NFL's 2017 Schedule Sticks It to the LA Chargers

As if the circus that is Dean Spanos' football operations couldn't get any more ridiculous, now it's getting help.

From a bank of more than 400 computers, of all things.

What with the Los Angeles Chargers becoming just that, the NFL schedule-tron apparently robo-figured their status as second-class citizens should start immediately.

It's a fitting way to fit into their temporary digs, too. All 30,000 seats of it.

While calling this team the Bolts has taken on a whole new meaning, their vagabond status has now been underscored by the fact that, of their eight home games that mean anything this coming season, only five of them will have the market's pro football spotlight all to themselves.

They're sharing with the Rams on the other three:

	The Chargers host ...	The Rams host ...
Week 2:	Miami at 1:05pm	Washington at 1:25pm
Week 14:	Washington at 1:25pm	Philadelphia at 1:25pm
Week 17:	Raiders at 1:25pm	49ers at 1:25pm

Yes, the Chargers are even getting sloppy seconds with one common opponent. It'll be intruiging to find out if there are 30,000 Redskins fans in SoCal.

So, how low will the bar be to make this season a Chargers' success?

12 miles separate the Coliseum from StubHub Stadium, so traffic congestion won't be any more of an issue than it usually is.

It's about commanding attention, but for the Chargers, this went the way of the dodo bird the moment Spanos opted to be Stan Kroenke's bitch when that carpetbagger's new playpen opens in 2019.

Come 2019, Spanos gets the crumbs of this facility's revenue streams. That's assuming the Chargers draw enough visitors to leave any.

And thanks to the 2017 NFL schedule, it appears they'll get a sneak preview of that scenario.