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San Diego will file paperwork to move to LA

philit99

By philit99,
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Try getting a team to game plan and prepare for a team in California then have enough time to travel to California then have enough time to get over jet lag. It's just not possible. 

Like I said, not likely, but certainly possible. Meh.. guess we'll have to wait and see.

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Try getting a team to game plan and prepare for a team in California then have enough time to travel to California then have enough time to get over jet lag. It's just not possible. 

Forgot to mention too that then they'd have to travel all the way back and have enough time to gameplan for the next opponent along with the jetlag still. Just no.

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Forgot to mention too that then they'd have to travel all the way back and have enough time to gameplan for the next opponent along with the jetlag still. Just no.

flight is no different on travel time than a east coast flight to Seattle.  Only difference is having to go through customs. But that can be expedited.  

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flight is no different on travel time than a east coast flight to Seattle.  Only difference is having to go through customs. But that can be expedited.  

UK to West Coast is no different from East Coast to West Coast? UK to West Coast is like twice the trip from East to West. 

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speaking of the bolts. whatever happened to boltergeist? haven't seen him around in a while. I rooted heavy for the Chargers from late 70's to Panthers coming in to  the league. I still like keeping up with them. Seems a shame to leave SD but that stadium is a pit. Not sure LA is the best place for football, they have failed in the past.  

 

Also, I spent some time in England in the Air Force. I'm not sure the NFL will ever take a big hold over there.  I hated the travel to the UK. Of course I was on a C-130 and it took 20+ hours and a stop or two for refueling. 

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I don't like it. The Chargers were my first team before the Panthers came along, mainly because the Jr. high school I went to the mascot was the Chargers. And incidentally, when the Panthers were awarded the franchise in '93, my high school mascot was the Panthers. The Rams belong in L.A. Not the Chargers.

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Forgot to mention too that then they'd have to travel all the way back and have enough time to gameplan for the next opponent along with the jetlag still. Just no.

You know how MLB teams go on long road trips and have long home stands? That's the way the NFL would prefer to handle this. According to a few whispers here in Orlando concerning our newly renovated Citrus Bowl. The London team would be scheduled like our current stretch of 3 home games vs. the Iggles, Colts, and Packers. Then they'd have 3 straight road games. Repeat the 3 home game stand and the 3 game road trip. Then they'd have 2 straight home games and then 2 straight road games and that's 16 games right there.

This is where the whispers in Orlando I'm hearing come into play. The NFL would prefer the London team to anchor down in the States for those road trips. They've talked with the Citrus Bowl executives, the AlamoDome executives, and even had a 5 minute brain-storming session about the Memphis Pyramid and unused AstroDome as places where the London team can practice, train, and base their families in. The Citrus Bowl or AlamoDome would be used for the 2 preseason games, but not any regular season games. If the Rams move to L.A., the NFL would also consider using those facilities left behind. For the 2 or 3 game stretches in London, they'd have temporary living quarters along with another practice field and training facility.

L.A. situation has to shake out first before anything concrete is done for London. The stadium agreements the NFL has in the UK with Wembley and the one due to open in Tottenham in 2018 aren't for a full slate of 8 games by one team. That's a whole other beast than hosting 2, 3, or 4 games with different teams every year.

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