Chargers’ lawyer booed at hearing

City Councilman Scott Sherman gave an impassioned speech.

“His entire argument from the very get-go is to convince you all that the city can’t get its act together or a stadium deal done”, Sherman said, according to ESPN. He said Fabiani’s claims that the city hasn’t been able to accomplish anything “is the furthest thing from the truth”. One woman shouted: “We love you, Mark”. Fabiani said the team won’t accept Faulconer’s proposed $1.4 billion stadium because of a “flawed fatal EIR process”. “If I believed this was just going through the motions, I wouldn’t come here”.

Next up, the meeting in Oakland- which might be the most colorful of the three…

Long-time season ticket holder Caryl Iseman advocated for seat licenses, one of the methods proposed to help fund a new San Diego stadium.

He likened that prospect to “filing for a divorce”, with all its pain, but said a divorce isn’t inevitable.

Despite Fabiani’s constant criticism of the city, Grubman said there has been progress in San Diego.

“I’m angry with the city”, said Dannette Lewis. “We do a good job of showing up and cheering”.

Representing the NFL was executive vice president Eric Grumman, vice president for corporate development Chris Hardart, senior vice president of league policy Cynthia Hogan and league attorney Jay Bauman.

It is said that Raider Nation is a diaspora, with resilient contingents of fans nearly anywhere NFL football is played, televised or gambled upon.

When it comes to football fandom, San Diego is a city divided. “I recognize they want to be part of it, and they want to be part of a victory”.

Lozano said he grew up watching games in his slain father’s Chargers jersey. The Chargers have shown no support for that proposal. “We can do better without them”. In fact, we have the leadership, local city and county leadership, state leadership.

The design of a new potential stadium in San Diego. “So it is incredibly unfair that the Chargers’ great fans are now bearing the brunt of the decisions made by politicians over the last 14 years”.

Before the start of the meeting, fans shouted, “No way L.A”.

His wife, Josie, said that based on media accounts, “it sounds like the train has already left”. But when he got to oneof his familiar themes, the fans erupted.

Fans chanted “Save our Bolts”.

In San Diego and Oakland, fans expressed the same general idea: Keep our team in town. If whatever they’re saying comes true, and they’re sharing a stadium with the Raiders, they’re going to have a stadium full of Raider fans.

Plenty of passion was on display in the theater, but probably the most emotional comments came from a disabled army vet, a lifelong Chargers fan. Tiffany Thrpe of El Cajon was outside the Spreckels Theatre with her 7-year-old son Nacio, hopeful of receiving a ticket. Clemmens testified to never seeing “one person with a sign that says bring the Chargers to L.A”.

People understand that the NFL’s 32 owners want a team, or maybe two, in Los Angeles, the nation’s second-largest market. The next will take place in Oakland Thursday. And many of those advocated for keeping the team in San Diego on the basis that the team would lose its San Diego fans over the move. They also questioned how Kroenke could be viewed as meeting league relocation guidelines as a result.