Could the LA Chargers Be Moving Back to San Diego?

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I'm reading a few articles where there is rumblings that the NFL might force the Chargers back to San Diego.


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Could the NFL really send the Chargers back to San Diego? It's something being discussed, according to longtime NFL reporter Don Banks.

The former Sports Illustrated reporter, who has worked for NFL Media and currently writes for The Athletic, told a San Diego radio station on Thursday the NFL never wanted to lose San Diego as a market and could force Chargers owner Dean Spanos to take the team back.

"I have been painted a picture from people I’ve talked to that the league was sympathetic … to Dean Spanos’ plight," Banks told The Mighty 1090. "Feels like he had been a ‘league guy’ feels like he had waited kind of his turn on the relocation front, thought he had the votes the year before — Jerry Jones and Stan Kroenke pretty much outmaneuvered Dean and Mark Davis with the Raiders to be the first in line for LA. So it was almost as if this was a bit of a make up.

"There are people in the league — including the commissioner — they did not want to see San Diego forsaken. They would rather there be a team in San Diego. If there’s anything viable that they could find to put the league back in to San Diego, I think they will be in that camp strongly."

The Chargers failed to sell out their temporary home, the 27,000-seat StubHub Center, in their home opener last Sunday. Banks wrote at The Athletic the NFL is shocked by how quickly things have gone south for the Chargers in L.A. As the Rams struggle to draw fans to the L.A. Coliseum, Banks said the NFL does not want the bad "optics" of empty stadiums for three years before the Rams and Chargers are scheduled to move into a new Inglewood stadium in 2020.

Banks thinks there are already some in the league office talking about moving the Chargers back to their home of almost 60 years.

"I think there’s already a level of concern at how far south it’s gone, that there are at least people talking about it," Banks said. "I don’t think a true tipping point has been reached, it’s too early for that. But I think there’s enough concern that people are saying, 'What’s the best option perhaps among bad options?'"
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http://thecomeback.com/nfl/already-rumblings-nfl-force-chargers-back-san-diego.html

http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/new...rs-back-to-san-diego/bpzskbsytng1nwioug3s995z

http://thebiglead.com/2017/09/21/don-banks-nfl-is-talking-about-forcing-chargers-back-to-san-diego/
 
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Wonder how fans in SD would react?

Would they be willing to drop $$$ on season tickets to an owner that already peaced out recently?
 
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John813 said:
Wonder how fans in SD would react?

Would they be willing to drop $$$ on season tickets to an owner that already peaced out recently?
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I’m sure they would, it’s not as bad as the Colts up and leaving in the middle of the night
 
csirl

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SDs move to LA was always temporary until one of the counties further south, and near SD decides to build a stadium.
 
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Remember when LA had no teams?

Should probably go back to that.

It seems to me that the NFL is currently making monumentally bad mistakes that may doom them sooner than they expect.
 
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Lets hope. San Diego is where they belong. It was a disgrace that the club left there. I could never think of the Chargers without thinking about San Diego. Its a natural.
 
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Rams were very successful in LA for decades - the Hollywood glamour team of the NFL. All went downhill when the moved to Anaheim.
 

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The truth is, there are too many teams. You have about 5-7 franchises that are in bad locations or are becoming vagabond teams.
 
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