Speaker 1: Can I want to get into this a little bit
Speaker 1: one of the things we've been talking about all week,
Speaker 1: and Chris Bavona, I'd love to get your thoughts because
Speaker 1: you were just in Las Vegas, right. So we've been
Speaker 1: talking about this Raiders move. We've been talking about this
Speaker 1: Raiders move for a little bit um and and I
Speaker 1: have new information to bring to the to bring to
Speaker 1: the Fantasy Freestyle listeners Chris yesterday. But we were talking
Speaker 1: about it's like, what do you do if you're an
Speaker 1: Oakland Raiders fan. If you're an Oakland Raiders fan, do
Speaker 1: you cheer for this team? Do you buy season tickets?
Speaker 1: You give them the money to support this team? Because
Speaker 1: unlike the Rams and unlike the Chargers, this team is
Speaker 1: on the precipice of contending for a you know, an
Speaker 1: NFC championship, potentially Super Bowl, especially in the next two years,
Speaker 1: as Car moves on, as Mac moves on. You know,
Speaker 1: So if you're a Raiders fan in l A, do
Speaker 1: support the team? Do you protest? You know? That was
Speaker 1: the whole question we had. We've been talking about the
Speaker 1: Raiders for a lot this week, and check this out
Speaker 1: new information I read UH and dead Spin, the U.
Speaker 1: The Raiders actually refinanced their thing with Oakland Alameda Coliseum
Speaker 1: so many times, and they were gonna do the PSL
Speaker 1: that's how they were gonna pay for it. They didn't
Speaker 1: sell enough PSLs and with the interest um, they were
Speaker 1: on the hook for three fifty million dollars, so they
Speaker 1: refinance their loans right for that that the taxpayers are
Speaker 1: having to pay and now they have to pay this
Speaker 1: until two thousand and twenty five, regardless of if the
Speaker 1: Raiders are there or not, they have to pay. The
Speaker 1: taxpayers will now have to pay thirteen million dollars. The
Speaker 1: county has to make that up in tax money every
Speaker 1: year from now until two thousand and twenty five, regardless.
Speaker 1: So maybe if you was a Raiders fan that I
Speaker 1: was like, no, no, not, It's okay. I'll still go
Speaker 1: out and support the team. I'm gonna cheer for them.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna wax pope poetic and nostalgic about them. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna relish every opportunity I can. Does it change your
Speaker 1: mind knowing that your tax dollars are still going to
Speaker 1: repay the refinancial bill for the colisseum when it was
Speaker 1: originally done for al Davis and you're gonna be on
Speaker 1: the hook for that until two thousand and twenty five. Chris,
Speaker 1: how does that make you feel? So as a Los
Speaker 1: Angeles Raiders fan, excuse me because you said l A.
Speaker 1: That's actually where most of the Las Vegas fans are from.
Speaker 1: Most of the Vegas Raiders fans are from Los Angeles.
Speaker 1: They didn't want the Raiders in Los Angeles. They're like, no,
Speaker 1: we want a reason to go out to Vegas. So
Speaker 1: this is great. From from a Los Angeles Raiders perspective,
Speaker 1: I think it's great. I think it's amazing for them.
Speaker 1: For the Oakland Raiders fans, I think this is absolutely terrible.
Speaker 1: It's a very sad day for them. Not only that,
Speaker 1: if I was an Oakland Raiders fan, I would give up.
Speaker 1: I would give up team football and I just become
Speaker 1: a fantasy football fan. Interesting. Interesting, but check this out.
Speaker 1: Oakland doesn't want them either. Oakland doesn't want them there either.
Speaker 1: Check this out. I have quotes now from the executive
Speaker 1: director of what is known. I didn't even know this existed,
Speaker 1: something called the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Authority. These are
Speaker 1: the people that actually run the stadium and actually execute
Speaker 1: the lease that they have. The executive director, a guy
Speaker 1: named Scott McGibbon, says, I would say to you with
Speaker 1: the highest level of confidence, my opinion and the recommendation
Speaker 1: of my board members, there's no way we have an
Speaker 1: appetite for the third season here in Oakland. That would
Speaker 1: be the two thousand nineteenes his season before they actually move.
Speaker 1: He goes on to say, He goes on to say,
Speaker 1: we have two more years of lease options right now,
Speaker 1: but it's actually financial to lead to our benefit if
Speaker 1: we didn't exercide the options, and and even if they
Speaker 1: didn't play here in two thousands seventeen or two thousand eighteen,
Speaker 1: they're trying to get out of the least. They want
Speaker 1: no part of this because they don't want fans protesting outside.
Speaker 1: They don't want God forbid them to be even better
Speaker 1: and then walk away. You know this sort of thing.
Speaker 1: It's real bad. I think they're gonna wind up in
Speaker 1: San Antonio, to be quite honest, I think they're gonna
Speaker 1: wind up in San Antonio. Or I think they're they're
Speaker 1: gonna wind up playing a lot of games in Mexico City.
Speaker 1: And you know what I'm saying, I can see that happening.
Speaker 1: Remember the st want to Saint Antonio for a little
Speaker 1: while after the Katrina You know. So, I don't think
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a good scene down there in Oakland.
Speaker 1: I think it's really really bad. And I'll tell you what, um, Chris,
Speaker 1: you mentioned that Raiders fans, you know, you could just
Speaker 1: become Fantasy football fans instead. I think what they are
Speaker 1: gonna wind up doing, to be quite honest, I think
Speaker 1: they gonna become Miami Dolphin fans. And here's why. Stephen Ross,
Speaker 1: the Dolphins owner, he was the only one that voted
Speaker 1: no on this move. Okay, Stephen Ross, it went thirty
Speaker 1: one to one. Steven Ross is the only guy who
Speaker 1: said no. And and and you know why, in my opinion,
Speaker 1: because Stephen Ross spent five hundred million dollars of his
Speaker 1: own money to renovate the Dolphins stadium. And now, basically
Speaker 1: what Mark Davis is looking for is that corporate welfare,
Speaker 1: you know. So it's either that or here's another idea,
Speaker 1: and I want to get your take on it, Mr
Speaker 1: Chris Bovona and my Man Sports with Z. Also, now,
Speaker 1: with the Raiders moving to Vegas, that means Super Bowls
Speaker 1: will be played in Vegas. That means less Super Bowls
Speaker 1: will be played in Miami. That's money out of Steven
Speaker 1: Ross's pocket. So not only does he have less Super Bowls,
Speaker 1: but uh, you know, he had to put up five
Speaker 1: hundred million dollars to renovate his stadium. The Raiders, they
Speaker 1: just get to move somewhere else and have the taxpayers
Speaker 1: pay for it. I I understand. I think you should
Speaker 1: ride with the only owner who voted no. That would
Speaker 1: be Stephen Ross and the Miami Dolphins going over to
Speaker 1: Miami because it's the same kind of spirit down there
Speaker 1: in Miami too. What do you think? What do you think, Zach?
Speaker 1: I think it's you know, I was talking to an
Speaker 1: Oakland Raiders fan actually a couple of days ago, and
Speaker 1: he was telling me, you know, He's like, I'm you know,
Speaker 1: I'm an Okland Raiders fan. I'm gonna be a Raiders
Speaker 1: fan no matter what. But you know, the way Miami
Speaker 1: handled you know, owners, I think owners should pay for
Speaker 1: their Why are you giving the taxpayers that That's ridiculous