The Las Vegas Raiders has a huge fan base in Southern California and fans are excited that the team will hold their training camp in Costa Mesa. But the Raiders made their way back to Cali to start training camp without telling anyone. Due to NFL Policy, the Raiders will not be allowed to promote or market their presence in SoCal.
We back.#RaiderNation pic.twitter.com/RBpBTCaxom
— Las Vegas Raiders (@Raiders) July 24, 2024
According to league policy it states that “Every club has an exclusive home territory extending 75 miles in all directions from the exterior corporate borders of the city for which it holds a franchise. If another club holds its preseason training camp within that exclusive territory. Then it cannot be marketed locally.”
The Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers are well within their rights to block the Raiders from marketing in their exclusive territory, but that doesn’t mean Raiders’ owner, Mark Davis has to be happy about it:
“That’s where we’re having camp,” Raiders owner Mark Davis told ESPN, “but the Chargers and Rams have the ability to block us from promoting. It’s fine…It would be nice if all the fans could be there, but, whatever. Like I said, the Chargers and Rams have that ability.”
Raider Nation showing up
Despite the silence, fans have been making their way down to Orange County to get a close look at the Silver and Black practice. The Raiders were founded in Oakland in 1960. The mass majority of their fan base in still in California. So expect big crowds to show up and support the Silver and Black in the OC.
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