More Crony NFL: Raiders dis homeland and fans, move to Las Vegas

I was once a Raiders fan, back when I paid attention to football, which was a long time ago. But the Raiders’s move to Vegas just further solidifies my general contempt for the National Football League. Another team move. Another crony deal.

(From NBC Sports )

Bay Area fans, she said, “deserved better.”

“I am disappointed that the Raiders and the NFL chose Las Vegas over Oakland when we had a fully-financed, shovel-ready stadium project that would have the kept the Raiders in Oakland where they were born and raised,” the statement read.

“I am proud that we stood firm in refusing to use public money to subsidize stadium construction and that we did not capitulate to their unreasonable and unnecessary demand that we choose between our football and baseball franchises.

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