Los Angeles Chargers Report Card 2024

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Overview

The Chargers finished the year ranked 30th overall. The good news is that the team is close to finishing their brand-new practice facility; it is scheduled to open before the beginning of next season. As of now, the team is still located in a temporary facility that wasn’t built to be an NFL-caliber workplace.

The hope - and expectation - is that once the club’s new facility opens, it will improve their grades and rankings. There are two categories not directly tied to the facilities that players identify as priorities -- the first being the food program, which ranks last in taste and freshness. The second issue is the way the team travels, as the team continues the unique practice of sending equipment along with players and staff, which leaves the team sitting on the tarmac for an extended time waiting for the plane to be loaded or unloaded.

Breakdown of Key Categories

• They provide a family room at the stadium
• They provide daycare but not onsite and players have to pay 
• The team charges $75 for the first child and $50 for each additional child per family 
• A major complaint from players is that the daycare is not convenient for the families to use and that the team charges players, unlike most of the teams in the NFL

• They rank 32nd overall in food taste 
• They rank 32nd overall in food freshness 
• Only 55% of players feel they have enough seating in the cafeteria (32nd overall)

• 87% of players feel like they get an individualized plan (12th overall)

• Only 57% of players feel like the locker room is big enough (29th overall) 
• 84% of players feel like they have enough room in their individual lockers (18th overall)

• 86% of players feel they have enough full-time trainers (19th overall) 
• 88% of players feel they have enough full-time physical therapists (12th overall) 
• Only 44% of players feel they have enough hot tub space (30th overall) 
• Only 56% of players feel they have enough cold tub space (31st overall)

• 84% of players feel like they receive enough one-on-one treatment (19th overall) 
• The players feel that the training staff moderately contributes to their success (27th overall)

• The players feel that they have average quality equipment in the weight room (27th overall) 
• The players do not feel they have enough space to train in the weight room (30th overall) 
• A majority of Chargers players believe their facility is no better than offsite locations where they could train. Only five other teams in the league have similarly poor impressions of their own weight room.

• 82% of players feel like they get an individualized plan (25th overall) 
• The players feel that the strength coaches moderately contribute to their success (27th overall)

• The players’ ratings of their travel schedule position them as the fourth worst in the league. The team refuses to send an equipment truck ahead of time, causing them to sit on the tarmac waiting for the plane to be loaded and unloaded. 
• Only 55% of the players feel like they have a comfortable amount of personal space during flights (29th overall) 
• The Chargers do not require that any players have roommates before games

• 96% of players feel former head coach Brandon Staley was efficient with their time (10th overall) 
• The players feel that Brandon Staley was somewhat willing to listen to the locker room (16th overall)

• Club owner Dean Spanos receives a rating of 7.7/10 from Chargers players when considering his willingness to invest in the facilities (24th overall)