Chargers Sign Marketing Deal with L.A. Company

More pain for San Diego fans, as Chargers have signed a marketing contract with Los Angeles based Wasserman Media Group.

Any tie-in between the Chargers and Los Angeles always gets San Diegans wondering if it's a precursor to the Chargers moving up the freeway to the nation's second-biggest market, which has been without an NFL team since the Raiders and Rams bolted before the 1995 season.

Attorney Mark Fabiani, who has been trying to work out a new stadium deal in San Diego since 2002 says this deal has nothing to do with the Chargers moving to L.A.

In a deal that was first reported on the Los Angeles Times' Web site, Wasserman Media Group will help the Chargers sell luxury suites and club seats to fans in LA and Orange counties.

Chargers fans may be reading between the lines because Casey Wasserman, the grandson of the late Hollywood mogul Lew Wasserman, is chairman and CEO of LA-based Wasserman Media Group. Casey Wasserman, who owns an Arena Football League team, has wanted for years to bring an NFL team to Los Angeles.