Low blow to SD. The chargers sue to leave.

[Dinner]

What's really pissing me off is four years ago the Chargers demanded Qualcomm Stadium to be remodled to the tune of $30 million claiming that it would make the stadium a "football stadium" instead of a "baseball stadium" (I doubt they could even define the difference between the two). The city paid because the Chargers said they'd stay for 20 years yet here we are just under four years latter and the bastards are again saying pay me or I leave.

[DanS]

Well, it San Diego's own damn fault for signing such a deal.

But as the saying goes... "Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me."

[Dinner]

Yes, but the problem is the owners pay big campaign contributions to the city council members so the council members are nothing more then the hired puppets of the owners. The council also has never seen a developer's penis which they did not want to suck. These whores have given away half of the open space in the city just so some out of town developer can turn a quick buck and then leave.

[Dis]

that won't change the fact that the Chargers suck, and will always suck

[Dinner]

They went to the Super Bowl four years ago; that was the last year before the new contract came into effect.

[Dis]

it was more than 4 years ago. And they got lucky

[ICBM]

Originally posted by DanS


The Redskins? Their stadium is privately funded. And their franchise is the most lucrative in the league. But the Redskins model isn't being used in most situations, because everybody wants a free lunch.

Are you sure about that? Didn't Maryland pay to have it built? I think I remember there being state funding for the Redskins' stadium when it was first built. Or maybe it's the Ravens I'm thinking of.

[JohnT]

The State of Maryland paid for the funding of the Ravens stadium, but not the Redskins. However, that doesn't mean that there weren't government funds used for non-stadium improvements, including roads, sewers, and other stuff.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/daily/june98/mdpoll.htm

[monkspider]

This is a great chance for Los Angeles to gain a football team.

[Dis]

yes but they had a contract with San Diego. What good are contracts if teams can just break them anytime they want to?

[ICBM]

Originally posted by JohnT
The State of Maryland paid for the funding of the Ravens stadium, but not the Redskins. However, that doesn't mean that there weren't government funds used for non-stadium improvements, including roads, sewers, and other stuff.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv...e98/mdpoll.htm

Must have been the Ravens I was thinking of then. I hate both teams, anyway. And I hate the Steelers, just because they're the home team here.

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by monkspider
This is a great chance for Los Angeles to gain a football team.

How many times have they had that chance already?

[Imran Siddiqui]

Proffesional sports teams cannot be sued for anticompetetive practices under the anti-trust laws. Congress gave them a get out of jail free card.

Wrong, Oerdin. Remember, the USFL WON its anti-trust lawsuit against the NFL in the mid 80s. Of course, since there were hardly any damages, they only got $1.

BTW the exemption means they can let in as few or as many new teams as they want and no one can sue them to force them to let more in.

Which is no different from any other franchise relationship, or do you think you can sue McDonalds to force them to open a franchise on your street? Companies cannot be forced to open more franchises if they don't want to.

However, they can't block their franchises from moving (taking advantage of better buisness oppertunities). This is the reason Al Davis can move all along California with the Raiders, but an MLB team hasn't moved since 1961 (Washington Senators to Minnesota to become the Twins) - cause the MLB has an anti-trust exemption.

[JohnT]

Wrong, Oerdin. Remember, the USFL WON its anti-trust lawsuit against the NFL in the mid 80s. Of course, since there were hardly any damages, they only got $1.

Shows what you know. Those damages were punitive, therefore tripling the financial hit on the NFL.

Iirc, the joke at the time had Pete Rozelle go to the commissioner of the USFL after the trial asking "Can you break a $5?"