Lock Thread

[raider5]

RAIDERS ARE CONSIDERING STARTING QB MATT MCGLOIN
Matt Flynn was not good this week, and his coach did not hold back to let everyone know:
“Look,” he said, exasperation leaking into his usual monotone, “Matt didn’t play well, and we’ve gotta move on. We’ve got to get better than that.”
And, when asked if Pryor’s concussion still prevented him from playing against San Diego if he would consider starting third quarterback Matt McGloin:
If Terrelle Pryor is not ready to go, then Allen says he will consider McGloin. Pryor did practice this week, but he was held back this week because of concussion tests.



That's how bad you are when you're thinking if staring the 3rd string QB

If true...this dude bout to lose his backup role too :x

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

Terrelle will start next Sunday. He practiced Friday without issue. He asked for a tinted visor for yesterday's game and it made Allen think that he was still suffering post-concussion symptoms. Frankly, I think Allen might have been overreacting a bit, though I appreciate the desire to protect Terrelle.

 

[jumpmanfromdabay]

Good. Cause I don't want to see Flynn play live or on tv again

 

[raider5]

Terrelle will start next Sunday. He practiced Friday without issue. He asked for a tinted visor for yesterday's game and it made Allen think that he was still suffering post-concussion symptoms. Frankly, I think Allen might have been overreacting a bit, though I appreciate the desire to protect Terrelle.

Protecting TP or do you think he wanted a peak at Flynn? Conspiracy theorist pitch in......lol

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

I think there's something to that. Not necessarily that the team is sabotaging itself, but that it was willing to try out Flynn just to give him a shot. Also, if you believe your QB is even slightly susceptible to further injury because of an unresolved concussion from before, not only are you risking his career and health, but your own career after the NFLPA comes after you. Allen's decision was as much about protecting Terrelle as it was protecting himself and the Raiders from legal concerns.

 

[eracism]

You know how they say nothing positive happens after midnight? Well, Raiders+Chargers fans in the coliseum parking lot just might prove that right.

 

[laker4lifeman]

You know how they say nothing positive happens after midnight? Well, Raiders+Chargers fans in the coliseum parking lot just might prove that right.

I was thinking about that earlier those guys will gone once the game starts

 

[jumpmanfromdabay]

Gates open at 3

This should be a interesting crowd

 

[MajinZuub]

Someone's going to die.

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

Man... My seats are in the third deck. There's going to be so much drama up there.

It gets annoying. I'd rather watch the game than have to stand and try to look above the people standing to watch fights happening around them.

 

[jumpmanfromdabay]

idk that cop choking out the Mexican dude Sunday was better than Matt Flynn on Offense

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

if Flynn is starting my post doesn't apply.

 

[laker4lifeman]

idk that cop choking out the Mexican dude Sunday was better than Matt Flynn on Offense

 

[laker4lifeman]

http://deadspin.com/two-separate-he...ource=deadspin_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

talking about fights damn

 

[jumpmanfromdabay]

Not surprised. NFL Fans are terrible! You'll never see me fight at a game. I'm here to enjoy the game.

 

[snax91]

That fight was crazy!

 

[pepperjackchees]

nvm

 

[mr jordan04]

If I'm a chargers' fan, i wouldn't even go to the game now

 

[jumpmanfromdabay]

Oakland PD going to have their hands full

 

[jumpmanfromdabay]

Deep pocketed investors sign up for Coliseum City
By Matthew Artz Oakland Tribune
POSTED: 09/30/2013 08:00:00 PM PDT | UPDATED: ABOUT 4 HOURS AGO

OAKLAND -- A well-connected Dubai financier and the world's third-largest privately held real estate firm are teaming up to invest in Coliseum City, providing a significant shot-in-the-arm to Oakland's effort to redevelop the sprawling Coliseum complex into a sports and entertainment center.

The investment group is composed of Colony Capital LLC, which manages investments totaling $32 billion, and Rashid Al Malik, an investor who recently served as deputy CEO of a multibillion dollar aerospace firm founded by the uncle of Dubai's ruling sheik.

