Im sure some of you are old enough to remember when the Raiders, win or lose, pounded people. We were the team that "didnt play fair" because we played mean, rough & nasty, but we played legal. We were the team that was hated so back refs would flag our players just for wearing silver & black. DBs would ride our recievers down the field like jockeys, but "we deserved it for playin dirty". The league & the other owners HATE Al Davis, the maverick, the trouble maker. As touchy feely as it sounds, hate breeds hate. People listen to others talk about Al like hes the anti-christ so much for so long it must be true. Al Davis IS the Raiders, the Raiders IS Al Davis. Right or wrong everything Al does is for, what he believes, to be the best for the Raiders; he lives for his team & care more about his team than any other owner, it his baby. The league has always hated him for putting his team &, as they see it, himself above the league. Their hate has been bred into the fans, the refs & the reporters. If you listen to the people that actually know the man, have worked for him & with him, hes a wonderful human being & a great man. The hate that the Raiders & their fans feel is a result of his devotion & detication.

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