Sports & Politics Intersect: Oakland sues over pending Raiders departure
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“Before a team is ripped from the fabric of a community, there needs to be a valid reason other than simply money. The City of Oakland deserved better treatment.” - Clifford Pearson, lead attorney from Pearson, Simon & Warshaw, LLP In the midst of an awfSports & Politics Intersect: Oakland sues over pending Raiders departure
“Before a team is ripped from the fabric of a community, there needs to be a valid reason other than simply money. The City of Oakland deserved better treatment.” - Clifford Pearson, lead attorney from Pearson, Simon & Warshaw, LLP In the midst of an awful season in which the Oakland Raiders have seen Khalil Mack and Amari Cooper excel in their new homes, the Raiders, along with the other 31 NFL teams, are being sued for violating federal antitrust law for trying to move into their own new home. The city of Oakland contends that the Raiders moving to Las Vegas not only violates federal law but also the NFL’s relocation guidelines set in 1983 — ironically after the Raiders sued the NFL for, you guessed it, antitrust violations. While the city isn’t going to try and force the Raiders to stay in Oakland, it will seek “a resolution for the maximum amount of damages available.” The city alleges that the more than $370 million in relocation fees paid to the 31 other NFL teams is an illegal move to get the own Read more