Goldman Sachs 're-evaluating' Raiders' Vegas relocation, move in 'jeopardy'
Source: USA Today
Nary one day had passed after casino mogul Sheldon Adelson took back his $650 million investment stake, and now the Silver and Black’s financial safety net Goldman Sachs is re-evaluating their involvement altogether, per ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne.
Adelson’s departure already means a loss of $650 million (out of the $1.9 billion Las Vegas stadium plan), for the Raiders.
As for why the investment firm is having double thoughts, the answer is fairly simply to Stanford sports economist Roger Noll, who told the Mercury News Monday night:
“Goldman Sachs would not be a source of an equity investment unless they owned a part of the team,” said Noll. Either they are making a loan to Mark Davis or they are buying the team. No other explanation makes sense.”
Read more: http://raiderswire.usatoday.com/2017/01/31/goldman-sachs-re-evaluating-raiders-vegas-relocation-move-in-jeopardy/
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Study shows Raiders have worst fans, Cardinals biggest bandwagoners
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A new study analyzing NFL fan quality places Raiders fans at the bottom and Cardinals supporters most likely to jump the bandwagon.
Based on the 2014 season, Emory Sports Marketing Analytics used advanced statistical metrics to rate fan bases in terms of “Fan Equity,” “Social Media Equity” and a bandwagon ranking (based upon how discerning fans are when buying tickets relative to a team's winning percentage).
The Raiders sit in last place on the Fan Equity scale, based on the average of scores from the past three seasons which take into account how willing fans are to support their team financially. The Dallas Cowboys are first, a title they've held the last five years by these metrics. The Seattle Seahawks, somewhat surprisingly, rank 27th.
Pittsburgh came in first in the Social Media Equity ranks, and the Cardinals last. Arizona also came in first in the bandwagon rankings, suggesting their fans are most responsive to winning percentage when purchasing tickets. To be fair, they may not all be bandwagoners in the strongest sense of the word – perhaps they just better understand when the on-field product is watchable. New Orleans, Buffalo, Oakland and Washington round out the top five.
http://www.si.com/nfl/2015/07/11/nfl-fan-study-oakland-raiders-arizona-cardinals
Top 15 NFL Teams With The Most Fan Arrests
They only got beat out of 1st place with the most fan arrests by the 49ers
2. Oakland Raiders
The tough blue collar city of Oakland is home to one of the league’s rowdiest fan bases. Every NFL fan knows that Raider Nation is mean, tough, and proud. In fact, their pride is so apparent in every game that it has led to various brushes with the law. It doesn’t help that their rivalry with both the 49ers and Chargers has brought out the worst in them either. When Oakland faced both teams in the 2014 season, there were a combined 56 arrests in those two games. It doesn’t stop there, the fights ensue all the way to the parking lot, with a case even resulting in a fatality.
1. San Francisco 49ers
It doesn’t take a genius to know that the 49ers and the Raiders hate each other’s guts. They’re not only competing for bragging rights in the Bay Area, but they’re also looking to be THE established team. Although Raider fans have long been criticized for their violent, rowdy behavior in the past, in truth, 49er fans have been relatively worse on game day. In a single season, there have been over 3,415 incidents in Levi Stadium. This tally includes over 200 fights and 23 felony arrests. And, that’s just one season. Don’t count out preseason either, there are just as many arrests in these games as there are during the regular season.
http://www.thesportster.com/football/top-15-nfl-teams-with-the-most-fan-arrests/3/
