Mark Davis: Oakland ‘came up with nothing’ to keep Raiders

Raiders owner Mark Davis said he wanted to keep the team in Oakland, but Oakland has failed to come forward with a suitable proposal.

Davis told media at the NFL’s fall meetings Wednesday that he was left with no choice to cast his eyes to Las Vegas.

“Oakland was in the driver’s seat if they could’ve put together anything,” Davis said, via ESPN. “They came up with nothing.

“Las Vegas has already done what it is supposed to do and we have to bring it up to the National Football League and get permission to move to Las Vegas.”

ESPN’s Jim Trotter reported that Davis told owners in a private meeting that he intended to file the necessary paperwork to relocate to Las Vegas in January.

“Mark Davis said that he was committed to Las Vegas 100 percent, and that there were several market studies being done by the Raiders,” one source said.

The Raiders’ move to Vegas seems to have a growing sense of inevitability surrounding it. These comments do nothing to dispel with that.