Raiders Trapped in Black Hole

You know the old saying about bad news being good news? How infamous still kinda means famous? Where Jose Canseco calling out his ex-teammates’ steroid use actually sells millions of copies of his book? Where Terrell Owens is a sports headline whenever he complains about not getting the ball enough? Sometimes, negative media exposure turns out to be a positive thing, drawing attention for reasons that weren’t originally intended. In sports, bad news is something that fans are drawn to. Sometimes the media creates attention for the antagonists, thereby making them somehow popular. This might result in selling tickets or jerseys. Other times, the antagonists draw attention to themselves by intentionally doing unpopular things (see: Chad Johnson touchdown celebrations). For the Oakland Raiders, however, bad news has unfortunately meant just that: bad news. The demise of the Raiders has been a slow, snowballing process over the past five years, since their appearance in the ... (link)