Junior Seau's family has also opted out of the NFL's concussion settlement.
Raiders, City of Oakland close to new stadium deal
It's an open secret that Raiders owner Mark Davis doesn't want his team to continue playing in the nearly 50-year-old O.co Coliseum much past this season. Davis has even considered moving his team away from Oakland, as his meetings with San Antonio city officials last month demonstrates. More than anything, however, Davis wanted the city of Oakland to raze the O.co Coliseum and build a brand new, first-class facility in its place. Any hope of that happening appeared to fly out the window when the city entered into an agreement with the Athletics, the Raiders' roommates of the past two decades, to continue playing at the O.co Coliseum for 10 more years.
Well, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, Oakland has reversed course, and the city has agreed on the basic terms of a stadium deal with the Raiders that would actually demolish the O.co Coliseum.
While the report reads as though final approval is a mere formality, remember that this is the Raiders we're talking about. Mark Davis' father, the late Al Davis, once nearly moved his team to Hollywood Park before backing out at the last minute. There's also the not-unimportant matter of what the Athletics will do now that their 10-year deal would be effectively voided by this agreement with the Raiders. There will be lawyers.
Cowboys coach Jason Garrett says Michael Sam signing is just about football
After a productive training camp and preseason with the St. Louis, it came as a mild surprise that Michael Sam was both released by the Rams and left unsigned by all 32 NFL teams. Sam, who recorded two sacks as well as three quarterback hits and hurries according to Pro Football Focus, was the only player to record multiple sacks during the preseason without a spot on a 53-man roster or practice squad. For awhile, the only football teams reaching out to Sam were coming from the Canadian Football League.
Then a few days after Sam cleared waivers, the Cowboys brought him onto their practice squad. It's a move that makes plenty of sense given Dallas' lack of pass rushers, which is exactly what head coach Jason Garrett said of the decision. Sam isn't going to turn the Cowboy's defense around anytime soon, but he has a chance to work with Rod Marinelli, one of the league's most respected defensive line coaches. In the end, this could be the best landing spot for Sam as he tries to carve out an NFL career.
Junior Seau's estate opts out of concussion settlement
When the NFL received preliminary approval on their proposed concussion settlement back in early July, the league surely hoped it would mark the end of the potentially explosive story. While most of the players affected by the settlement have opted in, a few notable exceptions have kept the discussion of football-related head trauma in the news cycle.
The latest example is the estate of the late Junior Seau, an All-Pro linebacker and future Hall of Famer who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound that some speculated was related to CTE. The statement released by the Seau estate's attorney claims that information, not money, is at the heart of their decision. The Seau family will instead move forward with a wrongful death lawsuit filed in January 2013.
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