Threatening San Diego for the past few years is what the Chargers have been doing by debating on whether to stay in San Diego or leave to Los Angeles. Since the early 2000s, the Chargers have wanted a new stadium like the other NFL teams. The Chargers have been a football team since 1960 and moved to San Diego in 1961. They have been members of the West division of the American Football Conference in the NFL since 1970. The Chargers have been the only NFL team based in Southern California since the Oakland Raiders and St Louis Rams moved out of Los Angeles in 1994.

There are currently three teams wanting to move to Los Angeles. The following teams are the Oakland Raiders, the St Louis Rams, and the San Diego Chargers. In all these exchange of teams, the Oakland Raiders can become the San Diego Raiders. The San Diego Chargers stadium is currently better than the one the Raiders have, so thoughts of moving to San Diego aren’t that bad for the raiders. The Chargers are in a partnership with the Oakland Raiders to build a new stadium together in the South Bay between Long Beach and Los Angeles International airport. We can’t let go of the Chargers and take in the rival team, that just wouldn’t work out. I really don’t think that would be okay with Raiders fans or Chargers fans.

According to USA Today magazines, “In July, the city of San Diego gave the Chargers a deadline: Make a deal for a new stadium in San Diego by Friday, Sept. 11, or there won’t be enough time to put the issue on the ballot in mid-January. But that deadline will pass without a deal and that means the Chargers appear certain to apply to relocate to the Los Angeles market for 2016.” In 2016, the Chargers will most likely move to Los Angeles and from there we won’t know when San Diego will get another football team.

After 54 years of being in San Diego, I really don’t agree that the Chargers should really move out of San Diego. They are the only Southern California team and if they leave to Los Angeles, are they still going to have the title of the only Southern California football team? The team is really just looking for a better place to be rather than the old Qualcomm stadium. The city should really consider on making them a better stadium.