The_Philster
03-05-2003, 05:15 AM
SAN DIEGO (March 5, 2003 1:48 a.m. EST) - In a move that outraged San Diego Mayor Dick Murphy, the Chargers triggered an out clause in their lease at Qualcomm Stadium on Tuesday.
The decision to trigger the renegotiation clause, which had been expected, opens a 90-day window to come to a new stadium deal with the city. It begins a process that could end with the team moving out of San Diego.
"The start of this process does not signal that the team intends to leave San Diego," said Mark Fabiani, a former Clinton White House lawyer who is serving as special counsel to the Chargers. "We have no intention of talking to any other city as we begin a negotiation process with the city of San Diego."
Murphy said the team was short-circuiting the city's good-faith process to review the Chargers' demand for a new stadium. The city council scheduled a March 18 hearing on a final report by a citizens task force on ways to keep the team in the city....more (http://www.sportserver.com/football/nfl/story/792492p-5662601c.html)
The decision to trigger the renegotiation clause, which had been expected, opens a 90-day window to come to a new stadium deal with the city. It begins a process that could end with the team moving out of San Diego.
"The start of this process does not signal that the team intends to leave San Diego," said Mark Fabiani, a former Clinton White House lawyer who is serving as special counsel to the Chargers. "We have no intention of talking to any other city as we begin a negotiation process with the city of San Diego."
Murphy said the team was short-circuiting the city's good-faith process to review the Chargers' demand for a new stadium. The city council scheduled a March 18 hearing on a final report by a citizens task force on ways to keep the team in the city....more (http://www.sportserver.com/football/nfl/story/792492p-5662601c.html)