SAN FRANCISCO – The Oakland Raiders future appears to be much brighter for Filipino fans. In what could be considered a move to broaden their already international-based audience, the franchise has announced that the team website will be launching a Tagalog and Japanese version, to join the ones they already have in Chinese, Spanish and German. Amy Trask, the Raiders Chief Executive, in a July 19, 2007 statement posted on www.raiders.com, said that the organization would continue to be a leader in terms of “multicultural initiatives.”

The addition of a Tagalog version to the website is very relevant in terms of representing Filipino culture and shows the organization’s dedication to a burgeoning Filipino population in both the Bay Area and the region of Southern California (the Raiders were based in Los Angeles from 1982 to 1994). Some of the features offered in the Tagalog version will be information on the franchise’s proud history, weekly previews of upcoming games, and background rules for those not as familiar to the game. Currently, the Raiders are the only National Football League (NFL) team with an official website solely dedicated to a language other than English.