David SweetIf the National Football League were Santa Claus, then perhaps Los Angeles would find a professional football team under its palm tree this Christmas.The reality is, no gift courtesy of the NFL will be coming Los Angeles' way in the near future — and there’s little reason to think one will ever arrive.
One of the never-ending dramas in U.S. sports is the story of when the nation's second-largest television market — abandoned by both the Rams and the Raiders in 1994 — will procure another NFL franchise. Stadium proposals are as ubiquitous as smog. Every week, it seems, a report appears that the Coliseum will be renovated, a Mexican-American village in downtown L.A. called Chavez Ravine is an option, Anaheim is in the running or some no-name town on the way to Las Vegas will construct the perfect venue. The NFL will fly executives to Los Angeles to scout out sites, announce that none meet their criteria and the game begins again.
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