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Los Angeles Chargers (Official thread)

Dean Spanos sued by sister, accused of 'misogynistic' behavior as legal battle continues over control of Los Angeles Chargers

Los Angeles Chargers owner Dean Spanos has been accused of "misogynistic" behavior, "self-dealing" and repeated "breaches of fiduciary duty" by his sister in a lawsuit that escalates the siblings' ongoing legal battle over control of the team.

The lawsuit was filed Thursday in San Joaquin County Superior Court by attorneys representing Dea Spanos Berberian, who is seeking sole control of a family trust that constitutes more than one-third of the Chargers' ownership. The suit also asks the court to suspend and remove Spanos as a co-trustee and seeks unspecified financial damages awarded to Berberian.

Spanos, Berberian and their siblings Michael Spanos and Alexandra Spanos Ruhl each own 15% of the Chargers franchise, with 36% managed by the family trust and the remaining 4% owned by non-family members.

Spanos and Berberian were left as co-trustees of the trust after the deaths of Alex and Faye Spanos in 2018.

Berberian accuses brothers Dean and Michael of repeatedly acting "out of their deeply-held misogynistic attitudes and sense of entitlement as the men in the family ... and to rationalize their pitiable behavior which she believes is intended to teach her that a woman has no rights, no matter what any trust instrument might say." The lawsuit also states that Dean and Michael "believe to their cores that, regardless of what their parents intended and their wills specified, men are in charge and women should shut up."

Berberian contends that the Spanos family trust and subtrusts are all but insolvent, that Spanos' decision to move the Chargers to Los Angeles has proved financially ruinous and that the family has no option but to sell the team to satisfy the trust's debt obligations, which she says are currently in excess of $358 million.

Entire article: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id...battle-continues-control-los-angeles-chargers

It sounds like the Chargers might be for sale in the foreseeable future.
 
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Imagine what a shitshow, offensively speaking, the Thursday night game with the Raiders will be.
Oh why? Because both teams suck? Ok....I'll give you that. But they have star WRs who........oh, Keenan's not playing? OK I'll give you that. But the QB situation......OK I'll give you that. But Josh Jacobs is a stu......oh. OK I'll give you that. But when defenses suck it sometimes makes a good ga......oh. OK I'll give you that. But
 
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And, he gone……..
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Sean Payton was available last offseason, has a home in LA, and was interested in the job. Why wouldn't he be? Imagine what he'd do with Herbert's talent? The playoff collapse was an opportunity to dump Staley and make a big move. Instead, they stuck with the inexperienced coach who was doing less with more, and the team got worse. The first tiime they had to play without Herbert it was 42-0 at halftime.

Keep on Chargering.
 
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Sean Payton was available last offseason, has a home in LA, and was interested in the job. Why wouldn't he be? Imagine what he'd do with Herbert's talent? The playoff collapse was an opportunity to dump Staley and make a big move. Instead, they stuck with the inexperienced coach who was doing less with more, and the team got worse. The first tiime they had to play without Herbert it was 42-0 at halftime.

Keep on Chargering.
in a city and a stadium with no fans...
 
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in a city and a stadium with no fans...

They've been a sub .500 team with uninspiring coaches since they moved into SoFi. People in LA have a lot of other entertainment options than to support a mediocre football team. Get the Chargers a real coach and start winning and more fans will come.
 
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