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About Oakland Raiders
Based in the city of Oakland, California, The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). Began in 1960 as the eighth charter member of the American Football League (AFL), they won one championship and three division titles. The team joined the NFL in 1970 as part of the AFL-NFL Merger. Since than Raiders have won twelve division titles and three Super Bowls, and appeared in two other Super Bowls. The team has thirteen preserves in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Ownership structure
Legally, the club is a limited partnership operated by Al Davis, who serves as president of the team's general partner, A.D. Football, Inc. The partnership is comprised of heirs of the original eight-team partners. It has been reported that Davis currently owns 67 percent of the team's shares and is the only partner with the authority to make decisions.
Upon receiving the license, businesspeople were willing to invest in Oakland civic, the new team. A limited partnership was formed headed by managing general partner Chet Soda, a local real estate developer, and included general partners Ed McGah, Robert Osborne, Wayne Valley, Harvey Binns, Don Blessing, and Charles Harney as well as numerous limited partners. The owners changed the team's name to the Oakland Raiders, which had finished third in the naming contest. The original team colors were black, gold and white. The team sign of a pirate ("raider") wearing a football helmet was created, reportedly a version of actor Randolph Scott.
The team's first regular season home game was played on September 11, 1960, a 37-22 loss to the Houston Oilers at Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, as their home field. The Raiders finished their first campaign with a 6-8 record, and lost $500,000. In need of money to continue running the team, Valley received a $400,000 loan from Buffalo Bills founder Ralph C. Wilson Jr.
After the conclusion of the first season Soda dropped out of the partnership, and on January 17, 1961, Valley, McGah and Osborne bought out the remaining four general partners. That year the Raiders moved to Candlestick Park, where they finished with 2-12. Valley threatened to move the Raiders out of the area unless a stadium was built in Oakland, but in 1962 the Raiders moved into 22,000 -seat Frank Youell Field, their first home in Oakland. It was a temporary home for the team while the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum was under construction. Under Marty Feldman and Red Conkright, the team's second and third head coaches since entering the AFL, the Raiders finished 1-13 in 1962, losing their first 13 games before winning the season finale.
Back to Oakland (1995�present)
On June 23, 1995, Davis signed a letter of plan to move Raiders back to Oakland. The NFL approved by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors the next month, as well as the move. The move was greeted under new head coach Mike White the 1995 season started off well for the team. Oakland started 8-2, but injuries to starting quarterback Jeff Hostetler contributed to a six-game losing streak to end the season, and the Raiders failed to qualify for the playoffs for a second consecutive season.
After Joe Bugel, Davis selected a new head coach from outside the Raiders organization for only the second time when he hired Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Jon Gruden. The Raiders posted consecutive 8-8 seasons in 1998 and 1999, and climbed out of last place in the AFC West under Gruden. Oakland finished 12-4 in the 2000 season, the team's most successful in a decade. Led by veteran quarterback Rich Gannon, Oakland won their first division title since 1990, and advanced to the AFC Championship, where they lost 16-3 to the ultimate Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens.
The Raiders acquired all-time leading receiver Jerry Rice prior to the 2001 season. They finished 10-6 and won a second straight AFC West title but lost their divisional-round playoff game to the eventual Super Bowl champion New England Patriots, in a game known as "The Tuck� played in a heavy snowstorm, and late in the fourth quarter Raiders linebacker Greg Biekert recovered a fumble by Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. However the play was evaluated to be an incomplete.
Under Callahan, the Raiders finished the 2002 season 11-5, won their third straight division title, and sealed the top seed in the playoffs. Rich Gannon was named MVP of the NFL after passing for a league-high 4,689 yards. After beating the New York Jets and Tennessee Titans by large margins in the playoffs, the Raiders made their fifth Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl XXXVII. Their rival was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, coached by Gruden. The Raiders, who had not made significant changes to Gruden's offensive schemes, were interrupted five times by the Buccaneers en route to a 48-21 blowout.
Oakland finished the 2004 season 5-11 with only one divisional wins. During a Week 3 victory against the Buccaneers, Rich Gannon suffered a neck injury that ended his season, and got retired before the 2005 season. Kerry Collins signed with Oakland after the 2003 season and became the team's starting quarterback.
Ed McGah, the last of the original eight general partners of the Raiders, died in September 1983. His interest was invented to a family trust, his son, E.J. McGah, was the trustee. The younger McGah was himself a part owner of the team, as a limited partner, and died in 2002. Several members of the McGah family filed suit against Davis in October 2003, alleging mismanagement of the team by Davis. Among their specific complaints, the McGahs alleged that Davis failed to provide them with detailed financial information previously provided to Ed and E.J. McGah. The Raiders countered that under the terms of the partnership agreement as amended in 1972 upon the death of the elder McGah in 1983, his general partner interest converted to that of a limited partner. The team continued to provide the financial information to the younger McGah as a courtesy, though it was under no obligation.
Legal battles
The Raiders and Al Davis have been involved in several lawsuits throughout their history, including ones against the NFL. When the NFL declined to approve the Raiders' move from Oakland to Los Angeles in 1980, the team joined the Los Angeles Coliseum Commission in a lawsuit against the league alleging a violation of antitrust laws. The Coliseum Commission received a settlement from the NFL of US $19.6 million in 1987. In 1986, Davis testified on behalf of the USFL in their unsuccessful antitrust lawsuit against the NFL.
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