Amy Trask still wants the Raiders to take her fan-appreciation idea for what is potentially the team's last game in Oakland and run with it.
If it helps any, it appears some of her suggested entertainers are all for it.
We love you Amy #RaiderNation https://t.co/h7HUSSpIxA
— MC HAMMER (@MCHammer) December 17, 2018
Hammer, famously an Oakland native and fan of the Raiders and the other city's pro teams, was one of the performers Trask talked about on last Sunday’s "That Other Pre-Game Show" on CBS Sports Network, as part of a giant thank-you she believed the Raiders — for whom she was the CEO from 1997-2013 — should give the fan base that's likely being abandoned a year early. Another was Too $hort, who retweeted an item on Trask's idea. The clip from the show quickly went viral.
As of Monday morning, though, there was no indication from the Raiders that they would take her up on her suggestion. This, even as Trask was adding acts to her dream list of parking-lot performers.
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"Top of any list is Ice Cube, President of the Raider Nation," she emailed to Sporting News. He and Trask are founder and chairman of the board, respectively, of the Big 3 basketball league. Also, he narrated the ESPN "30 For 30" documentary on the Raiders, "Straight Outta L.A."
Trask also mentioned Carlos Santana and, notably, Metallica — who played a pop-up concert in the Coliseum parking lot before the Raiders' AFC championship game victory over the Titans in January 2003.
All of which, she told Sporting News by phone Friday, is what the fans deserve and would be in the Raiders' best interest to do … even if some kind of 11th-hour deal keeps the Raiders in town in 2019, before their move to Las Vegas.
"I would not be the least surprised, not at all, if the team plays in Oakland again, for any number of reasons," she said. "But that shouldn't preclude the team from saluting the fans this year. They shouldn't be mutually exclusive."
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The logistics, of course, get more difficult the closer the game approaches — but at the time she suggested it, Trask said, it was completely feasible. And they would not have needed to reach out to her to help: "They know how to do things like this."
But, she is certain, all the people and elements necessary would want to do it, from food providers to servers to maintenance to security, even residents and employees of Oakland, amid the animosity between the city and the franchise.
"I'm not suggesting it won’t take a lot of work; I’m saying it’s the right thing to do," Trask said. "What a wonderful thing it would be to do it on Christmas Eve, too.
"And there’s no guarantee they'll get another home night game if they wait thinking they can do it next year."
