​Rule No. 1 of being a professional athlete is you never, regardless of how "right" you think you may be, take a jab at your fans.





Your fans are your life blood, and without them you have empty stadiums and meager paychecks.





Apparently Raiders star quarterback Derek Carr didn't get the memo.

Raiders’ Derek Carr on lost fans due to Las Vegas: ‘I don’t believe they are true Raider fans’ https://t.co/vKBP5vvomD ✍️@RyanCavinder — Will Reeve Jr (@WillReeveJr) April 17, 2017

Although the fans who left because the ​Oakland Raiders decided to move to Las Vegas are a lost cause, it is unprofessional to label them as being fake fans. Statements like that are the result of taking one too many sacks.





Suppose you followed a local team for the better part of two decades after they had just moved back to their home....then they decide to up and leave AGAIN. You'd be livid right?





Fans were relieved the Raiders returned to Oakland after a stint in L.A., yet some 23 years later they decided to leave Oakland for a second time and head to Vegas. Fans have every right to be mad about that and feel slighted enough to cheer for another team.





Given the circumstances, it is bold to say Raiders fans are not "true" if they don't wish to support a team which hasn't had their best interest at heart for years.

@Buffalo95847 @derekcarrqb @NFL how dare they tell us fans that we aren't loyal knowing that the NFL allowed 3 teams to move a year apart so they can make more money — diehardravensfan (@diehardboltfan2) April 17, 2017

NFL teams are abandoning their fans left and right. Why can't fans do the same.





You're great Derek, but you're wrong on this one.



