Quote:Many people, including business leaders, were/are very turned off by Chargers owner Dean Spanos. Many of these same people look at Raiders owner Mark Davis much more favorably. Private investment funds in San Diego which at least one major investor refused to put into the mix with Spanos could be in pay with Davis.  

 

There are many San Diego NFL fans that want nothing to do with Spanos and the Los Angeles Chargers that would gladly support the San Diego Raiders. That much more considering their contempt for Spanos and wanting him to fail in LA.  On top of this, the Raiders have the largest NFL fan base in Southern California. When the Chargers hosted the Raiders in San Diego back in December, 85 % of the fans were Raiders fans.

 

The Raiders have done a very good job in putting talent in place under GM Reggie McKenzie. They have a long term advantage at QB that the other teams in the AFC West can't currently match.

 

They were turned off by Dean Spanos because of his threat to move the team unless thousands of travelers pay a higher hotel room tax. I don't blame them one bit. Now they get a lot of Raiders fans because of their move to Los Angeles, which can only increase home field disadvantage at that annual game.

 

NFL.com analyst Adam Schein officially voted for Derek Carr over Matt Ryan because the V is for value. He knows the whole team is better with #4 and can't win without him.

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