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Zorro

(15,740 posts)

6. The NFL told San Diego they wouldn't get another Super Bowl after 2003

Reply to rufus dog (Reply #4)

Sun Dec 22, 2019, 03:10 PM

Dec 2019

unless the city built the Chargers a new stadium.

Every year since it was always a drama with the Chargers threatening to move after their contract obligations were up; the city didn't want them to move, and actually guaranteed a certain attendance level and had to pay for any empty seats to make up for the lack of attendance.

But building a new stadium with taxpayer money and giving the bulk of the revenues to the Chargers was a stadium too far.

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If the Chargers Score and No One's There to Cheer, Does the Owner Care? [View all] Zorro Dec 2019 OP

Spanos' are the worst owners in the NFL. maveric Dec 2019 #1

Their business model has always been "Springtime for Hitler" dogknob Dec 2019 #5

That could be said of all the NFL owners RainCaster Dec 2019 #2

The antics used to coerce San Diego for a new stadium sdfernando Dec 2019 #3

If the NFL was smart..... rufus dog Dec 2019 #4

The NFL told San Diego they wouldn't get another Super Bowl after 2003 Zorro Dec 2019 #6

I just wish they'd go back to San Diego. n/t jaysunb Dec 2019 #7

It's a sea of black and silver at the Charger's home field. maveric Dec 2019 #8

What's sad is that it can happen anywhere FakeNoose Dec 2019 #9