Oakland Raiders’
owner Al Davis always struck me as scum, and his son Mark is proudly carrying
on that tradition by getting NFL owners to sign off on his proposed move to Las
Vegas. How quaint of the Dolphins’
Stephen Ross, the only to vote against the franchise shift, to say that “we as
owners and as a league owe it to the fans to do everything we can to stay in
the communities that have supported us until all options have been exhausted,”
or in the case of the Raiders, Las Vegas comes up with $750 million in public
funding for the $1.7 billion project.
Let it be noted for the record Ross spent $500 million of his own money
to update what was once Joe Robbie (now Hard Rock) Stadium.
But paying for
stuff with your own money isn’t how most professional sports’ team owners do
things nowadays, Ross and the Ricketts’ family excepted; the 30-year mortgage
is for suckers, and season’s-ticket holders.
If the Raiders' move is the injury, here’s the insult—they may not leave
Oakland for two to three years, until their desert palace is ready. Boy, won’t players feel the love from Oakland
fans. I bet Mark Davis will be a real
man about it, though, and walk the sidelines without fear of what may come his
way.
Mothers, don’t
let your children grow up to be fans of a pro sports’ team. It’ll only break their hearts.
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