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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
You guys are forgetting about financial issues.
There's no way that Salt Lake can build a multibillion dollar stadium, let alone, support an NFL team with the Utah Jazz fan base.
Texas doesn't need three teams, regardless of what Jones wants or doesn't want. The Spanos family doesn't have a ****ing dime to their names, outside of the value of their franchise, so they can't afford build a stadium, period. And the people of Texas aren't going to suddenly decide to tax themselves for yet another NFL team.
The Chargers are just ****ed. No one in LA gives a shit about them and really, very few gave a shit in San Diego. I've been to at least a dozen games in the past 20 years in SD and if Chiefs fans didn't outright outnumber Chargers fans, it was close. Same with the Raiders and practically any other team that visited.
The franchise is a joke and only new ownership can possibly change that.
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The thread is pretty much about the theory that Spanos is out, someone else in. With that in mind, I don't know that the thought that a city can't afford a stadium really necessarily holds as much weight. At least not full funding. I think the NFL may need to also consider ownership that must partially fund the stadium build. That is, if they aren't insistent the Chargers remain in LA.
It's an unfortunate cluster****. Hell, using a 40,000 seat college stadium in San Diego wouldn't be the worst idea. It's probably their normal attendance.