Chargers' spokesman/lawyer Mark Fabiani, who wants people to believe he is intelligent, keeps letting the cat out of the bag at an inopportune time. For several years, the Chargers have been angling to desert San Diego. But they have to convince National Football League owners that they gave San Diego every opportunity to keep the team -- that is, build a subsidized stadium. On Sept. 6, Fabiani said in a letter to The Transcript that City Attorney Mike Aguirre will "do everything possible to make sure that the Chargers are eventually forced to leave San Diego." Aguirre's sin: he had criticized the Chargers. On September 16, also responding to Aguirre criticism, Fabiani said in a letter to the Union-Tribune that Aguirre is trying "to contaminate public opinion and drive the Chargers out of San Diego." What sissies. Shouldn't a footballl team be able to take criticism? The NFL might agree: no team should be subject to local criticism. The Chargers are free to go. This is precisely what Fabiani wants. But NFL owners might realize it would make the league look rather stupid. Somebody should remind the Chargers, "Sticks and stones and linebackers will break my bones, but names will never hurt me."
Chargers' spokesman/lawyer Mark Fabiani, who wants people to believe he is intelligent, keeps letting the cat out of the bag at an inopportune time. For several years, the Chargers have been angling to desert San Diego. But they have to convince National Football League owners that they gave San Diego every opportunity to keep the team -- that is, build a subsidized stadium. On Sept. 6, Fabiani said in a letter to The Transcript that City Attorney Mike Aguirre will "do everything possible to make sure that the Chargers are eventually forced to leave San Diego." Aguirre's sin: he had criticized the Chargers. On September 16, also responding to Aguirre criticism, Fabiani said in a letter to the Union-Tribune that Aguirre is trying "to contaminate public opinion and drive the Chargers out of San Diego." What sissies. Shouldn't a footballl team be able to take criticism? The NFL might agree: no team should be subject to local criticism. The Chargers are free to go. This is precisely what Fabiani wants. But NFL owners might realize it would make the league look rather stupid. Somebody should remind the Chargers, "Sticks and stones and linebackers will break my bones, but names will never hurt me."