Depends on what your idea of stunningly stupid is. The value of the franchise is rumored to increase by over a billion dollars by relocating to LA.

With the increase of International Games, the taxpayers footing the bills on these extravagant dumps lose 1/8th of their home games on any given season for.....reasons.

I know it's awful to watch the Chargers bolt to LA, but good for you San Diego on sticking to that billionaire prick.

I've been to probably 10 games in SD over the last 20 years.
Shit stadium? Yes.
Loud fans filling the stadium? No.
But it seems like they do have a smaller group of real diehards who really love the team, show up early, put on a decent tailgate scene, and really are into the games.
I feel bad for them. It would suck to lose you team, even if they suck. It's pathetic that the billionaires who run things can't figure out a way to stay put, even if means not making an extra nickel that moving might bring in.

Let's go to the game next year. Right down the 405. Of course that could still mean a three hour commute haha

Yup

Exactly. Or even putting some of that money into impriving the gameday experience somehow

Great idea. Punish a city if an idiot owner decides to **** it over.

:facepalm:

A horrible, terrible, no good decision... they're going to fail miserably in LA

The Murph may not be all that great, but its a helluva lot better than a 27k seat venue and then moving on to share a stadium they played no part in building

Its a disgrace for the NFL and a real shame for good fans of the Chargers

The talking heads on the radio this morning said they are even moving away from the Chargers name. A whole new mascot etc...

Anyone else hear this?

Yep. Said they have had some discussion about rebranding...:shake:

Wow. Jsut wow. Plaschke lays the boom.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-...111-story.html

They're going to have even more Eli Mannings refusing to go there after being drafted, and they're gonna pay out the ass for any free agent they want... they just became the ultimate NFL dead end

Didnt Rivers say he'd retire if/when they moved? So add finding a new franchise QB to their list of woes

LOL.. No shit!!

A 650 million relocation fee? Yikes..

Really dumb move to rename the Chargers. They should be able to keep 50% or more of their existing fanbase by keeping the name, while getting all of LA. Changing the name just alienates San Diegoans more than needed

Hopefully this will scare Toub away.