While the Raiders are leaving Oakland for Las Vegas at the end of the season, running back Marshawn Lynch is keeping pro football in the Bay Area. He joined the ownership group of a new professional arena football team that will debut in Oakland next spring as a member of the Indoor Football League, reports The Mercury News' Dieter Kurtenbach.
According to Kurtenbach, there will be a press conference Tuesday to announce head coach Kurt Bryan, the team name and the ownership group. Lynch is helping launch the Panthers, which is a nod to Oakland’s Black Panthers history of the 1960s.