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Chargers Aim To Leave

The Chargers want to remain something of a charity, some sort of entity that "WE THE PEOPLE(the poor, wretched, brainwashed, ill-informed huddled masses)" will steadily line its greedy fattened pockets(under the constant threat of leaving San Diego) until they inevitibably one day, ungratefully(with a smug smile), leave our fair city. The argument has been won that the Chargers have always been a charity(rather more like an albatross around the neck of San Diegans) a psuedo charitable cause which in reality subsidizes multi-millionaire businessmen and its tenticaled minions. These guys don't lose money. True, they lose games. But no, they won't open their books to show that they EVER lost money. The game is really about money. "Hey San Diego give us 60 acres of prime real estate to develop so we can win a few, lose a lot of football games." LOL!!!! We must be suckers in the critical mass(local government) of decisions that pertain to the Chargers, historically. It wasn't that long ago that the Chargers pledged to remain in San Diego until like 2020 or beyond if the taxpayers of the City improve the stadium(for tens of millions) and guarantee the ticket sales of their 1-15 team, for tens of millions more. Yeah 1-15, remember the year 2000? We have great fans, in the face of a statistically / historically weak football team. I seriously doubt Los Angeles wants anything to do with a loser like the Chargers, they learned their lesson with the disaster of Al Davis and his pathetic Raiders. They lost the Rams after 50 years and what happened to the Rams? They win a Super Bowl for another city. Does that make L.A. a bad city for not having a Football team. NO! Will that make San Diego a bad city for losing the Chargers for not subsidizing them ad infinitum? NO! We may or may not be able to support every team that does business, err, makes its home in America's Finest City. But if any team is a good team, and the ticket prices are "affordable" this city will support it. No matter whatever becomes of the Chargers fate in the long run won't matter one way or the other to me. I was born here, and I'm not moving. I'll be surfing year round, hiking in the mountains in the fall and spring, exploring the desert in the winter.
— September 23, 2007 10 p.m.

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