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Yesterday the Raiders officially became the Las Vegas Raiders. I understand why teams move, but being a Sonics fan, I hate when teams move because it hurts the fans.

I saw that too.  I have also noticed that the Raiders went with Las Vegas instead of Vegas which the Golden Knights did.  One benefit of the Raiders moving to Las Vegas is that they will be closer to their fans in Los Angeles.  They are a lot of Raiders fans in Los Angeles.  I have a coworker that plans on traveling to Las Vegas to watch their games.

On a very unrelated topic I am very happy that the Rams moved back to Los Angeles from St. Louis.  I was able to attend my first two NFL games in 2018, and all their games are on television.

I haven't watched an NFL game in ages but just looking at that shiny new stadium in Las Vegas I can understand why the Raiders would move their.  I should imagine that Las Vegas will now be in the running to host many Super Bowls as well.

Oakland Raiders fans were some of the most loyal fans in football.

And their team got taken away from them.

I hate when teams move. It is always about the money.

I know that feeling. I was a fan of the Rams while they were in St. Louis, but Stan Kroenke wanted more money so he moved them to L.A. And now I'm only a fan of the Chiefs.

Good riddance!      Totally kidding guys!!!

The Raiders moving has been talked about seemingly forever, so it's not really "new" news. Moving from L.A. to Oakland was kinda stupid in the 1st place. Then when they wanted to move back to L.A., they got beat out by the Rams and Chargers. I understand why the Rams moved back to L.A. but I don't get why the Chargers left S.D. for L.A..

I'm not a fan of teams moving around either, but it's been pretty common in all professional sports. Part of the reason I stopped collecting NBA cards (and even following the sport) is b/c the Charlotte Hornets moved to New Orleans. I'm not following my local team when they move several states away. At that point, there were several NBA teams closer to home and that's also when the Grizzlies moved to Memphis. Heck, I stopped intensely following my local MiLB team when they switched affiliations from the Indians to the Royals (2007, I think). I still pay attention to how they do each year, but I can't name a single player on the team for the past decade-plus and I haven't been to a game since the switch. If David Tepper ever moves the Carolina Panthers to another state (he's contractually obligated to keep them there for X amount of years), I won't be a fan anymore. I'd HATE to see the Panthers leave NC, even just to move to SC. I'd still be a fan if they move to SC, but any other state is a no-go for me.

At least the Raiders get a nice new stadium to move into now. They wouldn't have gotten that by moving to L.A. a couple of years ago. Who wants to bet now that the Las Vegas Raiders win their division in 2020?

South Carolina is right there on the Panthers helmet.....

The Chargers moved to Los Angeles, because the owner did it out of sprite for San Diego rejecting his stadium proposal.

Again at that. Twice now they've moved away....