Chargers to Move to LA

Mick White

Los Angeles gained another NFL team just one year after the return of the St. Louis Rams. The Rams inaugural season in LA was sub-par with just four wins. Owner Dan Spanos has become the most hated man of San Diego with the move of his Chargers. Los Angeles now has two teams for every major sport and then some: the Angels, Dodgers, Rams, Chargers, Clippers, Lakers, Bruins, Trojans, Kings, and Galaxy. That list is only comparable to the teams of New York, which is the only other city to own two teams for every major sport. Along with the move to LA, the chargers fired their head coach, Mike McCoy, to hire Anthony Lynn, previous interim head coach of the Bills. In 2017 the Chargers will play in a 30,000 seat soccer stadium, StubHub Center, which houses the LA Galaxy. Yes, 30,000 seats. You could fit two StubHub Centers into Donald W. Reynolds Razorback stadium. I’m sure that the Chargers will struggle to even sell out this small venue as there are plenty of angry fans. Why would the Chargers agree to play in such a small stadium? Because the greed-driven, impatient move to LA doesn’t allow any other venues for the Bolts. The Rams will continue to play in the LA Colosseum through 2019 until the new, most expensive, Los Angeles Stadium is built in Hollywood Park. When the Los Angeles Stadium is built, the Chargers will also move to the new venue. The Rams and Chargers will play seasons similar to the Jets and Giants who share MetLife Stadium. While California is exciting and beautiful, the football has not been of the same caliber as of late. To begin the 2017 season three of the four California teams will be featuring new head coaches of their organizations. The one team that will keep its head coach? The Raiders who are planning to move to Las Vegas ASAP. As for the Chargers new logo, it is a lazily attempted rip-off of the Dodgers “LA” logo. It looks like the result of the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Dodgers logos combined. The logo has received much criticism across social media platforms. To leave this article in true Anchorman style, good night, I’m Mick White.