| It's no secret that outgoing NFL
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| | much to resist. Even at the risk of some
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| commissioner Paul Tagliabue has wanted a
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| | fan apathy.The city has picked up on
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| team back in Los Angeles ever since the
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| | Tagliabue's desire for a franchise to go
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| Rams and Raiders defected in 1994. It
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| | back there. The Los Angeles City Council
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| stands as the one goal he hasn't been
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| | just recently voted to spend $25 million
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| able to accomplish in an otherwise
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| | dollars on improvements at the Coliseum
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| impressive tenure.Despite numerous rumors
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| | in hopes of speeding up the process of
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| throughout the past decade of an
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| | getting a team.There is also a proposal
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| expansion team or even an existing
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| | on the table to spend upwards of $800
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| franchise moving to the City of Angels,
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| | million dollars for a complete renovation
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| nothing has become of it. All the while,
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| | of the stadium should the NFL owners
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| the cash-stuffed NFL owners and
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| | approve a motion to put a team in L.A. by
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| management keep hoping that someday the
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| | the 2009 season.I for one think it would
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| second largest media market will have a
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| | be a good idea to bring a team back to
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| pro football team to call its own.Make no
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| | Los Angeles. It's a city that has had a
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| mistake, Tagliabue and company want a
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| | rich NFL history since the Rams moved
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| team in L.A. and will put one there
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| | from Cleveland in 1946. It's a large TV
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| before the decade is out. Even if the
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| | market that will increase the amount of
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| Southern California fan base is somewhat
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| | revenue shared between clubs and will
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| apathetic at times to even having an NFL
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| | only make the game better and more
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| team in the first place.For those who are
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| | competitive because of it.The problem
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| old enough to remember when the Rams were
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| | comes in deciding what city will lose its
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| strutting their stuff in the seventies. A
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| | franchise. We already have 32 teams so an
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| then record seven consecutive division
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| | expansion team is out of the question. It
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| titles, five NFC championship game
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| | would wreak havoc with the schedule. That
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| appearances and even a Super Bowl berth
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| | means an existing club will be picked.
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| in 1979, weren't enough to bring out the
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| | The most likely candidates are the San
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| L.A. crowd.Even with all that success,
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| | Diego Chargers, New Orleans Saints and
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| Carol Rosenbloom's Rams didn't have a
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| | even the Colts and Vikings have been
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| sellout. Yes they played in that cavern
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| | included in the talks.The choice that
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| known as the Coliseum. But even so,
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| | makes the most sense is San Diego. The
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| fellow tenant USC managed to out-draw the
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| | franchise started in L.A. back in 1960
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| Rams during their Super Bowl year,
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| | and with the city council recently voting
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| causing the first blow that would
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| | down a tax increase for a new stadium,
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| eventually see the Rams leave California
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| | Chargers owner Alex Spanos could be on
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| and call St. Louis home in 1995.No
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| | the move.The NFL is doing the right
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| matter. Money is what's driving the
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| | thing. Los Angeles needs a professional
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| latest push to get a team in L.A. The NFL
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| | football franchise and the NFL can be
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| has grown so rapidly since 1994 that not
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| | even greater with the City of Angels on
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| having a team in the second largest media
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| | board for the long haul.
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| market is foolish. The revenues are too
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