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If you thought the playing surface looked a little rough with both USC and the Rams playing there in 2016, it could get a lot rougher in 2017.

Brent Schrotenboer of USA Today explains that the Chargers are talking to the L.A. Coliseum Commission about playing there next season.

“In light of the vote of the people of San Diego, it’s back on the table in earnest,” L.A. Coliseum Commission President Mark Ridley-Thomas said, via Schrotenboer. “So the appropriate amount of due diligence continues to be done, and we will see if in fact we can strike a deal.”

The StubHub Center, a much smaller venue, reportedly has been identified as another potential location. Which gives the Chargers two options. Which gives the Chargers leverage in the discussions with both venues.

There’s likely more than meets the eye on this one, given the game of four-dimensional chess currently being played in connection with the future locations of the Chargers and Raiders. Still, with little more than a month to go before the Chargers’ window of opportunity for an L.A. move closes, the Chargers need to be making arrangements for next year, because if they announce an intention to move to L.A., they’ll move immediately.