▁( and ▁eventually ▁majority ▁owner ) ▁of ▁the ▁NFL ' s ▁San ▁Diego ▁Ch arg ers . ▁Jim ▁Joseph , ▁a ▁real ▁estate ▁developer ▁who ▁had ▁lost ▁out ▁to ▁friend ▁T ad ▁Ta ube ▁for ▁the ▁US FL ' s ▁San ▁Francisco ▁Bay ▁Area ▁franch ise , ▁had ▁thought ▁he ▁would ▁be ▁content ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁part - owner ▁of ▁the ▁Oak land ▁Inv aders . ▁When ▁the ▁potentially ▁more ▁luc r ative ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁franch ise ▁became ▁available , ▁Joseph ▁sn apped ▁up ▁the ▁rights ▁to ▁the ▁area . ▁ ▁The ▁own ers ▁of ▁the ▁US FL ' s ▁San ▁Diego ▁franch ise , ▁cable ▁television ▁mog uls ▁Bill ▁Daniel s ▁and ▁Alan ▁Harm on , ▁were ▁denied ▁a ▁le ase ▁for ▁Jack ▁Mur phy ▁Stadium . ▁While ▁this ▁was ▁in ▁part ▁due ▁to ▁pressure ▁from ▁the ▁Ch arg ers , ▁the ▁main ▁opposition ▁came ▁from ▁Major ▁League ▁Baseball ' s ▁Pad res ▁who ▁held ▁the ▁le ase ▁to ▁the ▁stad ium ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁and ▁did ▁not ▁want ▁to ▁see ▁football ▁played ▁at ▁the ▁facility ▁throughout ▁the ▁baseball ▁season . ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁was ▁seen ▁as ▁critical ▁to ▁the ▁league ' s ▁success , ▁and ▁D ixon ▁and ▁Sim m ons ▁felt ▁that ▁two ▁cable ▁mog uls ▁would ▁be ▁better ▁su ited ▁to ▁head ▁the ▁league ' s ▁efforts ▁there . ▁Joseph ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁move ▁his ▁operation . ▁ ▁The ▁team ▁opened ▁play ▁in ▁Phoenix , ▁Arizona , ▁where ▁it ▁became ▁the ▁Arizona ▁W r ang lers . ▁Daniel s ▁and