The civil suit filed against the Raiders and Tom Cable by employee Randy Hanson threatens to be a problem for the team in a few ways.
Cable will likely have to testify on the record in what could be an embarrassing ordeal.
The lawsuit will also shine on a light on Hanson’s current odd situation as a Raiders employee. Some highlights from Hanson’s suit, as picked out by Jerry McDonald of the Oakland Tribune.
* Hanson works for the team, but has to enter the building through the front entrance. Team employees and players go through the back.
* Hanson is not allowed to enter the “football” area of the building, just the administrative side. He was not allowed to attend home games.
* Initially, these conditions were only supposed to last four weeks. On
January 28, Hanson was told by Al Davis the segregation would remain in
place as long as Hanson remained with the team. (That makes us wonder if he held off filing the suit until he learned his estrangement was permanent.)
* Here’s our favorite: “If [Hanson] wished to eat the
lunch provided daily to the Raiders staff, he must ask someone to bring
it to him.”
While other teams are focused on winning football games, the Raiders are concerned with who will bring Randy Hanson his lunch.
Look up “dysfunctional” in the dictionary. There’s a Raider logo next to it…
Sad to see what has become of this once-proud franchise.
a fascinating study in
1. how not to run an organization, and
2. what happens when you are tied to a job despite ridiculous situations because you need the money.
Anyone with common sense would leave that nfl sideshow freak of an organization and work elsewhere. Don’t ever let yourself become so dependent upon an employer you cannot walk away when the conditions require you to sacrifice your integrity, principles, etc or make yourself look like an ass.
If you think I am wrong, ask Jim Zorn
“Raiders are concerned with who will bring his lunch.”
kinda seems like they don’t care at all.
Dante Russell will do it, but for a fee. Expect to lose some pounds Mr. Hanson
Commitment to excellence in its fullest.
They should let Jamarcus Russell bring his lunch, then he’d do something useful for the team.
Walk away now and sue the pants off of these a-holes! Hanson will own that team once his suit is ajudicated.
Will the people of Oakland please stop going to games and continually pump revenue into this dysfunctional albatross. They take advantage of you because of your “loyalty”, and do not truly give a damn about winning.
Sounds like Costanza being driven out at Play Now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J74Yj2Dn8M8
Hanson isn’t tied to the job for the money, BLACKQBWHITERB (couldn’t pick a better name?). It’s been explained since the incident first happened that he’s a lifelong Raiders fan. Hanson bleeds Silver and Black.
But a man can only be pushed so far when the boss of the job you love is a man who is totally unreasonable.
I don’t understand how does the team with the coolest helmets and colours turns into the biggest joke in the league? (easy answer: Al Davis). I mean… the Lions are bad but this team… the make the league look bad.
Wow.
Al Davis will never sell the team, so he needs to die so that they can stop embarassing the NFL. This franchise has been beyond mocking for years, it’s beyond funny now it’s just sad. Fitting that they’re known as ‘The Black Hole’.
So basically if he does anything beyond what Mr. Davis asks he’ll be “FIRED WITH CAUSE” …
or
he can quit and not be paid at all …
I’d take the litigation route and setup an account with a local pizza shop for regular deliveries
Just goes to prove… There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.
get off the Raider Hating….Hanson is a slim ball….why don’t you follow the Big Ben rape case. You think anyone in the building gives a dam about this law suit?
Jamarcus would try to throw the lunch on Hanson’s desk and miss.
I feel bad for this guy should this stuff be true. He questioned his boss who obviously has a history of anger and violence got his jaw broke by said boss and continues to deal with this crap?
# dietrich43 says: February 24, 2010 10:51 AM
They should let Jamarcus Russell bring his lunch, then he’d do something useful for the team.
The lunch would never make it to Hanson.
It seems Jamarcus has unrestricted access to those lunches.
The person that brings his lunch also have to bring him the menu. This is one sad situation and both parties should be ashamed.
I hope he doesn’t ask JaMarcus Russell to bring his lunch, the poor bastard would die of starvation.
He has an open and shut case in court.
The NFL should be fining Davis for this behavior…it is not in line with the expectations of the NFL.
