Raiders Rumors Running Rampant

The story isn't online because you have to subscribe to the magazine, but since we do, we can detail what the what is. Basically, the story says that Eddie D and Carmen P have been talking about it, that he tried to buy the Tampa Bay Bucs a few years ago, that the NFL might actually vote to let him in, and Al is thinking about selling because he's a little unwell these days. The writer, Michael Silver, went on KNBR a few days ago to say it's all true, scout's honor.

All sorts of Bay Area writers and the occasional Raider blogger have tried to debunk the story and call pish-posh on it. The gist of their argument is that, basically, Al would never give up the Raiders. Never, ever, never, ever. Which we'd have to agree with-- we have visions of a 103 year old Al, looking like a skeleton with a died black pompadour and white jump suit and hooked up to all sorts of machines and intravenous tubes, wheeling down Raiders HQ in a wheelchair and telling everyone who would listen the glories of the vertical passing game.