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San Dee-Ay-Go, make that Los An-Gel-Es, Super Chargers?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by TigerVols, Dec 7, 2010.

  1. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    This is not true. That was never, ever, ever, ever on the table from the 49ers.
     
  2. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Yeah, the Raiders to Levis was a nonstarter for the 49ers. And in an ideal world for the Shield, the Chargers stay put -- the stadium measure will get shot down, though -- the Rams own L.A. and the Raiders go to Vegas with a new stadium funded mostly by the taxpayers. And no tarps -- or dirt infields -- for Raiders games. The question come Nov. 9: What do the Chargers do?
     
  3. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    The Raiders in Vegas seems like one of those ideas which should have come true about 30 years ago.
     
  4. JohnHammond

    JohnHammond Well-Known Member

    Vegas wasn't even good enough for a USFL team in the '80s. Foley will be begging Clark County and the state for subsidies in a couple of years for the Knights of Vegas NHL team.
     
  5. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    They did have an XFL team, which fit since that may be the only time the weather's hospitable for football. And for one year during the U.S. expansion era, they had a CFL team. Who thought playing football in the desert in the summer was a great idea? Probably the same folks who booked this guy for the anthem:
     
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  6. apeman33

    apeman33 Well-Known Member

    The CFL team had to practice in a parking lot. The field didn't fit properly, either, as I recall but that wasn't nearly as bad as how Memphis had to cram a CFL field into the Liberty Bowl.
     
  7. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

  8. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    poindexter likes this.
  9. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Whoa. That's quite a change under tronc. Under the previous owner, stadium cheerleading was the U-T's main editorial mission.
     
  10. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    And the killer is, I don't think they have time to make a new deal. I can see Spanos phoning Goodell and the Rams the day after the vote, letting them know they're on the way. Not that they should pass one or the other if they are as bad as potrayed, but don't think they have time to get one together by the NFL's deadline for moving.

    Either way, tronc's a winner, with two pro teams in LA, no?
     
  11. LanceyHoward

    LanceyHoward Well-Known Member

    When the U-T was purchased by a local real estate developer he installed John Lynch, Sr. (father of the safety) as the CEO. John Lynch Sr. had briefly played pro football. Both the CEO and the owner were huge stadium boosters.
     
  12. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Oakland residents barely even think keeping the Raiders or A's is a priority at all. For the Raiders, "extremely important" or "somewhat important" came in at 40 percent, and "not important at all" was 30 percent.

    Keeping teams is far from biggest concern among Oakland voters

    It would be a crime if that city kept that team. Oakland is actually starting to make some progress and become functional. This would slow it entirely.

    Of course, we all know what it's all about when it comes to politicians giving money to teams.

    East Bay politicians hoarding Golden State Warriors tickets for friends, family, cronies
     
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