Al Davis, second from left, and Pete Rozelle, far right, had multiple awkward exchanges following the Super Bowl. Deflategate was nothing compared with the battles waged between Raiders owner Al Davis and then-NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle, who clashed over numerous fronts for decades starting in the 1960s. Davis crafted the team that finally broke through with a Super Bowl XI win in January 1976. “Then the commissioner handed the trophy to Al Davis with both hands, thereby avoiding the possible embarrassment of Al Davis’s not being willing to shake hands with him,” Anderson wrote. “Al Davis is going to do what’s best for Al Davis,” allowed Tex Schramm.

Source: Washington Post January 31, 2017 15:33 UTC