The future of OAKLAND Raiders fans!

Dane Martinez, Zach Seekins, and Producer Chris Bivona give their opinions on what Raiders fans from Oakland will do once they make their move to Las Vegas. #FNTSY #NFL #Raiders #LasVegas #LosAngeles #Oakland #Dolphins #SteveRoss

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Can I want to get into this a little bit
one of the things we've been talking about all week,
and Chris Bavona, I'd love to get your thoughts because
you were just in Las Vegas, right. So we've been
talking about this Raiders move. We've been talking about this
Raiders move for a little bit um and and I
have new information to bring to the to bring to
the Fantasy Freestyle listeners Chris yesterday. But we were talking
about it's like, what do you do if you're an

(00:20):
Oakland Raiders fan. If you're an Oakland Raiders fan, do
you cheer for this team? Do you buy season tickets?
You give them the money to support this team? Because
unlike the Rams and unlike the Chargers, this team is
on the precipice of contending for a you know, an
NFC championship, potentially Super Bowl, especially in the next two years,
as Car moves on, as Mac moves on. You know,
So if you're a Raiders fan in l A, do

(00:41):
support the team? Do you protest? You know? That was
the whole question we had. We've been talking about the
Raiders for a lot this week, and check this out
new information I read UH and dead Spin, the U.
The Raiders actually refinanced their thing with Oakland Alameda Coliseum
so many times, and they were gonna do the PSL
that's how they were gonna pay for it. They didn't
sell enough PSLs and with the interest um, they were

(01:04):
on the hook for three fifty million dollars, so they
refinance their loans right for that that the taxpayers are
having to pay and now they have to pay this
until two thousand and twenty five, regardless of if the
Raiders are there or not, they have to pay. The
taxpayers will now have to pay thirteen million dollars. The
county has to make that up in tax money every
year from now until two thousand and twenty five, regardless.

(01:25):
So maybe if you was a Raiders fan that I
was like, no, no, not, It's okay. I'll still go
out and support the team. I'm gonna cheer for them.
I'm gonna wax pope poetic and nostalgic about them. I'm
gonna relish every opportunity I can. Does it change your
mind knowing that your tax dollars are still going to
repay the refinancial bill for the colisseum when it was
originally done for al Davis and you're gonna be on

(01:45):
the hook for that until two thousand and twenty five. Chris,
how does that make you feel? So as a Los
Angeles Raiders fan, excuse me because you said l A.
That's actually where most of the Las Vegas fans are from.
Most of the Vegas Raiders fans are from Los Angeles.
They didn't want the Raiders in Los Angeles. They're like, no,

(02:06):
we want a reason to go out to Vegas. So
this is great. From from a Los Angeles Raiders perspective,
I think it's great. I think it's amazing for them.
For the Oakland Raiders fans, I think this is absolutely terrible.
It's a very sad day for them. Not only that,
if I was an Oakland Raiders fan, I would give up.
I would give up team football and I just become

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a fantasy football fan. Interesting. Interesting, but check this out.
Oakland doesn't want them either. Oakland doesn't want them there either.
Check this out. I have quotes now from the executive
director of what is known. I didn't even know this existed,
something called the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Authority. These are
the people that actually run the stadium and actually execute

(02:46):
the lease that they have. The executive director, a guy
named Scott McGibbon, says, I would say to you with
the highest level of confidence, my opinion and the recommendation
of my board members, there's no way we have an
appetite for the third season here in Oakland. That would
be the two thousand nineteenes his season before they actually move.
He goes on to say, He goes on to say,

(03:07):
we have two more years of lease options right now,
but it's actually financial to lead to our benefit if
we didn't exercide the options, and and even if they
didn't play here in two thousands seventeen or two thousand eighteen,
they're trying to get out of the least. They want
no part of this because they don't want fans protesting outside.
They don't want God forbid them to be even better

(03:28):
and then walk away. You know this sort of thing.
It's real bad. I think they're gonna wind up in
San Antonio, to be quite honest, I think they're gonna
wind up in San Antonio. Or I think they're they're
gonna wind up playing a lot of games in Mexico City.
And you know what I'm saying, I can see that happening.
Remember the st want to Saint Antonio for a little
while after the Katrina You know. So, I don't think
it's gonna be a good scene down there in Oakland.

(03:48):
I think it's really really bad. And I'll tell you what, um, Chris,
you mentioned that Raiders fans, you know, you could just
become Fantasy football fans instead. I think what they are
gonna wind up doing, to be quite honest, I think
they gonna become Miami Dolphin fans. And here's why. Stephen Ross,
the Dolphins owner, he was the only one that voted
no on this move. Okay, Stephen Ross, it went thirty

(04:09):
one to one. Steven Ross is the only guy who
said no. And and and you know why, in my opinion,
because Stephen Ross spent five hundred million dollars of his
own money to renovate the Dolphins stadium. And now, basically
what Mark Davis is looking for is that corporate welfare,
you know. So it's either that or here's another idea,
and I want to get your take on it, Mr
Chris Bovona and my Man Sports with Z. Also, now,

(04:31):
with the Raiders moving to Vegas, that means Super Bowls
will be played in Vegas. That means less Super Bowls
will be played in Miami. That's money out of Steven
Ross's pocket. So not only does he have less Super Bowls,
but uh, you know, he had to put up five
hundred million dollars to renovate his stadium. The Raiders, they
just get to move somewhere else and have the taxpayers

(04:51):
pay for it. I I understand. I think you should
ride with the only owner who voted no. That would
be Stephen Ross and the Miami Dolphins going over to
Miami because it's the same kind of spirit down there
in Miami too. What do you think? What do you think, Zach?
I think it's you know, I was talking to an
Oakland Raiders fan actually a couple of days ago, and
he was telling me, you know, He's like, I'm you know,
I'm an Okland Raiders fan. I'm gonna be a Raiders
fan no matter what. But you know, the way Miami

(05:13):
handled you know, owners, I think owners should pay for
their Why are you giving the taxpayers that That's ridiculous