See Ya, Baby! : OK, Hollywood, Here’s the Script : Analysis: With endless scenarios, are you ready for the L.A. Buccaneers playing at Eisner Stadium?

Now that professional football here is history . . . are you ready for some volleyball?

In the next two years, the NFL’s future in Southern California will be batted back and forth from show people to horse people to mouse people.

One day three teams will announce plans to move here.

The next day, four rich people will announce plans to build stadiums for those teams.

The next week, one of those teams will move to Toronto, the other two will receive lucrative new deals from home governments, and stadium builders will despondently announce they have lost all their money while watching a Friday night card with R.D. Hubbard.

“Now you’re going to have characters falling out of trees saying ‘I want to come to L.A.,’ ” warned John Steadman, longtime sports columnist in long-suffering Baltimore. “You’re going to have entrepreneurs coming in and trying to make a deal. I don’t know how you will turn off expeditions formed by dreamers that want to use a community.”

The advice of those fans in Baltimore, which has been without the NFL since the Colts left for Indianapolis before the 1984 season, is threefold.

Believe nothing. Trust no one.

But listen to everything.

Here’s how the process will work.

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--The league formally rids the city of the Raiders. This will happen at a special owner’s meeting tentatively scheduled for July 14 in Chicago.

The vote will be close, but Davis should get the required 23 of 30 approval votes.

The league owners do not want the Raiders to leave, but if they force them to stay, where would they make them play?

Owners have long felt there is no acceptable NFL stadium in Los Angeles. They believed the Coliseum would work for the next two years, but only because fans would flock there with the promise of ticket priority at the new stadium.

With the new stadium agreement now worthless, the Coliseum is no longer an option. By allowing the Rams to leave, the owners showed their feelings about Anaheim Stadium. And it is agreed that the Rose Bowl needs renovations.

The biggest legal hurdle for Davis is a timing issue. But Commissioner Paul Tagliabue recently sent Davis a letter promising to recommend waiving the requirement that he inform the league of his move 30 days before the annual league meetings, which were held in March.

After all, Davis has been speaking with the league about this move since the end of the season. Tagliabue figures that should count for something.

Expect owners to try to extract a hefty relocation fee from Davis--they charged the Rams $46 million--which could cause some problems.

But none of that would stop the move. Davis could sue the league over their demands and fight the case in court while playing in Oakland.

“Obviously it is premature for me to comment right now, but since we open the season on the road against the Raiders, I hope a decision is made soon,” said Dean Spanos, San Diego Charger president. “I’m sure it’s going to be a very sensitive issue.”

Other owners Friday either could not be reached for comment or ducked questions.

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--The league formally invites prospective expansion owners to bid for Los Angeles in hopes that an expansion team could be picked and formed by the start of the new TV contract in 1998. This could also happen at the July meeting.

Tagliabue would open the expansion process and invite anyone with about $200 million to make their pitch. It is not known whether the league would try to expand into Toronto, another attractive market, at the same time.

Prospective owners would not have to be from Los Angeles, although priority would probably be given to those with local ties and built-in support.

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--The league formally invites prospective stadium builders to make their pitch to build a facility that the league could support with Super Bowls, much like the dead Hollywood Park deal. Michael Eisner, Disney chairman, is waiting for this part.

Eisner has already contacted NFL owners about his idea to build a football-only stadium next to Anaheim Stadium. He would also build an accompanying football fantasy world similar to the traveling “NFL Experience” attraction that is operated at Super Bowls.

Even though Hollywood Park officials already have the paperwork on a potential deal, there is concern that without the Raiders--and perhaps without UCLA now--funding would be difficult.

Funding for Eisner would not be an issue.

Expect at least a half-dozen other groups to make pitches, from superagent Michael Ovitz to the Rose Bowl officials to groups from El Segundo and Long Beach.

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--Existing teams make their pitch to come to Los Angeles. For fans, this is the fun part.

Those teams hoping to play in an NFL-supported stadium probably would have to gain approval from the league before even discussing a move.

But if you are willing to play in an existing stadium, well, officials from the Arizona Cardinals reportedly have already contacted Coliseum officials, who may be wondering if Buddy Ryan is really more ornery than Al Davis.

Expect numerous teams to discuss moving here, and expect those discussions to be loud, the better for city fathers to hear.

Already, the Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals have been moved to the back of the relocation line after their local governments heard the rumors and promised more money.

The Seattle Seahawks are making noises about moving here, but it would take a court fight to escape their lease. And for TV reasons, the league would rather move someone here from the Eastern time zone.

Yes, the Cardinals are a candidate. And owner Bill Bidwill is angry enough to do it, because he is not going to get the new stadium that his city officials verbally promised when he moved there from St. Louis.

But there are probably no existing stadiums here who would want his lifeless franchise. And the league is looking for more of a marketing whiz to recharge Los Angeles.

For now, the two top candidates are the Minnesota Vikings and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The Vikings are openly complaining about the lack of revenue they receive in the Metrodome, and city officials there are already worried that the team is considering a move.

But the Buccaneers are the best early bet.

They are obligated to remain in Tampa Bay for only two more seasons, under an agreement signed by new owner Malcolm Glazer. They have a potentially exciting young team.

And a guy who has said he would like to coach there was looking for a house in Los Angeles this week.

Just as Al Davis was leaving, Jimmy Johnson was making plans to move in.

It’s only speculation. But get used it.