The NFL is worried that the Chargers’ move from San Diego to Los Angeles was perhaps not the best idea, with reports that its financial state is increasingly problematic.
It appears that members of that elite club of NFL team owners is worried over the Chargers’ “viability” in Los Angeles, according to ESPN’s Dan Graziano and Seth Wickersham.
The team moved from San Diego in 2017, but the move to L.A. ended up putting two NFL teams in the same city as the Chargers joined the Los Angeles Rams which have been a fixture in the city since 1946 (except for a ten-year stint when they played in St. Louis from 1995 to 2015).
Wickersham tweeted out the backroom buzz on Wednesday saying, “A major discussion topic among NFL owners/executives at this week’s league meetings is the Chargers’ viability in LA. PSL sales have been a struggle and team is expected to revise its Inglewood revenue goals sharply to a more realistic number: $400m to around $150m, per source.”
Wickersham also reported that the concerns were so far just a topic of discussion but that there has not been any “formal presentation” about the matter at the league meetings.
But, according to sources, the Chargers are expected to lower its revenue goal from $400 million to a mere $150 million, less than half the original goal.
Regardless, the Chargers have had the worst attendance record of any team in the league this year. For instance, the top team, the Dallas Cowboys, has earned a total of 271,434 fans thus far this year. Meanwhile, the lowest ranked Chargers only found 76,110 fans in the stands through Week Six.
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