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hatrack

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5. And as the article also notes . . .

Thu Jan 14, 2016, 08:57 AM

Jan 2016

But there have been plenty of opportunities to build palaces and NFL campuses in Los Angeles. At any time in the last two decades any number of viable stadium options lingered. They were all beautiful. Any of them could have been the league’s finest stadium. But LA had a purpose without football. LA made a lot of rich men a whole lot of money. LA helped pump the NFL’s revenues to moon, and soon it can shoot them into another galaxy.

Now Los Angeles has one last task as the sledgehammer against the rest of America. In offering one-year options to the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders to join Kroenke in Inglewood, the league is threatening two last cities. The extortion is in the open. No need to hide it any more. San Diego has one last chance to give Chargers owner Dean Spanos $350m – or he’s gone. If he stays, Raiders owner Mark Davis gets to point the LA gun at Oakland.

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The last thing the NFL in Los Angeles was ever about was the fans [View all] pstokely Jan 2016 OP

Interesting Sherman A1 Jan 2016 #1

Fortunately, they "only" spent 16 million dollars on plans for the "new Stadium". justhanginon Jan 2016 #7

The Padres conned the pols is San Diego Mbrow Jan 2016 #2

Here is an article from a great website that talks about how exboyfil Jan 2016 #3

The Rams can BLOW ME . . . hatrack Jan 2016 #4

And as the article also notes . . . hatrack Jan 2016 #5

I am so against using public money to build or in any way finance private businesses rurallib Jan 2016 #6

Many of us like LA much better without a football team. bemildred Jan 2016 #8

it's not up the peasants in SoCal or STL if they get a team, it's up to the billionaire owners pstokely Jan 2016 #9

It is up to us whether they sell enough tickets. bemildred Jan 2016 #10

They'll sell tickets. There will always be enough people willing to pay.... marmar Jan 2016 #12

They never sell enough tickets here, that's why they keep leaving and coming back. bemildred Jan 2016 #13

they don't need anybody in the seats, just in the corporate suites pstokely Jan 2016 #14

Right. nt bemildred Jan 2016 #16

That's actually true in modern football. Corporate suites generate the bucks. marmar Jan 2016 #18

You would think they would make them with fewer seats. nt bemildred Jan 2016 #19

they've been building new stadiums and arenas with less seats and more corporate suities pstokely Jan 2016 #24

the tv revenue is shared dsc Jan 2016 #31

Even so, their share of the huge tv contract. .... marmar Jan 2016 #36

Watch the Rams like a hawk exboyfil Jan 2016 #11

You forgot Hockey... Xolodno Jan 2016 #20

Yeah, I always forget Hockey. bemildred Jan 2016 #21

I agree PasadenaTrudy Jan 2016 #29

But soccer doesn't have anything like the Super Bowl Blue_Tires Jan 2016 #33

No, you can drink beer in a parking lot at soccer games too, I've seen it. nt bemildred Jan 2016 #35

Fans see better football without a local team. pintobean Jan 2016 #15

I really liked Three Rivers stadium for football. tabasco Jan 2016 #17

college sports has also become a big money game pstokely Jan 2016 #25

True story. tabasco Jan 2016 #27

Kind of want to file this article under..."No shit sherlock" Xolodno Jan 2016 #22

"They have played their broadcast rights brilliantly in recently decades" KamaAina Jan 2016 #23

they would have become a network sooner if Art Rooney had assumed the Fox viewing position pstokely Jan 2016 #26

Why are you all so down on a struggling non-profit like the NFL? gratuitous Jan 2016 #28

London is the new LA for the NFL pstokely Jan 2016 #37

Professional sports is about entertainment and profit. Not a about sport. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2016 #30

The NFL can ram it pintobean Jan 2016 #32

Guradian, stating the obvious as always... Blue_Tires Jan 2016 #34