While the longtime Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders owner and general manager Al Davis was most remembered as a fierce competitor bent on winning at all costs, he never lost sight of the real business he was in.
Entertainment.
One afternoon early in our years together he was quizzing me in his office on what we, the Raiders, were in business to do.
“Winning,” I replied with confidence.
Davis got a wide smile on his face while saying, “That’s what we’re here to get done young man, but what business are we in?”
“Football,” was my second feeble reply to his question.