The Las Vegas Raiders Are Returning To Southern California, Very Quietly

The Las Vegas Raiders are making a not so triumphant return to Southern California. As they kicked off their training camp (for rookies) on July 21 ^st , the Raiders setup camp in Costa Mesa. While the Raiders previously held camp in Napa, they're returning to SoCal for the first time since relocating to Las Vegas in 2020. However, there are major implications attached to this decision. Due to NFL Policy, the Raiders will not be allowed to promote or market their presence in SoCal in any way.

The policy 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."

So, whose idea was it to (silently) move training camp to Costa Mesa?? Apparently, it was newly cemented head coach, Antonio Pierce’s, and Mark Davis signed off on the idea.

Well, let’s all raise a glass to awkward, silent, team building fun – Raider Nation style.