Dan Ventrelle, who was fired as Las Vegas Raiders team president on Friday, released his own statement later that day, saying he was fired for bringing concerns about hostile workplace conditions to the league.
Ventrelle said in a statement to the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he takes that responsibility very seriously and that he was concerned by the written complaints from employees that Mark Davis created a hostile work environment.
I was fired for raising these concerns. I stand by my decision to protect the organization and its female employees.
Ventrelle would not provide further comment at this time.
Ventrelle was let go by the Raiders. According to the Associated Press, the Raiders had no comment.
The Raiders organization has undergone a lot of upheaval since moving to Southern Nevada from Oakland in 2020.
He was named the team's full-time president after taking over on an interim basis in July of last year. Ventrelle had been with the team for 18 years and had served as the team's executive vice president and general counsel.
The completion of Allegiant Stadium and the desire for new endeavors after being with the team since 1991 were some of the reasons for Badain's resignation.
In addition, the Raiders lost their chief financial officer, their senior vice president of Strategy and Business Development, and their controller last summer.
On the football side of things, coach Jon Gruden resigned in the wake of his email scandal. Mike Mayock was let go in January.
Davis then hired a coach and a general manager.
He told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he resigned as the Raiders' chief operations and analytics officer on Thursday.
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