Raiders considering a temporary home in ’19

Oakland suing NFL may force reaction

IRVING, Texas — Oakland is suing the NFL over the relocation of the Raiders, and that raises serious doubts about where the team will play next season while its Las Vegas (Nev.) stadium is being built.

“All options are on the table,” Raiders owner Mark Davis said Wednesday at the league’s annual December meetings.

Well, maybe not all options. Although he wouldn’t rule out such venues as California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, or even SDCCU Stadium in San Diego, Davis said he’s not interested in playing games in San Antonio.

Marc Badain, Raiders president, said the club had offered Oakland $7.5 million for the 2019 season but in the wake of the city filing suit in federal court Tuesday “that’s now off the table.”

In its lawsuit, which is filed against all 32 teams, Oakland calls the relocation illegal and demands compensation for hundreds of millions of dollars in losses.

“I’ve got two words for the lawsuit,” Davis said. “One is ‘meritless,’ and the other one the attorneys will understand is ‘malicious.’ I’ll leave it at that and let the attorneys do the rest of the speaking for me.”

He said that staying put for one more season is also an option, but that paying rent to an entity that’s suing him is hard to swallow.

“Emotionally, I don’t want to pay for my own lawsuit,” he said.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league would probably need to know by the end of January where the Raiders plan to play next season.

“It has nothing to do with the litigation,” Goodell said. “It’s simply about trying to make the schedule, to get confirmation. Mark has expressed that he’d like to be in Oakland.”

If the Raiders were to leave their current home, where they have played since 1995, the most logical option would be staying in the Bay Area. MORE WINTER MEETINGS: Commissioner Roger Goodell said the NFL won’t pay for video evidence in cases involving domestic violence, and he defended the league’s handling of those investigations.

Speaking after owners held their annual winter meeting, Goodell said the NFL’s approach to dealing with domestic violence is “extraordinary” and that the league has some of the highest standards of any organization.

The NFL came under scrutiny again when surveillance video showed former Kansas City running back Kareem Hunt shoving and kicking a woman in a Cleveland hotel in February. Hunt wasn’t disciplined before the video was released by TMZ.

After the video came out, Hunt was placed on the commissioner’s exempt list, the equivalent of suspending him indefinitely with pay. The Chiefs waived him almost immediately after that.

Goodell said the hotel and police in Cleveland declined to release the video to the league.

DOLPHINS: QB Ryan Tannehill is expected to play Sunday at Minnesota despite a right ankle injury that sidelined him briefly in last week’s win over New England.

BILLS: Running back LeSean McCoy missed practice Wednesday to nurse a sore left hamstring, but he said there’s a chance he’ll play against Detroit on Sunday.

RAVENS: Coach John Harbaugh on Wednesday selected rookie Lamar Jackson as his starter, opting to play the hot hand rather than Joe Flacco, a former Super Bowl MVP who has returned from a potentially dangerous hip injury.

DRAFT: The NFL draft is heading to Las Vegas, Nev., in April 2020.