Though the NFL has long been steadfast in its public belief that L.A. can support two teams, there is unease in private. “Frankly, I have meaningful doubts about L.A. supporting two teams with sellouts unless both become very successful on the field.”Victor Matheson, a sports economist at College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts who has studied the NFL, was blunt. “We know we're going to have to fight our way into this market,” Chargers President Dean Spanos said. “The story is not going to be fully written in the next year or two,” said Trask, currently an NFL analyst for CBS. “That’s a tremendous insurance policy for any team that moves into a new market,” said Matheson, the Massachusetts sports economist.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 15, 2017 00:19 UTC