Chargers move to L.A., create new logo, get mocked for said logo

With the Chargers' move to Los Angeles, the team needed a new logo. The one they came up with is...pretty terrible.

Jan 12, 2017, 10:22 AM Updated: 2:56 pm

Late Wednesday evening, word began to leak that the San Diego Chargers planned on moving to Los Angeles.

Thursday morning, it became official.

Long rumored to be interested in the Los Angeles market, the Chargers will finally start playing games in Tinseletown in 2017, with owner Dean Spanos explaining the decision in a letter.

That was bad enough, but then the logo happened:

The new logo from the now-Los Angeles @Chargers pic.twitter.com/rm4NorXtOA

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 12, 2017

San Diego fans are understandably upset with the ordeal — and to an extent, we feel their pain — but in a saving grace, the internet has since provided some laughter over the fact that the team’s new logo is, well, awful.

Some people pointed out how…umm…simple the design seems to be.

Guess it's better than the second place logo choice. pic.twitter.com/qVaecVC6rr

— Chris Burke (@ChrisBurke_SI) January 12, 2017

The LA Chargers logo looks like some just peeped the Dodgers logo, clicked 'italicize' and turned it in. I'm sick pic.twitter.com/TzZoSSY4W1

— Jablogi Parker (@KofieYeboah) January 12, 2017

When you need a new logo so you just take the @Dodgers logo and add a bolt. @Chargers pic.twitter.com/m6wAJuEApk

— Tyler Brooke (@TylerDBrooke) January 12, 2017

"It's sort of like the Dodgers but the font is edgy and there's a lightning bolt"

-Graphic designer that somehow got paid for this. pic.twitter.com/NNCwUtif9I

— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) January 12, 2017

Others thought they had seen it in the movies.

pic.twitter.com/ellfS2SPnb

— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) January 12, 2017

Others simply made fun of it.

Wow cool it looks like the @Dodgers have released a new logo too pic.twitter.com/3Y6gptzXxB

— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) January 12, 2017

Chargers graphic designers out here like pic.twitter.com/R8xJ4NZfBa

— Anthony Bartoloni (@YoAnty_) January 12, 2017

pic.twitter.com/28pxIMPOLG

— Jimmy Donofrio (@JimmyDonofrio) January 12, 2017

https://twitter.com/DanRubenstein/status/819587375357710337

Damn, you guys are fast. #Chargers pic.twitter.com/AsAoGKCk4e

— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) January 12, 2017

It’s gotten to the point where other professional teams are even poking fun.

*checks mentions*
*squints*
*clears throat*

for the record, us & the @dodgers are just friends https://t.co/jBoJhZlYVD

— Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) January 12, 2017