Charger player reacts to team's move to LA with pure emoji poetry
It looks like the San Diego Chargers are moving to Los Angeles, and one of the team's players has mixed emotions about it.
On Wednesday, "league sources" told ESPN that the Chargers would announce the move as early as Thursday.
Chris Hairston, who plays offensive tackle for the team, was angry about the move at first. Then sad. Then depressed. Then...well, let's let his emoji do the talking.
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That's the entire human experience, summed up in a tweet. It's almost like you're there with Hairston, experiencing the turmoil of learning that you'll have to leave behind friends and fans and move to a new city.
San Diego residents rejected a proposal in November to help fund a new $1.8 billion stadium downtown.
With that rejection, it looks like Chargers chairman, Dean Spanos, decided it's time for the team to leave its home of 55 years and join the newly arrived Rams as the second NFL team in Los Angeles.
Congratulations, Tinseltown. Not only are you getting another football team, you are gaining an emoji Shakespeare.
Keith Wagstaff is an assistant editor at Mashable and a terrible Settlers of Catan player. He has written for TIME, The Wall Street Journal Magazine, NBC News, The Village Voice, VICE, GQ and New York Magazine, among many other reputable and not-so-reputable publications. After nearly a decade in New York City, he now lives in his native Los Angeles.
