Mark Davis, Raiders ownership's frequent changes are destabilizing franchise: Report
Is Mark Davis the reason for the Las Vegas Raiders' inconsistency each season? The Athletic polled 31 agents and representatives throughout the NFL for the sixth Annual NFL Agent Survey. The results weren't favorable for the Raiders and team owner Mark Davis.
Participants, who remain anonymous, told the publication that Davis is responsible for the chaotic hirings and firings in the front office and lack of stability in the organization.
“The owner (Mark Davis) frequently makes significant changes. He put Josh McDaniels and Dave Ziegler in charge and fired them after less than two seasons. Now, the Raiders have an inexperienced coach in Antonio Pierce and a retread GM hire in Tom Telesco. Organizations start at the top, and Davis doesn’t provide stability,” an anonymous agent quoted via The Athletic.
Another representative spoke about the roster and said that the instability in the organization is also at the quarterback position.
“Traditional choices in this category, like Washington and Arizona, have improved or appear headed in a good direction. Vegas keeps making changes and now finds itself without an apparent quarterback of the future or legitimate starter when it needed one following last season.”
While Mark Davis and the Raiders are seen as unstable, they aren't the worst in the league. Overall, the team came in second to the Carolina Panthers as the "Most Unstable" team in the NFL, per The Athletic.
Las Vegas Police won't comply with NFL rules ahead of Raiders season opener
The NFL is installing new rules ahead of the 2024 NFL season that will use biometric data, better known as face recognition technology, to recognize stadium employees, including on-duty police.
The Las Vegas Police have stood firm on their stance that they don't want to participate in this new requirement. The President of the Las Vegas Police Protective Association has stated that there is some concern that the police officer's identity and personal information could be obtained by others.
“We made it very clear we weren’t going to bend on this issue,” said President Steve Grammas of the Las Vegas Police Protective Association
The Las Vegas Police fear that those who are anti-police could use the information in a harmful way to target the officers. The Las Vegas Raiders' first home game isn't until September 22, 2024, so there is still time to come up with a solution to the current issue.