I can not believe they are doing nothing about this.
Wow. Raider fans, I am truly sorry. I usually think fans that jump off their teams bandwagon are sellouts, but in your case I would totally understand.
This is funny. The Raiders are funny. What a funny, funny team.
Is this legal? Can you really segragate one individual like this without getting into some kind of trouble? I’m not a Raiders fan but I know a few and they can’t wait for Al to die so someone can fix this mess.
classic case of an org trying to make a guy quit.
al, have guts and fire him. or be a little bitch and play games.
Hanson is a little b*tch. For once I applaud what Al Davis is doing. That little cry baby deserves it. He put himself in this spot. He works for the Raiders what did he expect, VIP treatment? He should have found out what his new “job” was before he took it. I would love to see him put right in the middle of the black hole. He wouldn’t make it out alive.
I’m sure he only put up with it because he knew if he quit he’d get nothing. If he puts up with it until they fire him, he’d have a wrongful termination suit against them.
Quitting is what they want you to do. You stay on and follow their ‘rules’ because they don’t think you will.
That is SOOO messed up.
This is all because his boss sucker punched him? The Raiders will lose, off the field too.
One does not have to specialize in employment law to guess that this guy is gonna get fat settlement, with a gag order on the side.
# tombrookshire says: February 24, 2010 10:57 AM
Walk away now and sue the pants off of these a-holes! Hanson will own that team once his suit is ajudicated.
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How much money do you think he’ll win? lol.
and you all make fun of the Bengals???? We aint cheap! That has been proven by TJ We dont have Crazy a z z z issues like this in our building….The RAIDERS ARE THE NEW BENGALS OF OLD!
Freekin hilarious….
Why is thisguy still there????
Wow, I guess Gruden got out at a good time. It’s been downhill ever since.
I love it! I hope Al Davis lives forever !!!!!
Commitment To Bowing to Al Davis….
Front door only and someone has to bring him his lunch ? This has that idiot Herrera written all over it ! Hanson what a jerk, any other self respecting coach would have resigned months ago and sued but it is obvious he can’t find a job anywhere else so this is his gravy train or at least he thinks it is ! Raiders are a mess. Sorry dead Al but time to die or sell.
dietrich43 says:
February 24, 2010 10:51 AM
They should let Jamarcus Russell bring his lunch, then he’d do something useful for the team.
Bad idea. Jamarcus might fumble it on the way.
I love it! I hope Al Davis lives forever !!!!!
We all do. We know as long as he is there , he will continue to sabotage his own team.
They will never win.
Does that make sense RaiderDreadLeg?
Let me get this straight, Hanson gets in a fight with the coach and is only allowed to enter through the front door. Gannon takes the team to a Super Bowl and is not allowed back it whatsoever.
What happened to this once great franchise?
If Hanson was black this would be a national outrage!
WTF ever happened to Raider Nation?
Al Davis’ senility is really becoming a problem for anyone who roots for the Silver and Black.
I have my own struggles to deal with regarding Jerry Jones and his ego but I’ll take him over Davis any day. Not even a comparison really…
Why would any root for the Raiders given all the dysfunction? It gets worse each day too. I’d a jumped ship by now and it wouldn’t matter if I wasa fan since 1970.
This is sad stuff….. I have always had respect for Al and the Raiders organization, but the old man is going too far… His methods and direction for the organization are out dated, and the NFL should seriously look into taking the team away from him.
Ever think the NFL is letting this kind of shit go on, because they are just building a case against old Al. Or this is punishment to all Raider fans for the way AL treated the NFL during the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s…. Either way, this kind of behavior would not be allowed in any other organization besides the Redskins….
Good luck Raider fans, I will be rooting for ya….
The biggest jokes in sports today are the many bloggers that try and cover sports. From the photos that they post one can see that playing sports was not a big part of their lifes.
I am sure that Al Davis is just sitting up nights conserned with what your punk &^% jock sniffing *&^ thinks lol. Al Davis and the Raiders do not even know you are alive.
Your folks must be real proud of you. All the money they spent sending you to school. And what is the result?, a bottom tier blogger on the internet lol, sports blogger at that.
