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Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast

RTAB: John Spanos

Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast

NFL Business

Sports News, News

4.8607 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2017

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Chargers President of Football Operations John Spanos talks with Andrew about the move to Los Angeles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Contracts, salary caps. Why do our favorite teams make some of the moves they do? It's usually the money. It's time for the Business of Sports with Andrew Brandt.

0:12.6

Got a special edition of the Business of Sports with Andrew Brandt this week. John Spanos, son of Dean Spanos, the ownership family of the San Diego Chargers. Well, now the Los Angeles Chargers.

0:24.3

We'll talk about how that happened and what they're looking forward to in Los Angeles and how it came to be leaving San Diego after all these years.

0:32.1

John Spanos, president of football operations for the now Los Angeles Chargers. John, welcome.

0:38.7

Thanks, Andrew. Thanks a lot for having me on. And by the way, let me just say,

0:42.8

congrats on, you know, the media career now really seems like it's taken off for you.

0:46.7

It seems like it was just yesterday. I was running into you at league meetings and NFL events

0:52.0

in your official Packers gear. So I know you're well established now.

0:56.5

You're a savvy vet in the media, but congrats.

0:59.4

Thanks so much, John.

1:00.2

Yeah, I saw an opportunity there when I left the Packers sort of a void in the media,

1:05.5

sort of the business legal inside point of view and running into people like you

1:09.8

always gave me great experiences,

1:11.8

really enjoyed working with you through the league.

1:14.5

Likewise, likewise.

1:16.0

I'm going to just give you a blank canvas.

1:18.6

Why did the San Diego Chargers become the Los Angeles Chargers?

1:22.7

I'll just let you answer that.

1:24.7

Well, I can tell you, there were, I know a lot of factors that went into this

1:28.8

decision. I know it wasn't an easy decision. Certainly a lot of emotions around it. I think you look at

1:34.8

the opportunity now to finally gain direction and the opportunity to enter a really special market.

1:40.4

It's kind of a once in a generation type of an opportunity. And certainly, I believe,

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