Local Fans Willing to Give NFL Advice

Although I am against pro football in Los Angeles, I believe the city needs the team. However, not as much as the NFL needs Los Angeles. Here are a few suggestions:

1. The NFL wants L.A. to establish a committee. Have all interested participants go to MTA board meetings for a week. Watch how the MTA conducts itself and do the opposite.

2. Keep Al Davis at a distance. Tell him that there is a large hole in the ground with a nearby group of politicians and an unknown amount of cash in their hands. Then repeat the process in Indio.

3. Keep in mind that no matter what happens in the next six months or year, Houston will get a franchise. Why would the NFL care whether it has 32, 33, 34 or even 35 teams with the franchise price so high?

4. Name the team appropriately. The B-1s for the first team to cost $1 billion. Or, the L.A. Raters, because this whole thing is about increasing television ratings in the L.A. market.

5. Don’t go to Carson. The toxic levels will simply give the fans another excuse to leave even earlier.

BOB ARRANAGA JR.

Los Angeles

*

As a 40-year NFL fan, I can’t understand what the big deal is about bringing a team to L.A., other than for the rich to squeeze more taxpayer money. Certainly not to employ a couple of peanut vendors, parking attendants, and ushers for 10 or so days a year.

As only the rich will be able to afford tickets, players changing teams frequently because of free agency, and certainly no guarantee of a respectable team, plus with all the activities already going on here, do we need another traffic jam on game day? Or maybe another Al or Georgia? Just what is the attraction? These people only have greed on their minds! The best seat in the house is in front of the TV.

PETE KIVLEN

Canoga Park

*

When I was 9 years old, my dad took me to the Coliseum to see my first NFL game. I became a Ram fan, and, as a graduation gift many years later, my dad bought us a pair of season tickets. It was a luxury he probably couldn’t afford, but he cherished the Sunday afternoons together watching pro football.

My dad passed away the year the Rams moved to St. Louis, and I now have a son of my own. I’d love to buy a pair of season tickets to support our new team in L.A. and carry on the father-son tradition. But the NFL has become greedy over the years and now will ask fans to pay a personal seat license just for the right to buy season tickets.

Count me out. And I would urge all L.A. fans to take a stand against this rip-off. If we don’t buy PSLs, the NFL will have to reconsider selling season tickets without the premium fee and allow the average fan the opportunity to be a season-ticket holder.

CHRISTOPHER GRISANTI

South Pasadena