Source reports Al Davis has been dead for three years

The fact that Davis has been dead for years goes a long way toward explaining the seemingly chronic dysfunction of the Raiders organization over that time period. Since losing the Super Bowl to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the end of the 2002 season, the team has won a total of 19 games.

According to SSNN’s source, Davis “never fully recovered” from the Super Bowl loss, and was less and less involved with the team in the last years before his death in early 2005. Since that time, the Raiders organization has had no apparent leadership and no real plan of action, as evidenced by their pathetic record and questionable personnel moves.

Former Raider defensive tackle Warren Sapp, who recently chose to retire rather than go through another season in Oakland, said the report of Davis’ death goes a long way towards confirming his long-held suspicions that something was wrong within the organization.

“I only met Mr. Davis once before I signed with Oakland, and it didn’t seem right to me. His handshake was really cold and clammy, and the whole time we were talking he didn’t say anything,” Sapp recalls. “He just sat there in his jumpsuit and dark shades and let everyone else do the talking. I was like, ‘Maybe that’s just the way things are around here.’”

Current NFL commissioner Roger Goodell had no official comment on Davis having been dead for years, but a source within the league’s office said that if Davis was in fact running the team while dead, he could be in line for a long suspension and/or fine from the league.

Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) tells SSNN that Congress may look into the matter. “Well, if we’ve got dead people running pro football teams, that’s definitely something that Congress should look into.”

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Labels: Al Davis, death, Henry Waxman, NFL, Oakland Raiders, Paul Tagliabue, Roger Goodell, Super Bowl, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, US Congress, Warren Sapp, Weekend at Bernie's

Posted on March 27th, 2008

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