Now that my friend is embarrassing lol.
Wrong again. These Ego Maniacs do read these sites.
The temptation is too great, and their pride is too big.
A fine look into why Al Davis needs to be forced from the NFL as soon as possible if he just doesn’t drop dead soon. When the owner’s senility makes the entire organization so dysfunctional all it does is damage the league every minute he’s allowed to continue operating the team.
I actually feel bad for Raiders fans at this point, something I never dreamed would happen.
I fail to understand how this guy’s lunch is a daily decision which affects how the team is run. Would somebody care to explain? They made a decision and decided to extend the special treatment. Obviously, there’s still some mending to do between the parties so the Raiders avoided more distractions. This decision didn’t take more than a day or two to mull over and to suggest such a thing makes you look like a fool, Mr. Rosenthal. Quit with the gossip rag. This site has turned into a male soap opera.
@Cleveland Sucks aka Philly Sewer Rat
“That little cry baby deserves it. He put himself in this spot. He works for the Raiders what did he expect, VIP treatment?”
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No, But I’m sure he expected EQUAL treatment. I’m really curious what your response would be if your boss punched you in the face. I’m even more curious what your response would be if you were then told that nothing was going to happen to your boss, but YOU would now be punished.
Al WANTS him to quit because he can’t fire him (not for getting punched anyway). The employees response is PERFECT, play by their rules in conditions they thought you wouldn’t handle.
I thought Hanson already got his lunch handed to him?
… which is how this all started…
“THE RAIDERS” organization is a joke and a laughing stock!!!!!!
the first and only NATION…
no other sports or teams.
yup al’s nuts….and??
there was life before 1988 kids….
just ask your porked mom….
GFY…
I actually feel bad for Raiders fans at this point, something I never dreamed would happen.
Feeling sorry for Raider fans is like –feeling sorry for Charles Manson.
These DB’s are getting what they deserve.
Fact— every single Raider fan has a police record or has spent time in jail.
Majority of Raider fans have PO’s
Raider fans love to boast how many crimes they have commited against humanity.
Raider fans support and condone gang activity.
When a Raider fan moves into a neighborhood, the residents flee.
philleagleschamp said: “Al Davis and the Raiders do not even know you are alive.”
Hell, Al Davis doesn’t know he’s alive!
The Raiders have always had these different entrances for the administrative staff and when Hanson was put on the administrative side he should have know this would be the case.
There are other reasons for this so it wont hold up in court because these processes have been part of the organization for a long time.
Al was just making a case for Cable. The fact that he didn’t pursue a law suit from the beginning will not look good for Hanson.
The NFL Owners need to get together, take a vote, and kick Al Davis out of the league. I stopped rooting for the Raiders when Madden left – moved to Seattle shortly after that, they had a new team, and then the Raiders moved to LA and it was all over for me. I thank Al Davis for moving to LA just shortly before he went full-bore insane.
For those who don’t know the Raiders well – Al Davis has been pulling this sort of insane crap since well before he ran Marcus Allen out of town. There is a lot of rumor that Madden was run out, decided to leave because he couldn’t deal with Davis’ insanity and megalomania. Davis has alienated every great HOFer to come out of Oakland/LA, and multiple former players (including multiple HOFers) have spoken out publicly that the conditions at Raiders HQ are out of control. Yet the NFL does nothing?
Now that Davis has gone from senility to full-on dementia, it is time for the NFL to step in and do something. Al Davis is harming the NFL, not just the Raiders. Nobody wants to see the Raiders play. When they play a team, that team sees decreased ratings. Give the Raiders back to LA, to a proper ownership group, and the NFL would probably see a 10-20% increase in revenue.
phillyeagleschamps says:
February 24, 2010 1:42 PM
I actually feel bad for Raiders fans at this point, something I never dreamed would happen.
Feeling sorry for Raider fans is like –feeling sorry for Charles Manson.
These DB’s are getting what they deserve.
Fact— every single Raider fan has a police record or has spent time in jail.
Majority of Raider fans have PO’s
Raider fans love to boast how many crimes they have commited against humanity.
Raider fans support and condone gang activity.
