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[remc86007]

I know LA is big, but I still don't get why they thought it was a good idea to jump from 0 teams to 2.

[Keith-N-Jax]

TV money, after the glamour wears off that new stadium, it will be just empty as it was last season. Especially if both teams continue to suck.

[RattlerGator]

The LA Chargers (LAC, perfect acronym) couldn't even sell out a 27K stadium (21K showed up) in the preseason opener LOL. Things are just gonna go swimmingly when that 70K stadium in Inglewood opens...

http://thebiglead.com/2017/08/13/the-chargers-couldnt-even-fill-stubhub-center-for-their-first-game-in-los-angeles/

I doubt if this means anything at all, really. These games are glorified workouts. I was glad as hell I didn't drive over from Tallahasse for that shiznit last night in EverBank.

But the NFL move to L.A. is easily understandable. It was a move made with an eye on worldwide trends. When the Olympics come to L.A. in a decade, the NFL will be there ready and waiting to further implement their international strategy. One that will have had a decade to work out the kinks, with multiple games in multiple international locales. Fantasy football and gambling changes everything for the NFL in terms of international viability. No one in the world, IMHO, benefits more from the video gaming revolution than the NFL. Suddenly this very American game is understandable and playable by gamers *or* gamblers worldwide. The stats of American football are much more amenable to video gaming or gambling than is soccer -- aren't they?

The bet being made seems two-fold to me, all made possible by the digitization of everything. One: star athletes are (in many ways) the new movie stars. Two: the embrace of gambling by American pro sports leagues changes everything.

I wouldn't bet against them.

[Tacachale]

^The NFL in LA makes all the business sense in the world. It remains to be seen if the Chargers in LA makes any sense. So far they appear to be doing worse than their last several years in San Diego.

[I-10east]

^^^Exactly. Ideally LA would have one team named the Raiders, the main football team that most of LA cares for; Alot of there fans will be making that LA to LV trip in the future. It seems like the Rams returning there hasn't created a buzz, and the Chargers there is a downright folly; I could see the Chargers going back to San Diego in about a decade or so (if SD gets it's act together).

[spuwho]

LA doesnt carry the same appeal for some pro athletes as it used to.

Many wanted to be there so they could transition into show biz post football. But with pro contracts so lucrative, endorsement income so gaudy, the incentive to have a post athletic career in acting just isnt as great.

It used to be everyone wanted to be in LA. Not as much anymore.

[JaxAvondale]

^

That is not true. Many pro athletes have a home in a LA or spent their off-season there. LeBron has a home in LA and wants to expand his empire with his Hollywood friends. A lot the top soccer players spent last month training in LA.

[JaxAvondale]

LA will absolutely work as a market for the NFL. In the area where they are building the Rams new stadium, the NFL are building studios for the NFL Network. These studios are going to be used to develop more content for the network and their digital properties. TV dollars will increase with the addition of LA market to advertiser.

[I-10east]

^^^I tend to agree that they will be okay with the Rams; although LA is a fair weather city when times get rough and Ls are piling up (worst case scenario), I'm sure that they will integrate LAs large corporate community will step up for the Rams (although I still think that most of LA cares about the Raiders).

As for the Chargers, they are the red headed stepchild in Kroenke-land. I really don't think that LA cares about them at all. Even Carson denied dealing with them, as far as putting a Chargers stadium there. Most of the SD fans will not support LA, they feel alienated.

Regardless of how large a city is, or their corporate presence, ultimately you're still gonna need some resemblance of a fanbase, and it's not there (Chargers in LA). Preseason or not, the inability to sell out a temporary 27K is downright embarrassing; Thats only a precursor of whats to come for the regular season.

[Keith-N-Jax]

And with LA getting the Olympics I am sure that new sparkling stadium will come in handy

[I-10east]

^^^In speaking of the Olympics, here's a ReasonTV video talking about pass cities that were screwed over by the Olympics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-rBxNHd2fI&t

[BridgeTroll]

The Packers bought a strip of land adjacent to Lambeau... and called it the Titletown District.  Similar to the areas around Everbank.  Think Shipyards...

Here is the newest addition...

http://www.packers.com/news-and-events/article-press-release/article-1/Packers-Microsoft-join-forces-to-drive-economic-growth-job-creation-in-Wisconsin/694f6f07-92c1-41cb-845b-a3f46b8d8e82

[JaxJersey-licious]

Here's an interesting nugget to the GOP proposed tax bill...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-taxes-nfl/nfl-opposes-u-s-republican-tax-plan-on-stadium-funding-idUSKBN1D72PP

The proposed ban on tax-exempt bonds will probably have little effect on the construction plans for the new L.A. and Vegas stadiums but it could make negotiations for Dan Snyder's desire for a new Redskins stadium verry interesting...

Discuss.

[BridgeTroll]

It is being reported that Gruden is getting 10 years from Raiders.

Wow.

[RattlerGator]

It is being reported that Gruden is getting 10 years from Raiders.

Wow.

Ummmmm . . . and $100 million, man, $100 million !!!