to climb aboard the franchise as a fan.
I mean they're really just banking on people that want to see an NFL game and fans of the visiting team, which will pretty much look exactly like this season at old Qualcomm. Their home field advantage will be worse than it was in SD, when it was bad in SD... it will never even come close to as much support as when Spanos and the Chargers organization actually had San Diego behind them during their hay-day.
They'd be better off killing their brand name and re-inventing their entire franchise to the LA Red Carpets or whatever. Spanos is way too cheap to re-brand everything though, so he already ruled that out.
People love to jump on brand new teams from their inception.
Last edited by brandoncla; 01-12-2017 at 09:02 PM.