You want the NFL in Industry? This guy doesn’t …

Hey man, it’s only business. So you can’t fault AEG CEO Tim Leiweke for his quasi plan to build an NFL stadium in downtown L.A.

Trouble is, if you like the idea of your weekend going something like …

Friday night: Amat game (or whatever your favorite team is)
Saturday: Couch for college football or heaven forbid the Rose Bowl or Coliseum
Sunday: 10 minutes away to INDUSTRY to watch the Los Angeles Jaguars

… then you won’t like Leiweke’s innuendos about a possible competing plan with Industry.

Anyway, The Fat Man was in downtown on Tuesday taking in a luncheon with guys who make 10 times what you and I do. And at this lunch, Leiweke made yet another innuendo about bringing a team to downtown. And guess what, The Fat Man caught it all on tape (digital).

All-Encompassing SGV(N) Top 25 going into Week 6 …


WestCo is up to five straight wins and counting ..

1. Bishop Amat (6-0) — Now the season finally begins
2. Chino Hills (4-1) — Can anybody reach double figures on the Huskies in league?
3. Bonita (5-0) — Pendleton returns on fire with 3 TDs vs. D-Bar
4. West Covina (5-1) — Two biggest league tests still remain; D-Ranch and BoHi
5. Glendora (4-1) — Etiwanda provides first Baseline test for Tarty
6. La Habra (2-3) — Rested Highlanders ready to run through the Freeway again
7. Cantwell (5-0) — Ran over Whittier Christian; Del Rey slate up next
8. Azusa (5-0) — Gave Sierra Vista a hefty dose or reality … now just waiting for brackets
9. Claremont (4-1) — Wolfpack better have a healthy Taj Teague for Chino Hills
10. Charter Oak (3-2) — QB Santiago’s health holds the key to CO’s Sierra chances
11. St. Francis (3-2) — There’s nothing like a trip up to Paso Robles
12. St. Paul (4-1) — Back in August, nobody would’ve bought St. Paul would be 4-1
13. Whittier Christian (5-1) — No shame losing to Cantwell … everybody else does
14. Ayala (4-1) — Bulldogs D can prove its mettle vs. Charter Oak
15. Monrovia (3-2) — Can’t get caught napping in league
16. La Serna (4-1) — Del Rio showdown right off the bat with El Rancho
17. Rowland (4-2) — Pressure’s on Raiders now to salvage at least third in Hacienda
18. Arroyo (5-1) — Rivera returns and Knights roll, it’s just that easy
19. Covina (5-1) — QB Livingston comes off bench to light up Wilson
20. El Rancho (4-1) — Dons get shot right away vs. La Serna in wide-open Del Rio
21. Maranatha (5-1) — Getting the feeling this ranking isn’t high enough
22. Damien (3-3) — Hard to tell if Spartans are good enough to hang in Sierra
23. Diamond Ranch (3-3) — Got a scare against Walnut, but Panthers are back to .500
24. Baldwin Park (2-4) — WC3, WC2 and DJ show detractors where to stick it
25. Arcadia (3-2) — Surprising Apaches look very live in Pacific

Time to give it up for Mrs. Coach …

They say that behind every great man is a great woman. Well, I say behind every high school football coach there’s an even greater woman.

It’s no secret being a football coach these days is beyond a full-time job. Coaches go to work in the morning just like any other teacher, but their day rarely ends at 3 p.m.

Long after school lets out, they’re out on the field or in their office making preparations for that week’s games. And that says nothing for when they’re physically home but mentally still on the field.

The time involved is staggering and gets even more demanding with offseason activities and practice allotments growing annually. The pay, however, stays about the same and works out to pennies per hour, if that.

And behind all of it, for the coaches who choose to get married and have a family, is the wife … taking care of the house and kids and often holding down a job of her own.

After thinking about it, I’m starting to wonder just how much credit we should give Mrs. Coach for each win, league title or playoff berth. Because there’s no way any successful coach could be that good without his wife taking the load off in terms of home life.

But I’m a man, and that’s how we think. As I was reminded, however, by Nancy Farrar, the wife of longtime Charter Oak coach Lou Farrar, women don’t usually view things in terms of wins and losses.

“It goes beyond the wins and learning how to play the game of football,” she said. “I believe in the work these coaches are doing. It has enriched our family’s lives, and I think it would have done so whether it was 0-10 every year or CIF championships.”

The Farrars have been married for 41 years. Nancy said she knew exactly what she was getting into when she married Big Lou, but it was a generational thing that made it easy for her to realize football came first.

Some women may not be so lucky these days because admittedly this generation is different. So Farrar has some sage advice to any would-be coach’s wife.

“There doesn’t need to be a choice between family and coaching,” Farrar said.

“The family can be integrated into the process. Just enjoy it. I’ve seen young women who make it a choice, and it doesn’t have to be that way.”

An example of a coach who’s decided to integrate the two is Arroyo’s Jim Singiser, whose 7- and 13-year-old daughters can’t seem to get enough of the gridiron.

“I think the thing that’s huge is my wife likes football,” Singiser said.

“And now that my daughters are getting older, everything to them is eye candy. I’m looking for the exit door and they’re saying, `You can’t retire.’ My wife says, `You’re not retiring because the girls are having too much fun.’

“They want me on the sidelines because they want to be a part of it. They don’t care about eligibility or wins and losses. Honestly it’s neat, because at the end of the Hart game (a 44-3 loss), they give you a hug and kiss and it’s on to the next week. They’re fairly therapeutic in that way.”

Whether the family is integrated, the bottom line remains that most coaches often put other people’s kids above their own. They don’t do it for money. They don’t do it for fame. They do it to make a difference. And behind the scenes, Mrs. Coach is picking up the slack.

These days you can find proof of society’s deteriorating moral compass anywhere you look, but if you want to find examples of the opposite the guy wearing the headset on Friday night and the little lady up in the stands rooting him on are great first places to look.