Oakland Raiders Donate $250k To Save High School Sports

The Oakland Raiders made a $250,000 donation to help save high school sports programs in the Bay Area.

The Raiders made a donation to the Oakland Unified School District after cutting sports teams, due to “budget constraints.”

Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell said:

“The Oakland Raiders have been big brothers to our football players and models for all students to emulate. They have been there for us when we were down, and when our students needed someone to look up to. But this donation from the Raiders is like a last-second game-winning touchdown.”

Oakland Unified School District cut 10 high school sports programs last week, which represented the loss of teams for 347 girls and only 183 boys, to save $500,000, per the San Francisco Chronicles’ Michael Lerseth.

“$250,000 will go a long way to ensuring that our young people can dedicate themselves on the fields and courts, in the pools, and on the mats this year and beyond […] There’s no way to properly thank anyone for such a huge donation, so let me just say from all students, staff and families, we thank the Oakland Raiders, and like us, you will always be OUSD.”

The Raiders’ donation will be distributed by the East Bay Community Foundation in coordination with the Oakland Athletic League, the governing body for high school sports in the city.

Raiders Owner Mark Davis released this statement regarding OUSC ‘budget constraints:’

“The prospect of these kids losing their dreams was difficult to hear for everyone in the community […] After school athletics are an important part of the high school experience and this donation will keep student-athletes on the playing fields in Oakland.”

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