In late March 2017, a crowd of worried Raiders fans rallied with East Bay politicos inside the Coliseum’s East Side Club in a desperate, last-ditch attempt to halt Mark Davis from taking the team to Las Vegas. Amid all of those long faces and emotionally charged speeches, one man’s noticeably calm and confident voice pierced the gloom. 

“I’m not feeling worried, I’m not feeling stressed,” he told the large audience, reminding Oakland fans they had done nothing to deserve losing their team for a second time.

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