Chargers and Raiders - Shared L.A. Stadium Proposed

[Bonji]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000472372/article/chargers-raiders-team-up-for-stadium-proposal-in-los-angeles

 

 

The San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders have joined together for a stadium proposal on a site in Carson, California, per two league sources. Sam Farmer of the Los Angeles Times first reported the news.

 

The Chargers and Raiders released a joint statement Thursday evening explaining their proposal:

 

» We have both been working in our home markets to find a stadium solution for many years, so far unsuccessfully.

» We remain committed to continuing to work in our home markets throughout 2015 to try to find publicly acceptable solutions to the long-term stadium issue.

» We also both understand and respect the NFL's relocation process, and we intend to adhere strictly to the relocation procedures that the League has set forth for Los Angeles.

» In particular, we respect the right of the NFL's owners to decide on all Los Angeles-related relocation issues and understand that any relocation application that is filed for Los Angeles must obtain the approval of three-fourths of the NFL's owners.

» Both teams have kept the NFL owners' committee on Los Angeles, and the Commissioner, fully informed about our joint efforts.

» We are pursuing this stadium option in Carson for one straightforward reason: If we cannot find a permanent solution in our home markets, we have no alternative but to preserve other options to guarantee the future economic viability of our franchises.

» In short, for the remainder of 2015, we intend to move down two tracks simultaneously:

-- On track one, we will continue to work in our home markets to find permanent stadium solutions that are publicly acceptable.

-- On track two, we will work in Carson to preserve our options, and the future economic viability of our franchises, in the event that our efforts in our local markets fail.

» Throughout this process we will respect the rules and procedures set forth by the League and defer completely to the ultimate decision of the NFL's owners.

 

[Treehugger]

I read somewhere this is just a ploy to gain leverage in their hometown stadium negotiations.

[Sephiroth]

It'd be awesome to have two teams in L.A. that the fanbase ignores again.