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valerie
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Apparently Steve Young and Brent Jones want to buy the Raiders, or at

least controlling shares. When asked if an offer had been made, Al Davis

said "The Raiders aren't for sale". (But Al, you didn't answer the question!)



Young and Jones would allow Davis to continue to run the operation and

would agree to do fundraising for a new stadium in the Bay Area, but not

Oakland.



I think it would be a good thing for Bay Area football.
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I agree this may be the kick the Raiders need.. !! Al never answers the questions..:D
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Ya got me!!



Maybe because there's at least a CHANCE of it happening, Niners

ownership is WAAAAAY to firmly entrenched!
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I love you Val!

But my comment on the Raiders is caveat emptor, remember Irwindale and the Raider deal.........................
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valerie wrote: Apparently Steve Young and Brent Jones want to buy the Raiders, or at

least controlling shares. When asked if an offer had been made, Al Davis

said "The Raiders aren't for sale". (But Al, you didn't answer the question!)



Young and Jones would allow Davis to continue to run the operation and

would agree to do fundraising for a new stadium in the Bay Area, but not

Oakland.



I think it would be a good thing for Bay Area football.
i'm sorry for being simple, but... who's Brent Jones?


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Player (AHEM, should I say TIGHT END?) with the Niners. I didn't

realize that he and Steve Young were buds, though. At least buds enough

to go into business together.



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Wolverine, little bit about Brent Jones one heck of a Football player for the 49rs..!! ;)



Brent Jones signed with the San Francisco 49ers as a free agent from Santa Clara University in 1987 and retired as a four-time Pro Bowler with three Super Bowl rings at the end of the 1997 season. The tight end was known for getting open in crowded zones over the middle, "Brent is the best in the league at that. Inside the hashes, that's where he lives," Steve Young once told the San Francisco Chronicle. Jones in a 11 year NFL career recorded 417 receptions for 5,195 yards and 33 touchdowns. Not bad for a football player no one wanted.

Jones played his final game in January 1998 with a torn calf muscle, an appropriate finish given his history of playing through injury. In 1995, Jones suffered ankle and knee injuries that head coach George Siefert called season-ending immediately after the game. Typical of Jones, he played the following week.

"I went to Santa Clara University on a baseball/football scholarship, and it was there that my football skills blossomed. I was first-team all-conference for three years, earned conference Player of the Year honors as a senior and also became an AP, Football News and Kodak All-American. Then in 1986 I was drafted in the fifth round by the Pittsburgh Steelers. After my first season which included a car accident and neck injury, I wound up back near my hometown playing for the San Francisco 49ers. As the old saying goes, the rest is history." "It took a lot of hard work and dedication to become a successful NFL pro, but it may surprise you that football has never been my top priority in life. Back in high school, I discovered there was more to life than sports. You see, I had a significant void on the inside that athletics and friends could not fill. Later I realized that the key to fulfillment and contentment in life was a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

"You've got to find a way to still compete," said Jones. "It is not the same, nothing replaces the special opportunity to play professional sports. I do miss it. I miss the thrill of coming out of the locker room. What I miss most is the relationships in that tight knit locker room," Jones said. "I still have the highlights and the trophies and the memories, but I miss the bond I had with my fellow players and coaches. My new career is exciting, the competition is very challenging, in a different kind of way." But he still can't find anything to match the adrenaline he used to feel catching pipeline passes from quarterback Steve Young as a tight end for the San Francisco 49ers.

Some of his accomplishments are:

Four-time Pro Bowler

Winner of three Super Bowl rings

11 Year NFL career

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Oh Yeah..!! I google everything.. I knew who he was just wanted a little more on the man..!! :cool:

You googled his bio too, didn't you Carla?! ;)
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WOO HOO!!, what a ride!!!"

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