Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf went to New York this week, ready to fight to keep the Raiders in town. Problem is, she didn’t have a stadium proposal to present to select NFL owners on Wednesday morning.
San Diego and St. Louis, other home markets with NFL teams with eyes on Los Angeles, came to the same meeting with stadium plans much farther along.
Oakland is behind schedule compared to other markets, with the possibility of Raiders relocation looming large in the not-so-distant future.
Without a delay or the NFL returning to L.A. with other teams, catching up might be hard to do.