It looks like news has come out that the Rams are headed to L.A.! As an L.A. guy, this is great news. The team is back in its rightful home. This is like if Houston were to get back the Oilers name and history.
Spoiler <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Being told the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chargers?src=hash">#Chargers</a> are pretty angry at how it's turned out.</p>— Vincent Bonsignore (@DailyNewsVinny) <a href="https://twitter.com/DailyNewsVinny/status/687077664243355648">January 13, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Assuming owners approve it, Inglewood stadium is expected to open in 2019, not 2018 as originally planned. 30 months too tight a timeline.</p>— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlbertBreer/status/687077986273767425">January 13, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
I'm pretty sure Spanos is going to have to make it work in San Diego. I feel like the only reason he wanted to move to L.A. in the first place was so that he could inflate the team's value and then sell high. In such an event, I imagine the team was going to move somewhere else anyway. There's no way the Chargers survive in the L.A. market. Not enough people there will care about them with the history-rich Rams right next to them, and San Diegans will shun the team out of principle.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sounds like the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Raiders?src=hash">#Raiders</a> have bowed out. It's <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rams?src=hash">#Rams</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chargers?src=hash">#Chargers</a>, with details and timing being worked out. In Inglewood</p>— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/687076587980730368">January 13, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Done deal for the Rams. NFL Total Access @NFLTotalAccess 7m7 minutes ago BREAKING: The #Rams will relocate to Inglewood, CA. The #Chargers have the option to join them. (via @judybattista) Chargers either need to sack up or shut up.
@AdamSchefter Rams to LA, with Chargers getting first crack through Jan 16, 2017, then Raiders have preference, per sources. Vote will pass shortly. Unanimous recommendation from committee. ... And the vote was just 30-2. @dkaplanSBJ Told that USC see has agreed to let two NFL teams play at the Coliseum while Inglewood stadium built Los Angeles Rams!
Spoiler <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dolphins owner Stephen Ross say Chargers, Raiders each get $100 million if they stay in home markets.</p>— Jim Thomas (@jthom1) <a href="https://twitter.com/jthom1/status/687088783599116288">January 13, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Steve Tisch says he doesn't know where the Chargers would play if they went to LA because owners never discussed that option</p>— Marty Caswell (@MartyCaswell) <a href="https://twitter.com/MartyCaswell/status/687090863432794114">January 13, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There's a vote set for June in San Diego that'd provide the Chargers with $350 million in public money. We'll see if they're still there.</p>— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlbertBreer/status/687091823895011329">January 13, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Looking at details, it's clear league would prefer to only have one team in LA. I guarantee that Chargers are really really mad.</p>— Joe Banner (@JoeBanner13) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBanner13/status/687091447628173316">January 13, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"I honestly think some of these LA teams are going to have an unfair advantage in free agency" - <a href="https://twitter.com/RealMikeRob">@RealMikeRob</a> live on <a href="https://twitter.com/NFLTotalAccess">@NFLTotalAccess</a></p>— NFL Network (@nflnetwork) <a href="https://twitter.com/nflnetwork/status/687091284297687040">January 13, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
