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Raiders fans plead with NFL execs to keep team in Oakland
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Raiders-fans-plead-with-NFL-execs-to-keep-team-in-6599804.phpBedecked in jerseys, silver and black face paint and helmets bearing their team’s sword logo, hundreds of fans of the Oakland Raiders thronged to a National Football League hearing Thursday to decry the team’s controversial bid to move to Southern California.
Several fans said their parents and grandparents had gone to Raiders games before them. Some compared the potential move to splitting up a family. Many arrived in full Raiders regalia: silver hair dye, skull paint, spikes protruding from their football jerseys. At least one man had a Raiders tattoo on his arm.
The hearing at Oakland’s Paramount Theatre was the last stop in a three-city tour to hear what fans have to say that kicked off in St. Louis on Tuesday and continued Wednesday in San Diego before culminating in Oakland. All three cities stand to lose their football teams: While the Raiders and San Diego Chargers are in talks to share a venue in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke is jockeying to build a new stadium in Inglewood and return his team to Southern California....
Davis professed admiration for the passion and loyalty of Oakland’s fan base. Several people who spoke at the hearing said they’d spent a large share of their income buying annual season tickets to see the Raiders. Some had driven from as far as Fresno to vent to the NFL in Oakland.
Several fans said their parents and grandparents had gone to Raiders games before them. Some compared the potential move to splitting up a family. Many arrived in full Raiders regalia: silver hair dye, skull paint, spikes protruding from their football jerseys. At least one man had a Raiders tattoo on his arm.
The hearing at Oakland’s Paramount Theatre was the last stop in a three-city tour to hear what fans have to say that kicked off in St. Louis on Tuesday and continued Wednesday in San Diego before culminating in Oakland. All three cities stand to lose their football teams: While the Raiders and San Diego Chargers are in talks to share a venue in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke is jockeying to build a new stadium in Inglewood and return his team to Southern California....
Davis professed admiration for the passion and loyalty of Oakland’s fan base. Several people who spoke at the hearing said they’d spent a large share of their income buying annual season tickets to see the Raiders. Some had driven from as far as Fresno to vent to the NFL in Oakland.
