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Fate of Chargers predicted
I somehow found the stomach to listen to entire Mark Fabiani interview yesterday. MF (heh,heh kind of an appropriate set of initials) seems very smug and arrogant and makes no bones about the fact that the Chargers want to move to L.A. I think if the NFL doesn't allow the Chargers to move to L.A. then the Chargers will have to turn on the charm again.— July 16, 2015 8:34 a.m.
Fate of Chargers predicted
Maybe they will try to get 2 stadiums built - one in LA and one in OC. I can't imagine the esteemed gentlemen of the National Football League would lower themselves to playing in a mixed-use baseball / football stadium.— July 15, 2015 4:38 p.m.
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"The city claims that the National Football League approves such an expenditure." One take I heard on the above fact is that the NFL wouldn't really have any reason not to approve of the expenditure. It's not their money so why should they not approve? Maybe the NFL just doesn't care. I know the NFL is powerful but I don't think they need to approve a city spending money on something.— July 15, 2015 9:37 a.m.
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The NFL has created a monopoly (which has been exempt from anti-trust laws since the 1960's) for a product that has a strong demand that a lot of people have a strong emotional attachment to. The NFL (as with other sports leagues) has shamelessly used every manipulative trick in the book to try to maintain leverage over cities. The owners' game is to make as much money as possible from this system and they're doing a great job of it.— July 15, 2015 9:29 a.m.
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So if GS ponies up more than half a billion for the Chargers' half of a Carson stadium then would GS own part of the Chargers? Would the NFL allow that? Wouldn't that exclude GS from doing some other business with other NFL teams?— July 14, 2015 6:47 p.m.
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It would be interesting to know what is going on in the NFL meetings. The Chargers are acting as though they are very confident that they will be allowed to move to L.A.— July 14, 2015 6:44 p.m.
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Yes - I think one could easily spend $30-$50 inside the stadium for a meal and a few beers / snacks / sodas compared to spending less than $10 for that food / drink outside at a tailgate.— July 14, 2015 10:26 a.m.
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FWIW I think the tide has turned somewhat on sports talk radio to where there is at least some acknowledgement that public financing of stadiums is unfair to the public. It hasn't reached the point where hosts are actually completely opposed to public financing. However, some shows, such as Darren Smith's show on 1090 AM and The Loose Cannons on 1360 AM will listen to callers and guests who are completely opposed to the stadium subsidies. I think the hosts still buy into the flawed economic logic which supposedly justifies the expenses but more and more voices are introduced which counter that logic. Neil deMause (Field of Schemes author) was on 1090 yesterday - I don't think host Darren Smith completely agreed with him but he certainly let him express his opinion and respected his knowledge. I've heard Liam Dillon (VOSD) on Sports Talk radio before explaining his economic analyses about how much the proposed stadium would really cost taxpayers. Again I don't think the hosts agreed with him but at least they took him seriously and listened. More and more callers - even rabid sports fans - are starting to express how disgusted they are that so many tax dollars are spent for the new stadiums and the net result is even MORE expensive game tickets for fans (seems counter intuitive - if I'm spending tax money towards a service than I should get a discount, right). I think the tone is different from 1998 when it seemed every opponent to Petco Park was summarily insulted or dismissed. I think the sports media world is still pretty rah-rah when it comes to building stadiums but I think there is an increasing acknowledgement that there is something fundamentally unfair about taxpayer subsidies to billionaire owners.— July 14, 2015 9:41 a.m.
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Ooops - sorry I missed that! It truly is brilliant.— July 13, 2015 3:17 p.m.
Fate of Chargers predicted
MUST WATCH TV. THIS IS BRILLIANT. Check out John Oliver's take on Stadiums - accurate but hilarious at the same time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcwJt4bcnXs— July 13, 2015 1:26 p.m.