Who Says L.A. Doesn’t Want NFL?

In response to Dave Chalberg’s letter [May 15], I can only say I couldn’t care less what his golfing buddies think, what his polo buddies think, or what his cricket buddies think about a new football team in Los Angeles. These activities can barely be called sports anyway.

KENNY MOORE, Garden Grove

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I took a poll of all my co-workers, football buddies and friends. We all hate golf and are sick of seeing new golf courses springing up all over the place. Let us hope that we can keep future golf courses out of L.A.

JASON DUKES, Rancho Palos Verdes

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We, the following foursome, can’t wait for a new football team. With golf courses as crowded as they are, Dave and his golfing buddies should welcome Sunday football games. We guarantee you’ll have the course to yourself.

MARTY MAYS, PHIL VAUGHAN, MIKE MAGUIRE,

DICK PAULSON, Newport Beach

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If the NFL is wondering why only the NFL wants a pro football franchise in L.A., here are five more reasons:

1. With two major college football programs, the Southland gets its football fix on Saturday.

2. Football season for most of the country is softball season, barbecue season, biking season and beach season here. Why overpay to have a bad view of an expansion team lose when I can stay home and catch an even better game on TV. Because . . .

3. Remember the 49er-Falcon or Packer-Cowboy matchups we’ve seen during our NFL hiatus? Forget about them. While the rest of the country is watching the big game, we’ll be treated to “regional action”--our beloved L.A. Castoffs battling the Saints or the Lions or, ironically enough, the St. Louis Rams.

Reasons 4 and 5 are named Al and Georgia.

So, you see, Mr. Tagliabue, we love pro football. But, please, not in our backyard!

TOBY MULLER, Pasadena

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The negative comments that certain area sports “fans” have expressed regarding the return of the NFL to Southern California are laughable.

Great fans. I’m guessing that these are among those true fans who believe a Dodger or Angel game begins in the middle of the third inning and ends just after the seventh. The type of fans who can sit on their hands while Kobe performs a breakaway reverse slam. Fans who feel that actually rising out of their seats to cheer takes way too much effort.

It is embarrassing that Southern California, the second-largest market in the country, does not have an NFL team. Certain “fans” among us seem determined to keep it that way.

JOHN FRASER, Aliso Viejo

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What’s the big deal about John Elway possibly being involved in an expansion team? Does being a quarterback qualify him for management? And also Peter O’Malley. He may know baseball, but football?

If we’re talking about former great player who might excite the fans in L.A., how about Jim Plunkett? His accomplishments are up there with Elway’s. He also won two Super Bowls, including one in Los Angeles.

LARRY ROBBINS, Encino

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Because I share reader Paul Mattson’s obvious admiration for Jim Murray [Viewpoint, May 15], I wonder why anyone would want to sully Murray’s name by associating it with anything so sleazy as the NFL.

Name the team the “Blackouts” and tell them to play somewhere else.

MICHAEL HELWIG, Canoga Park