Found June 29, 2009 on The Hater Nation:
PLAYERS: Al Davis
TEAMS: Oakland Raiders

Actually, that would be the least of your worries. Air Asia has signed a deal to sponsor the Oakland Raiders.Air Asia does not, however, offer service to Oakland.Seems that Al Davis had to go far out of his way to find a company that had no idea just how badly his team sucked. And he found it. In Asia. You would have to imagine that even the Somali pirates would have known better.Now Air Asia passengers will be able to get on a plane with the Raiders logo. And I ask, is that really fair? Now, if you or I were at LAX and we saw Southwest roll up with a Raiders plane, we'd be like, "no way I'm getting on that (expletive) thing." Because we know better. Think of all of those unsuspecting Asian people getting on a Raiders plane and having no idea that it's doomed like a pass from Marc Wilson.And really, we can all agree that one of these planes are going down, right?Those Asian people getting on those planes are akin to all of those idiot tough guys with Chinese characters tattooed on t...
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