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San Diego Chargers don’t want a team in Los Angeles?

By Andrew Melnick

The San Diego Chargers believes putting a team in Los Angeles would be "really harmful" to the Chargers Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports
The San Diego Chargers believes putting a team in Los Angeles would be "really harmful" to the Chargers Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports /
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The San Diego Chargers believes putting a team in Los Angeles would be “really harmful” to the Chargers

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Although many believed the NFL was going in the wrong direction in regard to putting a team in Los Angeles, NFL owners believe

there will be a team there sooner rather than later

.

The Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers and St. Louis Rams are three teams most discussed when a move to Los Angeles is brought up and all three have played in the city in the past.

However, he Chargers aren’t looking forward to the Rams, Raiders or anyone else playing in Los Angeles.

“Over the last 20 years, there hasn’t been a team in the L.A. market. We have reached out into that market and 25 to 30 percent of our business comes from the L.A. [and] Orange County areas,” said Dean Spanos, the Chargers’ owner via Dan Kaplan of Sports Business Daily. “Putting a team in there right now, or two teams, would have a huge impact on our business going forward. So we are trying to protect our business in San Diego. … It would really be harmful to us.”

Spanos has also had this discussion with the owners and the commissioner.

“I have talked to owners about it, they understand. I know the commissioner does,” he added. “[I]f you put another team in there to help that team and you hurt another team, what does that do? Right. If you put two teams in there, what will that do?”

Of course, if the Chargers are the team that winds up moving to Los Angeles, none of this will matter.

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