The Oakland Raiders are pulling an ultimate troll job on their season ticket holders with a special gift that celebrates the virtue of loyalty. Nice.
Hats off to the Oakland Raiders for giving their season ticket holders a special commemorative pin heading into the season. It’s the sort of gift that anyone spending thousands should expect, especially one that celebrates a specific virtue rarely seen in Oakland these days: loyalty. Check it below.
The hilarious pin is apparently celebrating the team’s history of loyalty and not the future, given that they’re on the verge of splitting town to Las Vegas by 2020 (and could leave before this for San Antonio or other stadiums, depending on how the details shake out).
Until now the Raiders had done a nice job to excite their fans for the current season before they abandon them entirely. Not only do they have an impressive offense, but they added some hometown flavor with the much-hyped signing of running back Marshawn Lynch. Demand for his new Raiders jersey has been astronomical and fans have good reason to be invested for this coming season.
Unfortunately, loyalty is one thing that’s not in play in Oakland this year. Whoever was in charge of picking some positive virtue to celebrate could have went in any number of directions but decided to troll the fan base on their way out of town. From the outside looking in, we’re thrilled with the joke.