CHARGERS CONTINUE TO CLARIFY TALK ON A NEW STADIUM

          Chargers Owner Alex Spanos "caused a firestorm of
     controversy" when he said this week that the team needs a
     new stadium, and yesterday, team President Dean Spanos
     acknowledged that Chargers execs "had discussed internally
     the possible need for a new stadium, but said that depends
     on the economics" of the NFL, according to Jim Trotter of
     the SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE.  Dean Spanos: "At this time
     we're not asking for a new stadium.  And we don't have any
     expectations of using taxpayer money on something like that,
     not with this political climate."  Spanos also called
     speculation that the team "might be headed" for L.A.
     "ludicrous" (SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, 3/31).  One L.A.
     government source familiar with efforts to bring the NFL to
     L.A. said, "Spanos definitely could be testing the waters. 
     And he has possibly the most attractive product of any
     [team] possibility here.  Who could sell the most tickets
     here?  The Chargers" (SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, 3/29).