Sandra Douglas Morgan becomes the NFL’s first black female to be a team president of an NFL club as announced during a press conference on Thu Jul 7, 2022 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas (AP News photo)
By Rich Perez
LAS VEGAS–Sandra Douglas Morgan was the Chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board and at a press conference on Thursday at Allegiant Stadium on the field it was announced that Morgan will become the first black female team president of an NFL team at the Las Vegas Raiders. Morgan is a native of Las Vegas.
Seated neat to Raiders owner Mark Davis, Morgan said “When Mark and I first discussed this opportunity, I was honored and humbled, but I also had a lot of questions. It’s no secret that this organization has faced some recent challenges, but I want to be clear. I am not here to sweep anything under the rug or avoid problems or concerns that need to be addressed,” she said.
Davis added that each time he interviewed a candidate for the team president position Morgan stayed at the top of the list for candidates. Davis said that he was impressed by her experience and her passion in the community and said that from the moment he met Morgan she would be a force to reckon with.
Morgan replaces former Raider team president Dan Vantrelle who Davis fired after he went to the Las Vegas Review Journal after receiving complaints regarding harassment and discrimination from Raider employees. Vantrelle also took the complaints of the employees to the NFL after talking to Davis about them and nothing was done about them according to Vantrelle. Marc Badain was team president before Vantrelle and had resigned in the summer of 2021.
The subject of the controversies over the past months was brought up to Morgan and she stated that she would handle them head on. “When Mark and I first discussed this opportunity, I was honored and humbled, but I also had a lot of questions. It’s no secret that this organization has faced some recent challenges, but I want to be clear. I am not here to sweep anything under the rug or avoid problems or concerns that need to be addressed,” she said.
The hiring comes as the Raiders prepare for camp and the exhibition season which starts Sun Aug 1st when the Raiders host the Minnesota Vikings at Allegiant.
Rich Perez is a Las Vegas Raiders beat writer for http://www.sportsradioservice.com
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