As time has passed, a number of NFL owners have come around to the idea of letting the Raiders move to Las Vegas, at least considering their inability to get a new stadium in the preferable East Bay market.
And Chiefs owner Clark Hunt is among those whose view has changed recently.
Via Blair Kerkhoff of the Kansas City Star, Hunt said he’s coming around to the idea of his division rivals moving, to some degree.
“It is an issue that the league will be addressing here over the next several months,” Hunt said. “I would expect that Oakland will ask for permission to move to Las Vegas. It’s something that probably five years ago I would have been skeptical that it could happen. I personally have an open mind about it.
“The league is doing a lot of research on the move and what kind of fan support they’ll have and what sort of issues there might be for the league. I’ll reserve judgment until I hear that report.”
Of course, the degree of involvement of casino mogul Sheldon Adelson is one of those issues, and something that will need to be sorted out before the owners agree to any move.