Editing Oakland Invaders (section)

===In reaction to the Raiders relocating to Los Angeles===
Oakland had been without a football team since the [[History of the Oakland Raiders|Oakland Raiders]] relocated to Los Angeles before the [[1982 NFL season]]. The Invaders stepped in to fill the void; the similar name was no accident. One of the Invaders' first player signings was former Raider and [[San Francisco 49ers|49er]] [[Cedrick Hardman]], who came out of a one-year retirement to serve as player-coach.

The team was originally owned by Bay Area real estate magnates [[Jim Joseph]] and [[Tad Taube]]. However, after the original owner of the USFL's Los Angeles franchise, [[Alex Spanos]], bought the [[History of the San Diego Chargers|San Diego Chargers]] instead, Joseph and Taube flipped a coin to decide who would buy the Los Angeles rights. Joseph won the toss, selling his stake in the Invaders to Taube. As it turned out, Joseph was forced to move his team to [[Phoenix, Arizona]] as the [[Arizona Wranglers]].