Raiders owner Mark Davis breaks ranks, says NFL should release written report of WFT investigation

NEW YORK — For two days here at the InterContinental Hotel in Midtown Manhattan for the NFL’s owners meetings, almost all team owners passed through the lobby with no time for reporters.

Dolphins owner Steven Ross declined comment each time he descended the stairs from the meeting rooms. Some slipped behind the group of nearly two dozen reporters by using the elevators behind us. Representatives from the Washington Football Team were present at the meetings but were never spotted by anyone with a media credential, as far as I know.

Raiders owner Mark Davis? He stopped, took a seat in the lobby chair while wearing a white Raiders jacket and held court for 15 minutes with reporters to air most — but not all — of his thoughts in the wake of having to accept Jon Gruden’s resignation for racist, homophobic and misogynistic emails from the past.

It wasn’t surprising he was miffed at the league for its handling (or mishandling, but more on that later) of the emails. But he broke rank with his fellow NFL owners in agreeing with several women involved in the Washington Football Team investigation that the league should produce a written report on Dan Snyder and the toxic workplace culture he oversaw for years.

“Probably. Yeah,” Davis said when asked again if there should be a written report. “I think that there should be. Yeah. Especially with some of the things that were charged. Yeah, I believe so. Especially the people who were quote victims.”

Davis’ quote especially stood out considering 10 minutes earlier, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told reporters he spoke for all of the league’s ownership when he said he was “very satisfied” with the punishment and “approve of the way the league handled it.”

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