The new logo from the now-Los Angeles @Chargers pic.twitter.com/rm4NorXtOA
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 12, 2017
The San Diego Chargers are no more. They are moving to Los Angeles one year after the Rams bailed on St. Louis for what locals refer to as La La Land or Hollywood. A tweet from the team’s account that loves P.F. Chang’s has a letter from owner Dean Spanos, so it’s time for Chargers fans to begin feeling their anger and sadness.
But maybe, a look a the lazy, horrendous, practically plagiarized new logo of the Los Angeles Chargers will give the people of San Diego some catharsis.
There it is. Blue background. White letters. An interlocking ‘L’ and an ‘A’ in capitals. Hmmm. That looks familiar, doesn’t it?
https://twitter.com/russbengtson/status/819582945740648448
Yes, it’s just the Dodgers logo in a different font with a lightning bolt. You’d think this was the result of the logo being designed in haste, but the Chargers had been contemplating this move for a long time, so this logo had to be sitting on someone’s computer for at least a year. And this is the best they could do.
The Internet, as it does, wasted no time making fun of or “roasting,” as the kids calls it, the new logo.
https://twitter.com/MayorBurnsy/status/819583821909790720
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) January 12, 2017
You could say that because of this logo, the Chargers are taking the …
https://twitter.com/JimmyDonofrio/status/819581374894116868
My favorite sports team is the Los Angeles Sideways Dragon Heads. pic.twitter.com/4iOCQTwYUx
— Grant Brisbee (@GrantBrisbee) January 12, 2017
Not all jokes need to be graphic in nature.
https://twitter.com/billbarnwell/status/819580089541206019
CHARGERS: We need a new logo
GRAPHIC DESIGNER: How much you looking to spend?
CHARGERS: About $1.75
GRAPHIC DESIGNER: I got you pic.twitter.com/TgtiVmLcXC
— Faux NFL Network™ (@FauxNFLnetwork) January 12, 2017
This looks like when I attempt to write the Dodgers logo in cursive. https://t.co/9O0B3y6jxT
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) January 12, 2017
And, of course, it wouldn’t be a true roast without the roastmaster:
The new Los Angeles Chargers logo 🔥⚡️ pic.twitter.com/NPHp2Gq7H2
— NFL Retweet (@NFLRT) January 12, 2017