APIn the high-stakes business that has become the construction of a new NFL stadium in Los Angeles, the two entities vying for the ability to break ground will pull out all the stops, presumably within the boundaries of the rule of law.
And it?s fully within the rule of law for the minions of Phil Anschutz and Ed Roski to lobby the press, either for favorable articles about their own proposal ? or for negative items about the other one.? I personally know this because I?ve already been lobbied by folks from both camps, even though I?ve tried at all times toe remain balanced and fair in the assessment of the situation.
A recent item from ESPNLosAngeles.com lacks such balance, given that it is?devoted exclusively to the flaws?in Roski?s plan, which suddenly is gathering steam, via Roski?s willingness to drop his prior demand that he be given a minority interest in any team that moves to the would-be venue at Grand Crossing and via the league?s predictable effort to play it down the middle in the hopes of leveraging the best possible deal.
So where?s the companion ESPNLosAngeles.com piece setting forth the flaws in the Anschutz proposal?
Maybe it?s coming.? Then again, maybe it isn?t.? After all, there?s an ESPNZone at L.A. Live, the site of the proposed Anschutz stadium.? (The ESPNZone at L.A. Live also is the location of ESPN?s West Coast studios, from which the late-night?SportsCenter?originates.)? That?s a fact that possibly could be influencing ESPN?s apparent support of the Anschutz proposal.
It?s a fact that definitely should have been disclosed in the ESPN hit piece on the competing project.
But the goal here isn?t to bash ESPN.? It?s to make sure everyone in the audience realizes that the chase to build the next L.A. football stadium has many facets, layers, and levels.? Anything written or said by the media about the two projects needs to be regarded through a thick filter, including the possible biases and preferences of the media company that is saying something good, or something bad, about one of the two proposals.
Surely, ESPN would prefer that the stadium be constructed within slingshot range of its restaurant/studios in Los Angeles.
Even more surely, as evidenced by the thorough and detailed article picking apart the Roski proposal, Anschutz?s people are starting to worry that an NFL team like the Raiders or Vikings or Chargers will decide to work out a deal with Roski, who unlike Anschutz could start moving dirt right now.
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