The Powder Blues FANDOM POLL

[6025]

If the Chargers had been in LA 22 years later the raiders would have never been able to come. They made a business decision then and they will now. None of us are entitled to have them in our city, we can only be fans of the team or not if you so choose.

Nobody is entitled to anything, that is true. But we're entitled to be fans on our terms. People here have had the Chargers for over 50 years. They mean something to this community as part of our fabric, as part of this community. So maybe you can understand why folks wouldn't follow them north.

[6025]

50 years of fandom for the team is NOT silly but making it only for the city is.

Not if you lived here.

If you can't understand that, then I'll just have to believe that you're viewpoint is not only silly, but severely blind and misinformed.

[Sgt Schultz]

I followed them south and listened to static on the radio to catch what I could of the games... I'm a Chargers fan regardless and while I do understand your desire to keep them close I can not understand abandoning that because of geography.

[Sgt Schultz]

By the way I think San Diego is beautiful and only wished I could have lived there. I tried to afford it but the reality for was financial just as it is for the Chargers.

[6025]

I followed them south and listened to static on the radio to catch what I could of the games... I'm a Chargers fan regardless and while I do understand your desire to keep them close I can not understand abandoning that because of geography.

Yeah, you certainly don't understand. That much is true.

[Sgt Schultz]

I hope you can keep your team but not at the expense of me being force fed the fucking raiders every Sunday!

[6025]

It appears you will be getting the Raiders either way. Bon appetit.

[Sgt Schultz]

You remind me of a Bush joke from Ann Richards "He was born on third base and thought he hit a triple."

[6025]

You remind me of a Bush joke from Ann Richards "He was born on third base and thought he hit a triple."

Um, ok. I don't get it, but ok.

[Sgt Schultz]

You were born there so you think you own the team.

[6025]

You were born there so you think you own the team.

For a guy who doesn't understand you sure do make a lot of assumptions.

Like I said, off base.

[QSmokey]

You were born there so you think you own the team.

I wasn't born here, nor do I think I own the team. However, I chose to live here, leaving my hometown almost 36 years ago to move to the San Diego area. When I got here, I immersed myself in the area; the climate, the activities, the sports teams, etc. I was a NY Giants fan for many years, but abandoned that allegiance when I moved to my chosen city. Like I said, San Diego was my new home and I wanted to take in all that it had to offer, which included rooting for the local teams.

So I really feel the opposite about this. I can't imagine rooting for a team that plays in a city in which I don't reside. I realize that in this day and age it's much easier to root long distance, given how connected the world is now. But even that doesn't matter to me. I live in San Diego; I do stuff in San Diego; I care about San Diego.

Not Los Angeles; or St Louis; or New York; or Timbuktu. San Diego. Once they are no longer the San Diego Chargers, they are dead to me. To each his/her own. There is no "right" answer to this. Simply a preference.