Davis Reaps A Bonanza From Move

Raiders owner Al Davis got $70 million, most as interest-free loans he doesn’t have to repay himself, as part of the deal to return the team to Oakland, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Friday.

The full magnitude of Davis’ benefits in the $192 million deal came to light in a grand jury report released this week that outlined its provisions in detail, the newspaper said.

The payments from the city of Oakland and Alameda County include $54 million in two tax-free loans, the paper reported.

One was a $32 million payment to move the team from Los Angeles, the report said. The second was a $22 million payment to help Davis run the team.

“It was always known the Raiders would not repay any of the money,” the grand jury report said. Instead, the loans were to be repaid from stadium parking and concession revenues.

In addition, Davis got $10 million for a new training facility in Alameda, $2 million to fly the team to and from Los Angeles last season when it was practicing there but playing in Oakland and a $4 million guarantee in preseason ticket sales.

In return, Davis promised to give the city and county a share of personal seat licenses, club seating and stadium naming rights. None of those has paid off, though, because revenues have run short.

Plummer faces sex-abuse allegations

Former Arizona State star quarterback Jake Plummer could face possible sexual-abuse and misdemeanor assault charges after an incident in a Tempe nightclub, police said.

Three women have told police that Plummer sexually abused them by reaching under their dresses or under their pants to touch their genitals while they danced at Club Rio on March 23.

When one woman later confronted Plummer, he allegedly kicked her in the leg, said Sgt. Toby Dyas, a Tempe police spokesman.

Plummer, a second-round draft pick of the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals last weekend, has not been arrested or formally accused of any crimes.

49ers model new stadium

The San Francisco 49ers may need a fourth-quarter comeback to save their plans for a new stadium.

It didn’t stop them, though, from unveiling a model of the proposed complex.

The stadium would seat 75,000 people with three main decks and three levels of expensive seats.

Although the 49ers have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on plans and promotion for the new park, it’s contingent on voters approving $100 million in lease revenue bonds to help finance a $525-million complex that includes the stadium and a shopping mall. The vote will be held June 3. Polls show 7 out of 10 voters are against the plan.

Redskins re-sign Green

Cornerback Darrell Green, 37, signed a five-year, $12.5 million contract with the Washington Redskins.

Former Steeler dies

Jerry Nuzum, a running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1948 to 1951, died of cancer Wednesday at Monroeville, Pa.

Watters not running

Running back Ricky Watters was an unexcused no-show at Friday’s start of Philadelphia’s minicamp.

Watters, in the final year of a three-year, $6.9 million contract, had threatened this winter to hold out of training camp in July if he was not given a long-term extension.

Sanders a no-show

Barry Sanders was a no-show at Detroit’s minicamp Friday. Coach Bobby Ross said he will fine him $1,000.