In the end, all of the drama had been sucked out of the Oakland Raiders’ relocation vote. Word had been circulating for days that Mark Davis had done enough to secure the 24 needed votes and that the actual vote was merely a formality. And unlike a lot of rumors that circulate around the owners meetings, this one proved to be accurate.
Some expected some of the old guard owners – the Rooneys and the Maras – to perhaps, cast a symbolic vote against, but in the end, the vote was overwhelmingly in favor of the move – 31-1.