[*]Show me an NFL city that has a larger melting pot fan base, 'Pardon' doesn't do that.
I dunno. New York is the most obvious. I could name several others. I suppose it depends how you define 'melting pot,' but I doubt that San Diego is particularly unique no matter how you define it.
Do you really not think that the SB history of the team has anything to do with a fan base?
The stadium is filled most Sundays, but not filled to the brim and take a look at the amount of "black outs" we have or have to avert last minute.
The Mexico thing somewhat of a point since there isn't a heritage of American football in Mexico, but what about teams that border Canada? Do they suffer from the same issue? Maybe more interest in football up north, but it's definitely secondary to hockey. And Mexican fans and hispanic fans do support the Chargers. Even so you have major swaths of prime real estate to the north, east and even Vegas that could be tapped into. Perhaps those markets can't be penetrated or perhaps our ownership group isnt visionary enough to go for it. But I'll tell you one thing, a compelling team with compelling players can accomplish that. At the end of the day, attracting fans really does have something to do with success. I doubt you could say the Patriots had a national following until they started winning a lot.
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