Sorry man but I gotta disagree. Spanos has been somewhat doing that for a decade and a half. As much as I'd like to agree, I really do believe without the pressure tactic that Stan put down, there would be no headway at this point. I still think Stan saw the writing on the wall with how the city and CVC were reacting and decided he wasn't going to wait around pleading.
Just wondering, how many other teams ended up having the Governor step in and form a task force because the city wasn't getting things done? Maybe others but I don't recall hearing about them.
Well, we won't ever know for sure will we? Because he didn't try. Because he had no desire to. He got a arbitration decision against the management of the dome and moved on. He didn't see how the city reacted. I can see your point somewhat on the speed. We probably wouldn't be this far so fast without the threat. Of course, I can run a mile faster if someone holds a gun to my head and threatens me too. Doesn't mean I couldn't have finished the mile without the threat, nor does it make it right.
And this may be just me, I doubt I'd feel differently on this if I lived in any city, but maybe a billionaire should have to ask a bit before getting stadiums built. After all, he's only owned the team outright a measly 3 years. And he's just now even eligible to move. There are schools and libraries that can't get built in that time frame.
But anyway, that's water under the bridge. I was just expressing my jealousy over the Raiders being so reasonable.
