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Even though I'm in New York, it didn't impact me at first since (obviously) I don't live in the Bay Area and they were still winning. I was also 11 years old at the time. As I got to know more about the whole game of football, I realized that it was a mistake. Los Angeles Raiders didn't flow off the tongue like Oakland Raiders.
How big of a deal was the move? Well, looking back at how hugely successfull the team was in Oakland, Howie Long was known as "The Last of the Oakland Raiders. Can't remember if Issac Bruce or someone was known as The Last of the Los Angeles Rams, and they'd been around much longer with some great teams.
Biggest mistake Al Davis ever did, IMO.
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