re: Say hello to the Los Angeles Chargers

This is bad for the NFL

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Need to hire Jeff Fisher to help them move to LA.

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Only coach in the history of the league who is qualified enough to oversee a team changing cities

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The rams were in the city for over 50 years and left because the ownership basically turned it's back on the city.

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I'm sure you know this, but there's more to it than that. The blackout rule meant that the Rams could sell 90,000 tickets and still be blacked out in the second largest market in America. That and shifting suburban demographics (which applied to a lot of teams, hence stadiums being in Irving, East Rutherford, Landover, Pontiac, etc) made a move to Anaheim fitting for the Rams. Anaheim Stadium was crap for football, and when it came time to lobby for a new stadium, greater Los Angeles collectively balked.

Now there's a new stadium on the agenda and no blackout rule. The exact two items keeping both teams from staying in Los Angeles 20 years ago are now gone, and lo and behold, we're going to have two teams there. They'll do fine until it's time for a new stadium.

I remember the last time LA didn't support 2 NFL teams.