Comments on: Chargers almost an L.A. team https://calwatchdog.com/2016/12/13/chargers-almost-l-team/ Wed, 14 Dec 2016 21:34:59 +0000 hourly 1 By: Spurwing Plover https://calwatchdog.com/2016/12/13/chargers-almost-l-team/#comment-123316 Wed, 14 Dec 2016 21:34:59 +0000 http://calwatchdog.com/?p=92279#comment-123316 The 49’ers have been doing awful this season and i say good make that ungreatful fool pay the piper for refusing to stand during the National Antheme

]]> By: Richard Rider https://calwatchdog.com/2016/12/13/chargers-almost-l-team/#comment-123310 Tue, 13 Dec 2016 20:14:12 +0000 http://calwatchdog.com/?p=92279#comment-123310 It makes sense. IF the Chargers are going to stay in California with its sky-high state income tax, it needs to be in a huge market with many large corporations — and lots of media endorsement opportunities for players. That’s LA or SF.

At present, about 25%-30% of the San Diego Charger fans AND skybox renters are from the LA region. With the Rams settling in there, it’s likely that many will switch allegiance if the Chargers are still in SD.

More important, the LA region holds about 20 million people. Isolated San Diego County has about 3.2 million people. And few large corporation HQ’s.

The Charger team owners would be nuts to stay in “America’s Finest City.” Particularly so given the declining popularity of the NFL in general, and the Chargers in San Diego in particular.

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