I guess if you needed another reason for the Raiders to trade down in the draft, this is as good as any. The Mayock family will be donated $1000 for each pick the Raiders make in this year’s draft.
“My wife and I will be making $1,000 for each draft pick the Raiders make this year to the Clark County Delivering with Dignity Program,” Mike Mayock announced Tuesday over a conference call. “It supports vulnerable families in the Las Vegas Valley. The cool thing is that each donation will be made in the name of the individual draft selection made by the Raiders during the 2020 draft. The Delivering with Dignity program assists people who are most at risk for contracting coronavirus. If they leave their homes to benefiting youth who are sheltered in place, the elderly and those with underlining conditions.”
Currently, the Raiders have seven picks in the draft. Mayock made it clear that even if they end up with fewer picks, they will still be donating at least $7000. But if they add more picks in the draft, the donation goes up.
“If we trade up and lose a couple of picks, we’ll keep it at a minimum of $7,000,” Mayock added. “If we trade down and get more picks, it’ll go up to whatever it goes up to.”
This is the latest in several efforts by the Raiders and their players to help the community during the coronavirus crisis. Mayock felt compelled by those acts to do something as well.
“I’ve been moved by several gestures from both my family and our Raider family, recently. [Owner] Mark Davis donated $1 million to the Las Vegas community to fight the coronavirus. Our first-round pick a year ago, ‘Cle’ [Clelin] Ferrell donated $100,000 to his hometown of Richmond Virginia in their Eviction Diversion Program, helping struggling families make ends meet. Then my wife showed me the other day that four of our rookies from last year, Alec Ingold, Hunter Renfrow, Foster Moreau and Josh Jacobs have partnered with Three Square in Vegas to provide emergency food funds to people that need it. Just this past weekend, my son Michael was involved in feeding 3,500 healthcare workers at 10 area hospitals in Philadelphia. My wife, Mandy, and I sat back wondered why we weren’t helping.”
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