Operating under the banner Bay Investment Group, LLC, Al Malik and Colony are slated to join Oakland's master-planning team for the Coliseum complex and help fund a new


stadium feasibility study.
More importantly, they also want to take the lead in redeveloping the Coliseum complex, which is surrounded by parking lots and cut off from surrounding neighborhoods and city life.

"We are very enthusiastic about the opportunity to work in partnership with the City of Oakland (and) Rashid Al Malik ... to develop this unique property, which we expect will become a transformational and vital urban, residential sports and entertainment center for this city," Colony CEO Thomas J. Barrack, Jr. said in a prepared statement.

Mayor Jean Quan said she'd like to see a family-oriented venue that included a bowling alley, roller skating rink, shops, bars, homes and a high-end hotel.

"I'm thrilled," Quan said about the new investment team. "They are very successful and they have very deep pockets, so they can probably afford to do the project exactly how we would like it."

Coliseum City has long been dismissed as a pipe dream mainly because it envisioned privately-financed new homes for all three of Oakland's sports teams, even the Golden State Warriors, which have proposed building a new home in San Francisco, and the Oakland A's, which still pine for San Jose. It also calls for the development of a technology district near the Oakland International Airport.

While the master plan, which covers 800 acres on both sides of Interstate 880, would accommodate facilities for all three teams, officials said the final project could still be viable with only one or two new stadiums. The most likely sports partner would be the Oakland Raiders.

Al Malik's firmm, HayaH Holding, and Colony have both shown interest in similar types of projects. They recently joined forces in a failed bid to purchase AEG, a major entertainment venue owner and operator that developed LA Live, the sports and entertainment center anchored by the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.

Colony has already been active in the sports and leisure market. It owns Miramax Films, the Fairmont chain of hotels and previously owned the Paris Saint-Germain soccer team.

The firm's involvement in particular makes the East Oakland development appear more plausible, said Robert Boland, the academic chair of sports business at New York University's Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports.

"When you think of Colony Capital and its hotel properties, its casino properties and its entertainment investments, this kind of project would have some resonance," he said.

The upcoming study will delve deeper into the market for a new Raiders stadium at the Coliseum site. Raiders owner Mark Davis and a private consultant hired by the city have both said recently that the local market would only support a roughly 58,000-seat stadium at the Coliseum site.

There are concerns among Oakland's planning team that such a facility, which would be the NFL's smallest, wouldn't attract major events like a Super Bowl or successfully anchor an entertainment district.

"Our team feels that the market can support something bigger than that," said Ed McFarlan, a principal of JRDV Architects, which is among several firms working on the project's master plan. "If we're going to privately finance a stadium, it needs to be a multipurpose entertainment venue."

Oakland has earmarked $3.2 million in preliminary work for Coliseum City, including funds for site planning and environmental studies that will both lay out the grand vision for the project and consider fallback options should the sports facilities not materialize.

The City Council still must approve the new investors coming on board and also agree to extend the planning team's exclusive negotiating agreement, which expires later this month.

The council is scheduled to discuss the project in private on Tuesday. A public discussion on extending the negotiating period and bringing aboard the new investors is scheduled for Oct. 8.
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[ag 47]

It's clear now...

"Mayor Jean Quan said she'd like to see a family-oriented venue that included a bowling alley, roller skating rink, shops, bars, homes and a high-end hotel.

"I'm thrilled," Quan said about the new investment team. "They are very successful and they have very deep pockets, so they can probably afford to do the project exactly how we would like it."


That's who Mayor Quan was on the phone with...she was trying to get that Arab money.

 

[laker4lifeman]

Raiders getting that Arab money.

 

[MajinZuub]

My lil bro got tickets for Sunday, this will be interesting

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

So the Middle Eastern money will fund a Coliseum City to keep the Raiders in town? Do they gain a % in the team?

 

[raider5]

Article didnt mention anything about a % in the team...but did mention trying to purchase AEG who I believe were in talks with the LA stadium who would only work with a team if they could own a %.

My guess is they'll want major money from parking, hotels, apartments, whatever it is that is built around the stadium(s)