In the shadow of OakTown this is what everybody is bracing themselves for:
I'd hate to see them move but I am getting less and less hopeful. Oakland keeps screwing around and they seem to be fumbling their chances away. I am pretty tired of the city of Oakland screwing around with the Raiders.
I'd love to see them move. I go to Vegas; not Oakland.
well your not going to get your wish charlie.
In 95 after both the Rams and Raiders left LA for smaller markets and the Oilers then did the same thing one year later in 96 moving from Houston, a major media market to Nashville "which is as huge as leaving LA the second biggest media market for st louis,the 37th biggest media market."
the NFL got MUCH tougher on NFL relocation rules drawing up rules in 97 that teams cannot leave a major media market for a smaller market anymore because that hurt revenue sharing amongst the teams back then.
WHY do you suppose other than the Rams,no NFL team has relocated since then in 96? lol THAT is why. That is WHY the Raiders wont be moving to vegas either. They would be leaving the 6th biggest media market in the country -oakland,for the 48th biggest media market.Not happening.
But then again I expect YOU to think they will move there though since logic and common sense never registered with you that the Rams were coming back even though I spelled it out for you back then that even a CHILD could have seen the obvious.
so dream on in your fantasys the Raiders will move to vegas just like the fantasys you had the rams were still going to play in st louis this year.
I can see reality is something you dont like to deal with though.
I don't know the ins and outs. Apparently, the Raiders feel like they can move.
well THAT is correct. But remember,Mark Davis is an idiot.He does not have the smarts his dad did. If not for his dad,he would be a complete nobody.He just happened to be the son of a man that had power and influence in the NFL. Mark doesnt have that like his father did.
He is so stupid he thinks he will be able to move them with no problem not able to grasp it that NFL rules for relocation have changed 180 degrees since his father moved the Raiders to LA and Colts owner Robert Irsey did in the middle of the night in the 80's . Teams can no longer just pack up in the middle of the night and move as they please as Irsey did in Baltimore in 1984. You have to get 24 of the 31 NFL owners to approve the move.
Kroneke got the 24 votes because the NFL wanted a team in LA and saw that the Rams were the only fit that made sense but most importantly,they wanted an owner with deep pockets to be in LA and Kroneke has more money than Davis and Spanos COMBINED!!!! being the second richest owner after the seahawks paul allen.
Davis will never get that approval because of two things.
1-He wont get the 24 neccessary votes because most the owners hate the davis family,they are sore at his father suing the league to move them to LA.
2.they would be violating NFL rules to move from a major market to a much smaller market.Plus Davis is not rich like Kroneke.He wants Vegas to fund and build the stadium for him he is so poor.
He cant privately finance it and build it on his own like Kroneke is.
He wants a handout from everybody problem he is so broke.lol Problem is Vegas has said they are not going to put in the public funds for a new stadium.wise move on their part.Let these greedy rich owners build their OWN freaking stadium like kroneke is doing.
