OAKLAND
Ray Perez and members of Make Oakland Better (MOB), the grass-roots group he co-founded to keep the Raiders in their current zip code, grasps the urgency of the situation.
This is their Seattle. This is the Kings’ relocation clash in pads and cleats.
Within the next several weeks, the NFL owners will decide whether to relocate the resurgent Raiders to Las Vegas, per Mark Davis’ desires, or cooperate with Ronnie Lott on a last-minute stunner, per David Stern and the NBA, and keep the team where it is – or somewhere nearby.
Davis – who has morphed into a combination of Steve Ballmer and Chris Hansen, the Seattle-based tech titans who tried to bury the Kings and rename them the Sonics – already has informed the league that he will file for relocation before the Jan.