San Diego is getting the second chance that Cleveland never got 20 years ago.

Indeed, Chargers owner Alex Spanos is no Art Modell.

It was announced Friday that the Chargers and Los Angeles Rams have reached an agreement to share a new stadium in the L.A. suburb of Inglewood beginning in the 2017 season.

But the Rams may have to go it alone, or with someone else such as the Oakland Raiders.

That’s because Spanos apparently wants to stay in San Diego for the long term, not just for the 2016 season, which they will do regardless.

“This has been our home for 55 years, and I want to keep the team here and provide the world-class stadium experience you deserve,” Spanos wrote in a statement released by the Chargers. “Everyone on both sides of the table in San Diego must now determine the best next steps and how to deploy the additional resources provided by the NFL. I am committed to looking at this with a fresh perspective and new sense of possibility.”

Good for the fans in San Diego. Maybe the Chargers will stay put after all, which would be a great story because they should remain where they’ve been since 1961. The near-miss may force things to get done instead of just being talked about.

And if that doesn’t happen, then Spanos has every right to uproot the franchise and move it up the West Coast.

When Modell announced on Nov. 6, 1995 that he was moving the original Browns franchise to Baltimore following that season, Cleveland was unable to stop him. An agreement was reached whereby Modell was allowed to go while Cleveland would retain the franchise’s name, colors and records and get a new Browns team in 1999. That forced Browns fans to do without football for three seasons, 1996, ’97 and ’98.

If Browns fans had had the chance to save the original Browns, then they unquestionably would have done so.

Here’s hoping Chargers fans seize upon this unique second opportunity.