This thread has me laughing out loud at he crazy things people are saying.
We'll see how this plays out, but if this is true, it's yet another sign that the Chargers are and always have been a bad fit in Los Angeles. The NFL has to be questioning why it ever allowed Spanos to move in the first place.
For sure a bad fit. But if the Raiders would have gone to LA it would be worse because Kroenke's stadium would be the Raiders home and the Raiders would have been more popular than the Rams among fans.
Having an open spot for a team in a state of the art stadium in LA probably has more value to the league long term than Spanos paying cents on the dollar to be there.
You could be right. But whee do the Chargers go? Back to SD? To Vegas?
Chargers need to get used to the fact - that everyone considers them renters. Whether is perception or reality doesn't really matter.
Spanos is making millions upon millions. Do you think he gives a fuck what anyone thinks? The family has been renting a stadium for the team forever. So what does your post even mean?
I’ve never been a big fan of the “Whose house? Rams house!” chant, but now that I see it’s part of Kroenke’s hardline negotiating tactics, I’m starting to like it better...
OK..........so what are these "hardline" negotiating tactics you are talking about?
I'm curious.
Spanos is hated by everyone, including the fan base in San Diego.
Kroenke is one of the most hated sports franchise owners on the planet.
Way more people hate Kroenke than Spanos.
Way more people hate Modell than Spanos.
More people hate plenty of other owners than Spanos.
Not everyone hates Spanos. Most people don't really give a shit.
He's hated in SD, rightfully so, but on the hate meter there are owners that are ahead of him for sure.
This information should be enough to stop any future person from risking his money on something that has Spanos' name on it. They will be in court soon and those who don't pay rent get evicted. Spanos probably can't afford the interest on what he owes already and you know it's growing by the second as this project will hit many more expensive snags before it's completed and Spanos won't even know till he gets the bill. NFL will have to eat a big part of this in my guesstomation. This sucker will make RAMS a 5 Billion dollar team when it's done. That number keeps growing. I remember when it was 3 and 1/2 Billion. Can't wait to spend whatever it takes to watch MY RAMS play in SoFi stadium. I hear Coaches and players like the practice facility just where it is and it's neighborhood. Team looks like it could be solid for 5 years at current leadership and their extension. This can't end well for the chargers name,team,fans,reputation and history. I thought Madame Ram was bad. #Facepalm. After my stroke and A-Fib discovery. my days are very limited to hope to see this event in person. I'm so Blessed to have fallen in Love with this team and it's history almost 60 years ago and after the move to St. Louis and World Championship who would have thought I'd live to see the Blue and White HORNS play again in the Collesium? It's been a dream come true. A miracle in how it all went down and whats being built. Sorry it's like me with my legal team in litigation against an insurance company after a Cat 5 storm. They hate paying what it costs at todays prices and new codes to rebuild what once looked like my pictures show. We after a year are winding it down to them paying up. They want to avoid a jury trial in the city that experienced the nightmare firsthand as their jury. It's a contributing factor in my stroke in my opinion. I love the law when it works for you. I wonder what leg the Spanos' think they have to stand on?
WTF I read that a few times and it still makes no sense.
LOL..........translate for me please.......someone, anyone.
Fans in SD don't hate the team, they hate the owner.
Yes, exactly.
And this is true with A LOT of sports franchise owners. None of them care because they own the team and are making millions upon millions of dollars. At some point it will have to change, but when that is I have no idea.
We could easily name dozens of owners across the 4 biggest sports leagues that fan bases hate.
It's because they fuck people over for money and just don't care about the fans.
You know the Chargers have to be bleeding money. I don't think they have paid their $465M relocation fee and that gets split up among the other owners ($15M each). Time for the NFL to call in their note, along with Kroenke and repo the franchise. Put it up for auction, and if anything is left after the wolves are done feasting, then the Spanos family can have that.
Lots you have wrong here. Everything actually.
The Chargers, like EVERY single NFL team turn a profit of MILLIONS of dollars from shared revenue. And they make money from other revenue streams. They are FAR from bleeding money.
The relocation fee is not a single bill paid on demand. It's split up over ten years and is money taken from the shared revenue by the NFL then split up. So there isn't technically "out of pocket" cost. It's just taken from the giant mountain of money the Chargers make every year for the next ten years. Same with Kroenke. His revenues from the shared dollars will pay for the relocation fee the same as the Chargers.
And..........the NFL has no "note" to call in. And they cannot repo the franchise and auction it off. And Kroenke has NOTHING to do with anything between the NFL and the Chargers. So how would he be involved in "calling in the note" which doesn't exist in the first place?
As far as Spanos having what's "left after the wolves are done feasting" you're wrong. Spanos owns the team. If it is sold he gets the money. The new owner will be the one responsible for the relocation fee, and I already spelled out how that is "paid".
Literally everything that you just said is completely wrong.
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I have no idea why it bothers so many people that the Chargers are in LA, and will be playing in the same stadium. Why does anyone care about this? And why so much hatred?
It has zero effect on the Rams. The NFL brokered the deal and Kroenke agreed to it as fast as he could to get the move approved. Blaming Spanos here is strange because all three parties signed off on this and then 30 of the 32 owners voted to approve of both teams moving.
