I feel like in spite of what VICE Sports has said, the Raiders move to Las Vegas has everything to do with everything with Alameda Coliseum and California and nothing to do with soul. The fact I've said for years that they would not get any looking deal in California, much less a better looking deal in California is obvious.
And, too, I'd feel a New Stadium would have them playing better at home. And a new locale. It feels like on the road, they are unstoppable, but, at home, it just feels tenative. Other than bag Oakland , the athon it appears to locals, but, the Roarcle has a short future, and the A's have been given the silent treatment under Manfred.
The fact of the short future is the safety and security of the crumbling Coliseum. It is not a novelty, and in a period where people replace stadiums for no reason other than to get the right tax breaks, the fact that a replacement in Oakland is prohibitive because they just can't claw deeper into the community than they have already.
There aren't any easy answers. The only thing easier would have been 3-9, but, that would have been tough, too. I think the rest of the MLB and NFL would be pushed into a corner over the A's and Raiders being Las Vegas's from now on, and it is not a corner the other 59 Owners care to sign off at will. It, in a period where home is elastic, and not belonging, has everything to do with Alameda Coliseum making Grambling's Football Barn feel shameful and nothing to do with soul
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