Greatness: Norman Chad on NFL Relocation to LA

November 4, 2009 By 2 Comments

Norman Chad is one of the most unique sportswriters in the business today. Without question, he is one of the funniest and most entertaining, filling his columns with an insightful whimsy that can be a breath of fresh air from the life-or-death nature of so many sports perspectives.

Our very own AJ Kaufman emailed me a link last night to Chad’s most recent column on the possibility of the NFL relocating back to LA. As Midwesterners, it’s difficult for us to have a truly informed perspective on this topic.

But luckily, that’s why we have Norman Chad. Excerpt and link after the jump:

Don’t want to witness any relocation — (Norman Chad, Washington Post)

Alas, let me explain to Sports Nation why we in L.A. have little interest in the NFL being here.

For starters, there would be nothing special about NFL Sundays here. In Los Angeles, nobody works — every day is Sunday. New York is the city that never sleeps, L.A. is the city that sleeps in.

And if the NFL returns, it would involve a new venue. Frankly, there are three things L.A. does not need: Another stadium, another Starbucks and another Kardashian sister. We already have the Coliseum, the Rose Bowl, Dodger Stadium, Angel Stadium and the world’s largest Whole Foods Market, which, I’m told, is the size of four football stadiums. I also believe the Aaron Spelling mansion has a stadium in its backyard, next to the maids’ quarters.

We do not need another stadium.

This new stadium would be built in the City of Industry, a suburb of Los Angeles. (Note: Everything is a suburb of Los Angeles.) The stadium site would put it within reach of 12 million people in a 25-mile radius. Speaking for most of my fellow Angelenos, we would prefer another In-N-Out Burger within reach of 12 million people in a 25-mile radius. Not to mention, to go 25 miles in Los Angeles, you pack a light lunch and a living will.

Do you think anyone wants to find another reason to drive a long distance in L.A.? Heck, I usually hit traffic pulling out of my driveway.

Besides, I don’t think the NFL would allow 75,000 people to walk into a stadium with bottled water.

Read the entire post. As the headline says, it’s greatness.

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  • AJ Kaufman

    as someone raised in southern California, who them lived in LA for 7 years, this is not only humorous but inmany ways true. the traffic is what "drives" people out of LA, myself included

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