Three NFL teams filed for relocation [View all]
The Chargers, Rams, and Raiders have filed to relocate;
The 2015 season is over for the San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders and St. Louis Rams, and they have now all turned their attention toward a potential move to Los Angeles.
According to Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune, all three teams filed for relocation Monday. As Kevin Patra of NFL.com noted, Monday was the first day the three franchises could apply for relocation. The NFL confirmed the filings in a statement, per NFL Network's Ian Rapoport.
Fan support is an issue any relocating team will have to deal with and gradually build, but the squads must first earn the right to relocate. Jason La Canfora of CBSSports.com said an NFL owners' vote is scheduled for Jan. 12-13, while Patra passed along a report from Rapoport that pointed out any owner who moves a team to Los Angeles must pay a $550 million relocation fee.
Wagoner added "it's a three-team, two-stadium race that could get some resolution as soon as the Jan. 12-13 owners meetings."
Reading in between the lines on the Chargers owner's statement it sounds like he expects a free stadium courtesy San Diego taxpayers and the city is balking at that. If that's the case he should take a hike then.
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