Maybe someone else would eventually have challenged the NFL 's right to dictate by supermajority .
It was Davis who first defied the league and his fellow owners by announcing in January 1980 that he was moving the Raiders to Los Angeles without approval .
Maybe someone else would eventually have challenged the NFL 's right to dictate by supermajority , but it was Davis who first defied the league and his fellow owners by announcing in January 1980 that he was moving the Raiders to Los Angeles without approval .