The NFL welcomes THE LOS ANGELES ...("grain of salt edition")

This is purely a rumor since I obtained this information from a "source". Apparently the NFL is looking to fill the NFL void in Los Angeles within the next 2-3 years. Recently there has been a proposal to build a stadium and Roger Goodell is weighing his options. Option #1: Relocation of current NFL teams: Jacksonville Jaguars, Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, San Diego Chargers, Buffalo Bills and the Oakland Raiders (if Al Davis passes in the next 2 years). I'm not sure if these teams will keep their current logos etc or just move the franchise (i.e how the Cleveland Browns became the Baltimore Ravens). Option #2: The NFL will create new teams for both the AFC and NFC. The prime candidates are LA and San Antonio. There was also the idea of having 2 Los Angeles based teams (NFC/AFC) to take advantage of the second largest market in the U.S. when it comes to football/accumulating revenue. The next "phase" might include teams located in: Portland, Las Vegas and Oklahoma. Apparently there is supposed to be a "private" fund raiser which will include both the Raiders and Chargers. People who attend this event will donate 25k (with the goal aimed at 3 million). Yes. I realize this sounds absurd. But it was an included conversation piece with the "source". Here is a direct quote from an article I recently read: http://min.scout.com/2/747158.html Today is going to be a busy one in Los Angeles, as real estate magnate Edward Roski Jr. unveils a plan to build a football stadium in L.A., which has been without an NFL team since both the Rams and Raiders vacated the city. However, the bigger impact could eventually be on the Twin Cities and the Vikings. Roski will unveil a plan today to build a football stadium in the City of Industry, about 20 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. The stadium would be surrounded by high-end shops, office buildings and entertainment attractions ? not too different from the stadium/shopping mecca proposed by Zygi Wilf in Anoka County a few years back. What may have been the most troubling part of the news is that Roski looking to lure a current NFL team, John Semcken, vice president of Majestic Realty (Roski's real estate company) told the Associated Press. Semcken said that, if a team would commit to moving to Los Angeles, "we could begin construction in the final quarter of this year and have it ready for play for the first exhibition game in 2011." If that 2011 number rings a bell, that is the final year of the Vikings' lease in the Metrodome. While the league had nothing to do with the plan or the announcement, Commissioner Roger Goodell has expressed an interest in getting the NFL back into the second-largest media market in the country. The Vikings might not be only team that Roski and his group could try to lure to L.A. San Diego, Buffalo and Jacksonville could all be subject to potentially moving if stadium deals can't get struck. The Vikings could be joining that short list sooner than later. The Minnesota State Legislature has refused to hear arguments for the construction of a new Vikings stadium and nothing is scheduled to even be heard during the remainder of this legislative session. Even if a stadium was approved for next year in Minnesota, it wouldn't be ready until 2012 or beyond.