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<\/a>When my husband and I moved to San Diego, we were thrilled to live in a town with a professional football team. Having grown up in Hawaii, pro football games were reserved only for sporadic trips to the \u201cmainland,\u201d and only by happenstance as the trips would have to coincide with local games. As such, when we moved to San Diego, we were happy to become Bolts fans.<\/p>\n
Years later, we are now looking at the very real prospect of becoming citizens in a town without a team. And while many diehard fans still believe there\u2019s a chance of the Chargers staying around, I am over it.<\/p>\n
By now we all know the Chargers are looking to build a $1.7 billion stadium in Carson, a suburb in Los Angeles. Perhaps the harshest thing about this \u2013 aside from the fact they\u2019re moving from San Diego \u2013 is they\u2019re looking to do this with the Oakland Raiders.<\/p>\n
The Chargers getting into bed with the Raiders is like a guy sleeping with his wife\u2019s frenemy. It sucks that he\u2019s cheating \u2013 it\u2019s even worse that it\u2019s with her.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not alone when I say the stories about San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer\u2019s efforts to keep the Chargers in his city are wearing on me. At this point, there\u2019s a growing sentiment of \u201cIf you want to go, go,\u201d because, sadly, San Diego\u2019s fight to keep the Chargers resembles the beginning of the end for a broken marriage.<\/p>\n
First, let\u2019s take a look at this relationship. The Chargers have been in San Diego for more than 50 years, making this a long-term relationship in California.<\/p>\n
When dissolving a marriage such as this one, we have to consider the assets and obligations. Clearly we\u2019re getting Qualcomm Stadium, an \u201casset\u201d that needs some serious upgrades. As for obligations, we have none. Once these guys leave San Diego, they\u2019re gone. My baby isn\u2019t wearing a Chargers jersey nor are we rooting for the former home team.<\/p>\n
Next is the saddest part of this whole mess \u2013 the kids, aka the players. As with any divorce, dealing with custody and visitation is extremely difficult. With so many players\u2019 lives invested in San Diego, our town deserves visitation when it comes to the athletes that comprise the team. Take Philip Rivers \u2013 a Charger since the 2004 NFL draft. Rivers has led the team for almost 10 years. He has contributed time and money to San Diego organizations, including raising more than $1 million to help foster children through his now-defunct charity, Rivers of Hope.<\/p>\n
Rivers will leave if the Chargers go. But, as with a child in the middle of a divorce, Rivers doesn\u2019t seem to want it to be over. After rumors he may not leave with the team, he finally signed a contract extension. Nevertheless, Rivers was quoted in an nbcsandiego.com article as saying, \u201cMy lack of excitement was more about leaving this community, not a disdain for Los Angeles.\u201d This sounds a lot like, \u201cDad, it\u2019s not that I don\u2019t love you. It\u2019s that I love mom as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
If the Chargers go, they\u2019ll regret it. Carson won\u2019t have a San Diego kind of love for them, particularly if they\u2019re sharing the attentions of a fickle Los Angeles. And when our Bolts realize they made a mistake, it may be too late. After all, once they leave, there\u2019s nothing to keep another team from making its home in San Diego with a brand new stadium by the sea. Then, when they see the San Diego [insert new team here] living it up in America\u2019s Finest City, they\u2019ll remember the good times they threw away for big city dreams.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Genevieve A. Suzuki I don\u2019t believe in staying with someone who has said repeatedly they don\u2019t want you. And while some couples may be saved by counseling and a whole lot of effort, it\u2019s never good to remain in an unhealthy relationship. Such is my take on the San Diego Chargers.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":729,"featured_media":221794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11548","_seopress_titles_title":"Gen-X in a Millennial World: Chargers, city relationship like a bad marriage","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11547,11548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-la-mesa-courier"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/729"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}