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From user beadbear:

I worked in food service in the French Quarter for many years, and have waited on most of the teams in the NFL. THE MOST curteous, well-mannered, and may I also say best-dressed team I have ever served were the Oakland Raiders. After the team paid and left, I met Al Davis. He quizzed me able how his players conduced themselves in the restaurant. he was concerned, because he had heard about the scene and utter disaster that the 49's had made, who had food fights in the dining room, broke furniture, and refused to pay their $2,000 bar tab the week before. The dining room the Niners used had to be closed the rest of the evening, due to all the broken dishes, and food everywhere. Not the Raiders, however! In fact, when they ordered it was "please" and "thank you". A couple of the defensive linemen in fact insisted on helping with the trays coming out of the kitchen. They said that they ordered a lot of food and that it wasn't fair to me to try to lift them. Mr. Davis apologised to me for the behavior of the other team. And he insisited on tipping me on behalf of the San Francisco team.Because in addition to arguing about the bar tab and the food cost (they decided not to have what had been pre-ordered, which was a lot lessmoney), I didn't get tipped, and had to spend three hours cleaning up-12 large bags of food and dishes. Al Davis was a great man. He brought energy opportunity and compassion wherever he went. He insisted that American young men of all ethnic backgrounds be afforded the chance to play in the NFL. I hope to see the day when ownership of NFL teams is as diverse as the players.

It's been frustrating to be a Raiders fan for the last few years, but despite desperately wanting Al Davis to hand the reins to someone who wasn't stuck in the past, there is a lot to admire about the work he left behind.  You've all heard a lot about another inspired rebel who died earlier this year, and maybe Davis didn't touch as many lives as Jobs, but i believe that Davis was far more loved by those who worked for him, and that should count for something.