A question once asked rhetorically to joke about the team’s low profile now has to be taken with a modicum of seriousness by city leaders.
The Chargers are a 10-win team in the aftermath of a 26-21 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals at StubHub Center. Short of a major catastrophe, they will be playing postseason football.
Of course, there’s no point in paying for a parade no one will attend, which is why the five-time Major League Soccer champion Galaxy have never waved to crowds along Figueroa Street from the tops of buses.
And as well as the Chargers have played, as many close games as they have won this season, they remain afterthoughts in this market, which they share with the Rams and LeBron James.