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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
I'm pretty sure the NFL was willing to kick in $500 million to help the Chargers stadium deal. If they did the same for the Raiders to stay in Oakland, and Mark Davis kicked in a couple hundred million, something like $750 million will still get you a really nice stadium. Maybe not JerryWorld or KroenkeWorld, but obviously a massive upgrade to their current dump.
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Problem is Mark is cash poor. The Raiders is all he has and his dad made things more difficult by selling shares in the team to be able to give big free agent signing bonuses on some of those horrendous contracts he handed out prior to his passing. Mark can't afford to sell any more ownership in the team without losing his majority stake. He really doesn't have a lot of options and needs a sweetheart deal. This is why the NFL would prefer he sell the team as the current stadium situation is a black eye, visiting teams hate playing in that facility when there is shale on the turf, and the self made millionaire owners at the big table don't want to have divert any of their profits into bailing out this poor schmuck.