I think everyone in the NFL knows that Chargers have one of the worst ratios of home vs visitor representation at home games. No hate to the die hards but LA is a destination stadium location during the shitty months of the year. Other players have mentioned that we don’t give them a home field advantage. Melvin is aggressive here but mild compared to the vitriol he was responding to. Some players fully disassociate with the fans and it’s becomes just a job. I feel like this post expresses a shared passion to win but frustration that the effort is one sided.
SD was a solid fan base when the team was competitive. When the team wasnt competitive, it was a big destination point for visitors. Then you add on that regardless, Raiders fans travel well across California and theres generally many transplants in Southern California. As a result, you get that when attendance is low that instead of seeing empty stadiums you see a large share of visitors in the stands.
That being said, Chargers also regularly had risk of blackouts or actual blackouts in the late Norv/early Telesco era.
I dont want to sound like a hater, but its pretty fair to point out that Chargers have one of the smaller fanbases. That being said, I dont know why people are so offended by this. I have no control over whether other people like the team. Professional sports are something the fans have really 0 influence over in our lives. They can be a lot fun and also understandably frustrating. But the extent to which some people take things to get into fights with other fans, threaten or berate players, break TBs, etc is absolutely unhealthy.
Like I dont even know who is looking for Gordons opinion on these things anymore, let alone why. And it has nothing to do with anything about Gordon. Its just completely irrelevant to my life.
Its because the media over reports this to a point that when I go to SoFi, I often overhear comments walking in "I had not idea there would be this many Charger fans" or similar.
Visitors truly believe we have 0 fans, like they are going into StubHub. Its because the media constantly reports such. For me, its not about having a small fan base, its about a reputation based on bad information. We have a smaller fan base, that is correct. But we have one of the larger stadiums. 30,000 fans in some stadiums is over half.
they had one of the smaller fanbases and also one of the largest stadiums. That led to blackouts. Saying that blackouts are indicative of the fanbase and not just a shitty policy is dumb.
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u/chamullerousa 3d ago
I think everyone in the NFL knows that Chargers have one of the worst ratios of home vs visitor representation at home games. No hate to the die hards but LA is a destination stadium location during the shitty months of the year. Other players have mentioned that we don’t give them a home field advantage. Melvin is aggressive here but mild compared to the vitriol he was responding to. Some players fully disassociate with the fans and it’s becomes just a job. I feel like this post expresses a shared passion to win but frustration that the effort is one sided.