Egomania Tournament: Round 1, Heat 8

[Rasputin]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Yeah, I can see an argument for him, most definitely. I'd forgotten about the Allen thing. I was thinking about the stadium moves, which can be attributed to ego, but I'm not sure the league lawsuits were ego as much as they were pure hatred and vitriol.

What prompted the Allen fight anyway? I don't think I've ever heard the full story. It seemed like Allen was a team player to move to FB when Bo Jackson waltzed into town halfway through every season. What made Al hate Allen so much?

From my understanding is that Al Davis thought that Marcus Allen had become bigger than the Raiders. After his run in the Super Bowl against the Redskins for a TD Al Davis felt threatened that Marcus Allen was too popular than what he had put together or bigger than Al Davis.