[Stranger]

Finally listened to the segment.

Fred says one of his listeners has been to these Los Angeles NFL focus groups, and not for regular fans, for potential corporate supporters. Fred's guy says all 32 of L.A.'s fortune 500 companies were represented. He said overwhelmingly there's not a lot of corporate support for the Raiders in L.A., especially in Carson which has a big gang problem.

He said Carson has a lot of problems, wouldn't be ready for 4 years. Chargers and Raiders don't have the money to fight the NFL on relocation or build their own stadium. This is information he got from the focus group meetings.

Anyway, if this guy is legit and Fred is legit (i'm assuming Fred has done some vetting and digging to make sure he's not dealing with someone blowing smoke up Fred's ass) it's a very strong indication of which way this is going...

My father works at Dreamworks, and he went to one of these things along with a few other people (including Jeffrey Katzenberg).... Now my dad doesn't care a lot about the NFL (but he has a soft spot for the Rams, I think because he knows that I like them) and according to him the entire room agreed with the Rams, and they didn't want anything to do with the Raiders... Chargers were hit or miss, but when the NFL was talking to them, it was pretty clear what their votes were. They all loved the Inglewood stadium from an artistic standpoint too, so that helped the non football fans decide.

This is very cool that the NFL is running focus groups in LA. I'm glad to see that they are serious and are handling this move professionally.

[Hacksaw]

I'm also glad that most of the discussion has pointed the needle towards the Rams.

[bubbaramfan]

Finally some vindication. I've been here harping how Carson is UN-viable and finally I hear from someone else with connections that Carson won't be ready for 3 or 4 years. I still can't figure out Spanos' game plan.