No NFL, no big loss
That's it. The decision is final. There will
be no professional football in Los Angeles.
Last week the NFL team decided to award
Houston the new expansion team because Bob McNair out bid Los Angeles.
McNair's bid offered a $310 million brand-spanking
new stadium along with $700 million according to the Associated Press.
The man responsible for trying to get a L.A. team did everything the NFL
asked except find the $700 million that McNair was able to provide.
The NFL is crazy if they think Angelenos
are going to pay $700 million just to drive down the freeway to watch
a football game.
We can do this anyway. We just have to
drive two hours to San Diego. That beats giving so much money to an organization
that is already bringing in billions of dollars a year.
If the NFL really wants to put a team in
Los Angeles, it should pay us, not vice versa. Just because
they got Cleveland to cough up enough dough to reinstate the Cleveland
Browns doesnít mean we will do the same.
Los Angeles has a strong enough sense of
identity that it does not need a sports team to prove itself. Besides,
we have two professional hockey teams and two professional baseball teams
to make up for the lack of a football team.
The NFL does not have strong enough fan-base
in Los Angeles. That is why the Raiders and the Rams left in the first
place.
For those diehards who want to see football,
go buy a satellite dish. |
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