Credibility is an omnipresent issue for any organization that takes itself – and its survival – seriously, and that is never truer than for an organization that comes with more baggage than promise. The reborn United States Football League is a perfect example, attempting a coattail run rooted in a league that fell apart nearly four decades ago after a three-year struggle for longevity that was never to be, a struggle that grasped at the straws of promise that every spring league has flashed before it was devoured by any one of countless circumstances that lay in merciless wait.… Continue reading
Raiders’ Inept Plan Incomplete
The news that NFL owners approved relocation of the Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas is no surprise, but the ineptitude of the plan is.
Just ask the 1996 Houston Oilers. Cities (and fans) don’t like being used, and there’s no reason to believe that Oakland will be any different.… Continue reading