May 27, 2004
Send money or we'll kidnap this team
Mark Kreidler of ESPN.com points out that Paul Tagliabue's talk of sticking an NFL franchise in Los Angeles isn't just directed at L.A., but at juicing stadium demands in other cities as well:
"That sound in the background? That would be the screws turning in places like Indianapolis and San Diego and, oh, two or three other markets that have become the regular whipping boys of this sadistic process. ... Thus, this utterly familiar scenario, with the commissioner saying something about an L.A. stadium 'decision' just vague enough to stir the usual pot of recriminations and fear in San Diego and Indy and (maybe) New Orleans and (perhaps) the Twin Cities -- places where the NFL situation is not utterly settled to the contentment of, ahem, management."
Posted by Neil deMause
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