And Now a Word From Our NFL Sponsors ...

Wow! An increase of over 50% in revenues to the NFL with the network changes! Does that mean an increase in advertising during the games? If it does, maybe they’ll figure a way to stop action in the middle of a play instead of after almost every play.

Lloyd Cohen

Fountain Valley

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The April 20 article “NFL Stakes Rise in L.A.” quotes Coliseum GM Pat Lynch about the NFL: “How can anybody ever argue they need us more than we need them?”

I can. This isn’t Buffalo, Cleveland or Cincinnati ... this is L.A., one of the largest media markets in the world, and most of us couldn’t care less. It’s not as if there’s nothing to do on the weekend.

The NFL has been out of this market 10 years and in the words of B.B. King, “The thrill is gone.” I have no objection to the NFL’s locating a team here, as long as the taxpayers contribute nothing. In fact, the city should charge the NFL a location fee to support the improvements to area infrastructure near the proposed stadium. If that happens to be a groundbreaking deal for the NFL and a rich deal for L.A., so be it. The NFL can always expand a franchise in Omaha.

Michael Minson

Los Angeles