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Oakland Raiders News: The Game is SOLD OUT in Oakland...But Not in Charger Territory!!!

Accoding to Amy Trask, through Jerry McDonald, the Monday NIght game is a sell-out.

 

Meanwhile, the San Diego Chargers, division winners in each of the last two years, had to request a 24-hour deadline in attempt to sell enough tickets to declare a sellout for a Sunday game.

 

Wow!!! The Chargers have not sold out their opening game? I think that we have a leader for worst fans in football.

Then again, it looks like the writing is on the wall for the San Diego football team as their lease is up at season's end and theymay be heading North a bit to play in LA.

 

The Chargers are gearing up for a new season that could – but probably won't – be their last at Qualcomm Stadium.

After it ends, the team will be eligible to pack up its footballs, uniforms and cleats and move to a city that is willing to provide them with a new stadium. All they have to do is give the city written notice, then fork over a termination fee of $56.2 million.

 

“The Chargers hope to still be working on options here in San Diego County during the spring of 2009 – particularly in Chula Vista,” Fabiani said. “Having said that, we have been at this for more than six years now, and my prediction is that we are much closer to the end of the process than we are to the beginning.”

That means the team is committed to playing at Qualcomm Stadium this season, but is offering no guarantees beyond that.

“As for what happens after the spring of 2009, I am not a fortune teller,” Fabiani said. “But my own personal view is that we will need to have demonstrated some significant progress in San Diego County by that time.”

 

I know that there are hundreds of thousands of Raider fans in LA and I'm not so sure how well they would gravitate to the Chargers, that would be like the Broncos moving to Oakland!?!?!

Oh well, as long as it's NOT the Raiders who go down there, I'd be fine with it.

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Well I will leave it to Charger and Raider fans to battle it out for who will support their team the least.

"How do the berries taste Ralph?" Bart Simpson
"They taste like burning." Ralph Wigam
Broncoman

by Broncoman on Sep 5, 2008 9:25 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

In Two Years:

You’ll see what happens when your team has stunk up the joint for a few years. The bandwagoners fall off and only the diehards are left.

Pride And Poise!!!

by saint on Sep 5, 2008 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Seeing how there is a 35,000 plus long waiting list for season tickets, I doubt we will have any problems

"How do the berries taste Ralph?" Bart Simpson
"They taste like burning." Ralph Wigam
Broncoman

by Broncoman on Sep 5, 2008 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Niners were like that once too:

Not anymore

Pride And Poise!!!

by saint on Sep 5, 2008 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Did they have it for 40 years, cause that's where we are at

"How do the berries taste Ralph?" Bart Simpson
"They taste like burning." Ralph Wigam
Broncoman

by Broncoman on Sep 5, 2008 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

By the way, we don't rebuild we reload

"How do the berries taste Ralph?" Bart Simpson
"They taste like burning." Ralph Wigam
Broncoman

by Broncoman on Sep 5, 2008 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Reload?

this is your running back core:
S. Young
A. Hall
M. Pittman

nuff said

Pop-Gun Padres '08

by soulSD on Sep 5, 2008 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Forgot the best RB in this year's draft Torain

Also we also got the best back from Arkansas in Peyton Hillis

"How do the berries taste Ralph?" Bart Simpson
"They taste like burning." Ralph Wigam
Broncoman

by Broncoman on Sep 5, 2008 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

yee

LMAO. You’re welcome to give your opinion, but don’t troll.

Calling Torain the best RB in the draft is blatant and dare I say vapid disrespect to McFadden.

It’s one thing to sit here and have fun talking trash, but don’t be an idiot.

by Amoc on Sep 6, 2008 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And if SD moved up to LA,..

where would they play? Oh thats right, they don’t have a NFL stadium. The one that Edward P. Roski has proposed wouldn’t be built for another 3 years. 2 years after the chargers lease with Qualcomm runs out. So basically, LA isn’t getting the Chargers and probably will not have an NFL team for the next 15 years minimum. The other locations would be San Antonio and Las Vegas, neither of which have even made a proposal.

So hold your horses raiders fans… The chargers will be here in San Diego dominating you for a long long time.

Pop-Gun Padres '08

by soulSD on Sep 5, 2008 3:13 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Not Quite:

They have an out clause in their lease for every year until 2020. They can exercise it after February 1st of any of those years.

Pride And Poise!!!

by saint on Sep 5, 2008 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sold out

Always hard to believe when a team like the Chargers don’t sell out. I live in Atlanta and their first game is sold out.
www.raidernationshop.com

by hattrick11 on Sep 5, 2008 7:02 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

No team will move to L.A. as long as Al Davis is still breathing.....

Back in 1989, Al Davis & the city of Los Angeles agreed to allow Mr. Davis to obtain the rights to NFL football in the Los Angeles market. more than likely in response to the whole Irwindale Stadium incident. You can also include the accusations that the NFL intervined and disrupted negotiations with the plans for the new stadium in Inglewood,CA. And the fact that the L.A. Coliseum Commision never constructed the Luxury suites that Mr. Davis had been promised when he moved the Raiders to Los Angeles. Luxury suites are how teams can make more of a profit than other teams.I believe unless the NFL takes Davis to court or agrees to pay him off, there will be no team in L.A. for a while. So, I think it’s fair to say that Al Davis has the NFL and the County of Los Angeles by the balls…..for once.

by assassin08 on Sep 6, 2008 5:50 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Nobody wants those Chargers here in L.A.

Raider apparrel will outsell the Chargers apparrel any day of the week at K-mart, Walmart or even Target here in L.A. County. Before LaDainian and Drew Brees came along. The Chargers sucked and nobody wore their gear. Now that they are winning you see the occasional sucker sporting something related to the team. Unfortunately that is LA. We love you if you’re a winner. But True Raider fans stick with the team no matter what !!! Go Raiders !!!

by assassin08 on Sep 6, 2008 6:02 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Hmmmmm. so what.?

Broncos broncos everywhere and all the league did blink,
Broncos broncos everywhere think moldy faiders stink!

by Mike Clark on Sep 6, 2008 7:58 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I wanted to post about how the Chargers' window is shrinking to the size of a pea while their weak fans seem to be losing faith in the team

but the Dolts don’t even have an SBNation blog.

Say what you will about our hated foes the Donks and the Cheaps, but at least they represent with fans on this great network.

When Gaslamp Baseball is where the Saggy Bolt fans call home and Qualcomm makes rules to stop Raiders fans from taking over their stadium, then you know its bad.

Green Hulk Fists

by oaklandSMASH on Sep 6, 2008 11:16 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

weak a$$ poetry

Hey Mike Clark,

Who made you dr.seuss,
you’re just a donkey on the loose.
When you come to the black hole
You’re leavin’ with a noose
wrapped arround that neck maybe hog-tied too,
the donkeys are no match
for the silver n’ black crew
the house of thrills gonna be rockin on monday night.
Raiders beat the Donkeys without much of a fight…….

by assassin08 on Sep 7, 2008 1:58 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

+1

Pride And Poise!!!

by saint on Sep 8, 2008 8:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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