When a Raider fan moves into a neighborhood, the residents flee.
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THIS Raider fan hasn’t broken any laws and is currently serving our country (BTW defending YOUR right to sound like a COMPLETE idiot) with three combat tours to Iraq so far.
Does that entitle me to tell you to SHUT UP?…NO…Am I looking for a pat on the back and a apology…HECK NO…Keep doing what you are doing and keep showing everyone out there how silly you are everytime you spew out crap like what you posted above.
Lord knows I am aware that you can’t be a Raider fan without have a LARGE portion of the rest of the world running the Raiders and their fans down at every opportunity, BUT it amazes everyday me how many nut cases like you are out there and how personal you make your attacks…It’s like Al Davis stole your lunch money as a kid and your back 20 years later to get payback.
Does he have to use the women’s bathroom too, or did they set up a port-o-potty in the parking lot?
THIS Raider fan hasn’t broken any laws and is currently serving our country (BTW defending YOUR right to sound like a COMPLETE idiot) with three combat tours to Iraq so far.
Does that entitle me to tell you to SHUT UP?…NO…Am I looking for a pat on the back and a apology…HECK NO…Keep doing what you are doing and keep showing everyone out there how silly you are everytime you spew out crap like what you posted above.
Lord knows I am aware that you can’t be a Raider fan without have a LARGE portion of the rest of the world running the Raiders and their fans down at every opportunity, BUT it amazes everyday me how many nut cases like you are out there and how personal you make your attacks…It’s like Al Davis stole your lunch money as a kid and your back 20 years later to get payback.
Yawn, The Iraq card. Everybody has fought in this war.
If you are currently serving our country and fighting a war, how do you have time to post on a football board?
During combat fights?
phillyeagleschamps,
Are you Randy Hanson? Just asking.
Randy Hanson reminds me of Wormtongue, in “Lord of the Rings”. Mr.Davis woke up, and made the right decision. Handled it with a heavy hand, but Hanson is poison. Now he’s mad, and pushes for a payoff. He was nothing more than a low level assistant with dreams of grandeur. Phillieseaglesfan, what a vile and bigoted post at 1:42pm. Do you know who is a big fan and longtime supporter of the Raiders? CLINT EASTWOOD, from Oakland. Also TOM HANKS, from Oakland. Your ignorance is poison, and un-patriotic.You are a fool. Didn’t we lump you this season?LOL
Do you know who is a big fan and longtime supporter of the Raiders? CLINT EASTWOOD, from Oakland. Also TOM HANKS, from Oakland. Your ignorance is poison, and un-patriotic.You are a fool. Didn’t we lump you this season?LOL
Clint Eastwood is a 49ers fan and SF Giants fan.
He is from San Francisco. And has been Mayor of Carmel.
Calling Clint a Raiders fan is an insult.
Thomas Brusso–Epic Beard Man(You know the guy who punched out another guy on a bus in Oakland) is Raiders Fan.
He was thrown out of an A’s game for bad behavior.
Ice Cube is the biggest Raider Fan there is. Ice Cube has a long history of gang violence and promotion of hating cops and the thug life.
I think that says it all.
Nice Try with Clint Eastwood.
Tom Hanks could care less about NFL Football.
He is a fan of the EPL (English Premier League)
AstonVilla is his team.
Keep trying………
Phillyeagleschamps,
Congrats on STILL being an idiot.
BTW…The Eagles still haven’t won a Super Bowl EVER.
sterotypical raider hater bias bs report…
This same page posted the same thing when they heard about the incident, only for the DA to drop the charge. PFT for the 50th time had their head between their legs.
Once again anybody can say anything, and anybody with half a brain can telll the fact from fiction. But once again PFT has taken the low raod as BSPN as wants to spread BS and raider hate because raiders posts are the only ones that get a response.
Time will tell all, and can’t wait for the counter suits from all the witnesses against Hansen for slander and defamation of character. The attorneys don’t care because they will get paid regardless, and the ones with the biggest pockets always win.
RaiderFAN is tattoo, sticker and laundry fan, not footballFAN.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/attendance
Hey Holmes!!!!
Raiders Rank last….