Quote:Plan C just meaning don't move another team there

I wish. Historically speaking, that is the plan that makes the most sense, but the networks want a team in LA, and they're going to get their wish.

 

IMO, the more I think about it, the plan that makes the most sense is the Chargers moving to LA alone, and that might be the plan C that Khan is referring to. It's been speculated upon as a possibility, but no one in a position to know has addressed it that I'm aware of. Moving two teams into a market that has supported zero over the last 20 years (and arguably supported zero for a decade before that) seems like an incredible risk to take, and if one or both of those teams ended up moving again within a decade or so, it'd be a huge egg pie on the face of the league. By moving the Chargers up the coast, you're importing a team that is already based in SoCal, so no splintering the fan base, and you're resolving arguably the longest-standing stadium dilemma in the NFL. There have been proposals floated over the years, albeit not as many as southern sites, to build a Chargers stadium in or near Oceanside, which is practically halfway to LA from downtown SD anyway.

 

I get the sense that Mark Davis doesn't really want to move the Raiders, but he'd do it if he had to, and that might mean San Antonio. The wild card is Stan Kroenke, who clearly bought the Rams with intent to move them to LA.

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